EricaÌýHunzinger

  • Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Director of Student Media
  • JOURNALISM
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Erica Hunzinger is an assistant teaching professor of journalism. She spentÌýnearly 20 years in newspaper, publicÌýradio and wire service newsrooms across the country as an editor (and occasional reporter), and hasÌýparticular expertise in politics, health, sports, agriculture, climate,Ìýenvironment and collaborative journalism. Ìý

ÌýRoughly half of her career was spent at The Associated Press  as a regional desk editor, a sports desk editor and, lastly, the public health collaborations editor. Erica also was the senior politics editor at The Denver Post; an assigning editor with NPR affiliates St. Louis Public Radio a²Ô»å KCUR (Kansas City); the editor of Harvest Public Media; a sports copy editor at the Raleigh News & Observer; and an assistant news editor at the News-Journal (Delaware). Her reporters’ hard work has been recognized for its excellence with a GLAAD Media Award, a Public Media Journalists Association award, regional Edward R. Murrow awards and several AP Best of the Week honorable mentions. Ìý

ÌýErica holds aÌýbachelor’s in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and aÌýmaster’s in humanities from the University of Chicago. Ìý

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