Dori J. Maynard
Dori J. Maynard (May 4, 1958[1] – February 24, 2015) was an American author and journalist. She was the president of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education in Oakland, California and the co-author of Letters to My Children, a compilation of nationally syndicated columns by her late father Robert C. Maynard, for which she wrote introductory essays.
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| Born | Dori J. Maynard May 4, 1958 |
| Died | February 24, 2015 (aged 56) |
| Education | Middlebury College; Nieman Fellow |
| Title | President and CEO |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Grant Lewis, deceased |
| Website | http://www.mije.org |
Career
Maynard graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont with a BA in American History.
As a reporter, she worked for the Bakersfield Californian, The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, Massachusetts, and the Detroit Free Press.
She served on the board of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, as well as the Board of Visitors for the John S. Knight Fellowships.
Accolades
In 1993 she and her father became the first father-daughter duo to be appointed Nieman scholars at Harvard University.
She received the "Fellow of Society" award from the Society of Professional Journalists at the national convention in Seattle, Washington, on October 6, 2001, and was voted one of the "10 Most Influential African Americans in the Bay Area" in 2004.
In 2008, she received the Asian American Journalists Association's Leadership in Diversity Award.
References
- Fox, Margalit (February 25, 2015). "Dori J. Maynard, Who Sought Diversity in Journalism, Dies at 56". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2015.