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A newspaper executive with deep roots in journalism has been named
the Carolyn McKenzie and Don E. Carter Professor for Excellence
in Journalism.
John F. Greenman who is president and publisher of the Knight Ridder–owned
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, will join the Grady College of
Journalism and Mass Communication in August as its first Carter
Professor. The chair was established earlier this year.
The Carter Professor will engage in teaching, research and service
dealing with issues of journalism excellence. Grady alumni Carolyn
McKenzie, a former photo-journalist, and Don E. Carter, a re-tired
Knight Ridder executive, endowed the professorship. The Carters
live on Sea Island.
“John Greenman has proven success in virtually every aspect
of the newspaper business, and we are very pleased he will join
Grady College and set the bar for this important professorship,”
says Dean John Soloski. “The breadth and depth of knowledge
he has about the industry will certainly be an asset to UGA, the
Grady College and the newspaper industry at large.”
Greenman says he will “deeply miss” the Ledger-Enquirer,
its customers and its staff.
“Columbus is a fine community, served by an excellent newspaper.
It’s been my honor to serve both. Yet I’ve always been
drawn to teaching and research, and I couldn’t hope for a
better opportunity than to serve the Grady College as its first
Carter Professor,” he says.
Greenman says he expects to focus on newsroom management as a key
way to strengthen journalism practice.
Greenman joined the Ledger-Enquirer as publisher in 1995.
Previously he was an editor and circulation executive at the Akron
Beacon Journal, also a Knight Ridder newspaper.
As assistant managing editor in Akron, he helped direct and edit
coverage of the attempted takeover of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company; the reports won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987.
In Columbus Greenman has been an active figure in the community,
chairing the United Way campaign in 1998 and its board of directors
in 1999 and 2000.
Greenman was the founding chairman of the board of the Community
Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley and currently chairs the
Muscogee County Library Foundation board.
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