Kristin Gilger
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| Kristin Gilger | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kristin Grady |
| 💼 Occupation | Interim Dean |
| 👔 Employer | Arizona State University |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Gary Gilger |
| 👶 Children | 3 |
Kristin Grady Gilger is an award-winning journalist based in Phoenix, Arizona.
She is Interim Dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.[1] She also serves as the executive director of the National Center on Disability and Journalism[2].
Early life and education[edit]
Gilger attended Westside High School, graduating in 1971. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from University of Nebraska in 1975, graduating magna cum laude. Gilger attended University of Nebraska from 1979 to 1982, where she received her Master's degree in Mass Communication. She graduated summa cum laude.
Career[edit]
While Gilger was a Master's student in 1980, she held a Graduate Student Fellowship in newspaper management at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida. Early on in her career, Gilger was a reporter and editor in St. Cloud, Minnesota, at the St. Cloud Times. From 1980 to 1982, she started out as the Times' farm reporter and then became regional editor.
From 1982 to 1983, she was a page designer at The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. At The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Louisiana, she served as a Suburban Editor, Administrative Editor, and Bureau Chief over the years of 1983 to 1993.
She was managing editor of The Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon, from 1993 to 1999. She started at The Arizona Republic in 1999. From 2000 to 2002, she was deputy managing editor for news at The Arizona Republic.
At Arizona State University, she served as director of Student Media from 2002 to 2007. Leaving ASU Student Media, she served as assistant dean of the Cronkite School from 2007 to 2009. In 2009, she was promoted to associate dean of the Cronkite School. She held that role until 2017 when she was appointed senior associate dean. She became interim dean in June 2020[3].
Currently, she also serves as the executive director of the National Center on Disability and Journalism and the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism.
Awards and honors[edit]
- Gilger was added to the Westside High School Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012[4].
- Gilger received the Most Distinguished Alumnae Award from the journalism faculty at the University of Nebraska’s Omaha campus in 1998.
- Gilger won the National Headliner Award for Public Service in Journalism in 1993.
- Gilger won the award for Outstanding News Reporting from the New Orleans Press Club in 1989.
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