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Peter Slavin’s Biography

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I began by writing on urban affairs….then about human services and youth and families….then donned my military affairs and policing cape…then turned to public schools, higher education, and African-American engineers. Along the way I also made three trips to the Balkans to freelance, worked and traveled across Asia for nine months, and wrote about human rights in Burma and North Korea. A “through line” for the past 24 years has been feature writing about Appalachia (from coal mining to music a…

Peter Slavin’s Journalist Portfolio

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A Harriet Tubman historian never published a word about her. Why?

A Harriet Tubman historian never published a word about her. Why?

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'Dear murderer': With a letter a day, West Virginian tried to remind coal executive of his role i...

'Dear murderer': With a letter a day, West Virginian tried to remind coal executive of his role i...

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After Coal, a Small Kentucky Town Builds a Healthier, More Creative Economy

After Coal, a Small Kentucky Town Builds a Healthier, More Creative Economy

Nearly 50 years ago, on a presidential campaign swing through eastern Kentucky, Sen. Robert Kennedy promised …

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Goin' to the Mountain

Goin' to the Mountain

Inside activists' five-day, 50-mile march to protect a West Virginia mountain from strip mining. Demonstrator…

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Razing Appalachia

Razing Appalachia

Help came last year from a surprising quarter. The UMW had been laying low on community issues in the coal fi…

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Cities Outpaced Suburbs in Job Growth during the Great Recession - Urban Land Magazine

Cities Outpaced Suburbs in Job Growth during the Great Recession - Urban Land Magazine

From 2007 to 2011, jobs grew faster in many downtowns than in surrounding areas, reversing a nearly 60-year-l…

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Letter: Stamford High Class of ’72 looking for alum for 50-year reunion

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By Peter Slavin, Diane Sierpina, Mary Papagelis Janocha
| New Canaan Advertiser Verified
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Dear editor, In the age of Facebook and other social media options, high school reunions may have lost their importance. But that’s not the case for the Stamford High Class of 1972! We have gathered every five years since graduation, except one, to recall our glory days — from two state football championships and award-winning theater productions to favorite teachers, lots of fire alarms, and those mini-skirts and weird hairdos.
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Letter: Stamford High Class of ’72 looking for alum for 50-year reunion

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By Peter Slavin, Diane Sierpina, Mary Papagelis Janocha
| The Norwalk Hour Verified
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Dear editor, In the age of Facebook and other social media options, high school reunions may have lost their importance. But that’s not the case for the Stamford High Class of 1972! We have gathered every five years since graduation, except one, to recall our glory days — from two state football championships and award-winning theater productions to favorite teachers, lots of fire alarms, and those mini-skirts and weird hairdos.
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Letter: Stamford High Class of ’72 looking for alum for 50-year reunion

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By Peter Slavin, Diane Sierpina, Mary Papagelis Janocha
| Greenwich Time Verified
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate Dear editor, In the age of Facebook and other social media options, high school reunions may have lost their importance. But that’s not the case for the Stamford High Class of 1972! We have gathered every five years since graduation, except one, to recall our glory days — from two state football championships and award-winning theater productions to favorite teachers, lots of fire alarms, and those mini-skirts and weird hairdos.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

statehouse reporter in Harrisburg, Pa. for UPI

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, for decades. It was all I needed--until it wasn't!

How is social media changing news?

For the better: good stories can go far and wide. And for the worse: shoddy stories and fake news are easily spread.