2012 Higher Education Media Contacts List
Keith Moore, CIC’s senior advisor for public relations, prepared the following list of
reporters, editors, producers, bookers, and correspondents who are most likely to
cover higher education in many major metropolitan, regional and national media.
The most current individual addresses, phone numbers and emails are included as of
June 21, 2012.
DAILY NEWS WEBSITES AND NEWSPAPERS
Laura Diamond
Higher Education Reporter
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
P.O. Box 4689
223 Perimeter Center Park
Atlanta, GA 30346
(404) 526-7257
ldiamond@ajc.com
Childs Walker
Higher Education Reporter
Baltimore Sun
501 North Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21278
(410) 332-6893
childs.walker@baltsun.com
Roy Greene
Higher Education Editor
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
(617) 929-3145
rgreene@globe.com
Greg Toppo
Education Reporter
USA Today Education
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22108
(703) 854-3467 or 3400
gtoppo@usatoday.com
Dennis Kelly
Senior Assignment Editor, Life
USA Today Education
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22108
(703) 854-6536 or 3400
dkelly@usatoday.com
Mary Beth Marklein
Higher Education Reporter
USA Today Education
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22108
(703) 854-3684 or 3400
mmarklein@usatoday.com
Michael Smollens
Education Editor
San Diego Union-Tribune
P.O. Box 120191
San Diego, CA 92108
(619) 293-2083
micheal.smollens@utsandiego.com
Nick Anderson
Education Editor
Washington Post
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20071-0001
(202) 334-6000
andersonn@washpost.com
Nanette Asimov
Higher Education Reporter
San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 777-7127
nasimov@sfchronicle.com
Jane Karr
Editor, Education Life Section
The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-1405
(212) 556-4102
jakarr@nytimes.com
Susan Kinzie
Higher Education Reporter
Washington Post
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20071
(202) 334-7296 or 6000
kinzies@washpost.com
Tamar Lewin
Higher Education Reporter
The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-1405
(212) 556-1015
lewin@nytimes.com
Daniel de Vise
Higher Education Reporter
Washington Post
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20071
(202) 334-9605 or 6000
devised@washpost.com
Sam Dillon
Higher Education Reporter
The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-1405
(212) 556-3759
sdillon@nytimes.com
Jenna Johnson
Higher Education Reporter
Washington Post
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20071-0001
(202) 334-9606 or 6000
johnsonj@washpost.com
Lisa Foderaro
Higher Education Reporter
The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-1405
(212) 556-1659
lfoderaro@nytimes.com
Jay Mathews
Education Reporter and Blogger
Washington Post
1150 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20071-0001
(202) 334-9605 or 6000
mathewsj@washpost.com
Jean Rutter
National Desk, Education
The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-1405
(212) 556-1234
rutter@nytimes.com
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Jacques Steinberg
Higher Education Reporter
The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-1405
(212) 556-4677
jacques@nytimes.com
Rebecca Harrington
Editor
Huffington Post College
770 Broadway
Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10003
(401) 416-3537
rharrington@huffingtonpost.com
Richard Pérez-Peña
Higher Education Reporter
The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018-1405
(212) 556-1234
rpp@nytimes.com
Larry Gordon
Higher Education Reporter
Los Angeles Times
201 West First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012-3114
(213) 237-5000
larry.gordon@latimes.com
Elizabeth Bernstein
Relationships Columnist, Reporter
Wall Street Journal
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 416-3875
elizabeth.bernstein@wsj.com
Peter N. Spotts
Science Editor
Christian Science Monitor
210 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 450-2000
spottsp@csps.com
Robert Lee Hotz
Science Columnist
Wall Street Journal
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 416-3268
lee.hotz@wsj.com
Stacy Teicher Khadaroo
Learning Editor
The Christian Science Monitor
210 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 450-2412
teichers@csps.com
Stephanie Banchero
Education Reporter
Wall Street Journal
One South Wacker Drive
21st Floor, Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60606-4614
(312) 750-4143
stephanie.banchero@wsj.com
Rex Nellis
Opinion Editorial Editor
The Christian Science Monitor
210 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 450-2452
oped@csps.com
Chad Lorenz
Home Page Editor
Slate
1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 261-2075
chad.lorenz@slate.com
Howard LaFranchi
State Department Writer
Christian Science Monitor
910 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 785-4400
lafranchih@csps.com
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Mary Carmichael
Higher Education Reporter
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
(617) 929-3100
mary.carmichael@globe.com
EDUCATION MEDIA
Adalyn Hixson
Editor
Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
P.O. Box 68
80 Route Four East
Suite 203
Paramus, NJ 07653
(201) 587-8800
adhix@aol.com
Jodi Cohen
Higher Education Reporter
Chicago Tribune
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 222-3466 or 3540
jscohen@tribune.com
Jeff Selingo
Vice President and Editorial Director
The Chronicle of Higher Education
1255 23rd Street, NW
Seventh Floor
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 466-1000
jeff.selingo@chronicle.com
Susan Snyder
Higher Education Reporter
Philadelphia Inquirer
400 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19101-8263
(215) 854-4693
ssynder@phillynews.com
Liz McMillen
Editor
The Chronicle of Higher Education
1255 23rd Street, NW
Seventh Floor
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 466-1000
liz.mcmillen@chronicle.com
John Pope
Higher Education Reporter
New Orleans Times Picayune
3800 Howard Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70125-1429
(504) 826-3317
jpope.timespicayune.com
Scott Smallwood
Managing Editor
The Chronicle of Higher Education
1255 23rd Street, NW
Seventh Floor
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 466-1000
scott.smallwood@chronicle.edu
Matt Krupnick
Higher Education Reporter
Bay Area News Group
Oakland Tribune
7677 Oakport Street, #950
Oakland, CA 94621
(925) 943-8246
mkrupnick@bayareanewsgroup.com
Dianne Donovan
Senior Editor, Commentary
The Chronicle of Higher Education
1255 23rd Street, NW
Seventh Floor
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 466-1000
dianne.donovan@chronicle.com
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Scott Jaschik
Editor
Inside Higher Ed
1015 18th Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 659-9208
scott.jaschik@insidehighered.com
Margaret Miller
Executive Editor
Change Magazine
325 Chestnut Street
Suite 800
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(800) 354-1420
pmiller@virginia.edu
Doug Lederman
Editor
Inside Higher Ed
1015 18th Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 659-9208
doug.lederman@insidehighered.com
Stacy Palmer
Editor
Chronicle of Philanthropy
1255 23rd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 466-1225
stacy.palmer@philanthropy.com
Sarah Bray
Editor
Trusteeship
1133 20th Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 296-8400
sarahb@agb.org
Paul Fain
Reporter
Inside Higher Ed
1015 18th Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 659-9208
paul.fain@insidehighered.com
Melissa Ezarik
Managing Editor
University Business
488 Main Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06851
(203) 663-0100
mezarik@edmediagroup.com
Frank Matthews
Publisher
DIVERSE: Issues in Higher Education
10520 Warwick Avenue, #B-8
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 385-2981, Ext. 3012
frank@diverseeducation.com
Tim Goral
Editor in Chief
University Business
488 Main Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06851
(203) 663-0100
tgoral@universitybusiness.com
David Pluviose
Editor
DIVERSE: Issues in Higher Education
10520 Warwick Avenue, #B-8
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 385-2981
dpluviose@diverseducation.com
Alexander Russo
Freelance Reporter
This Week in Education
742 Washington Avenue
Apartment 21
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(312) 286-9242
alexanderrusso@gmail.com
Ronald Roach
Executive Editor
DIVERSE: Issues in Higher Education
10520 Warwick Avenue, #B-8
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 385-2981
ronald@diverseeducation.com
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Mark Kantrowitz
Publisher
FinAid Page, LLC
P.O. Box 2056
Cranberry Township, PA 16066-1056
(724) 538-4500
mkant@finaid.org
PRINT AND ONLINE
MAGAZINES
Louis Lavelle
Business Schools Editor
Bloomberg Business Week
731 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(212) 617-2226
llavelle@bloomberg.net
Liz Willen
Editor
The Hechinger Report
525 West 120th Street
Suite 127
New York, NY 10027
(212) 870-1086
willen@exchange.tc.columbia.edu
Kim Clark
Reporter
Money
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 522-7655 or 202-253-8593
kim_clark@moneymail.com
Karen MacGregor
Editor
University World News
31A Lamb's Conduit Street
London WC1N 3NG
United Kingdom
44 (0) 20-7405-776
news@universityworldnews.com
Mark Bechtel
Collegiate Sports Editor
Sports Illustrated
1271 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, NY 10020
(212) 522-1212
mark_bechtel@simail.com
John Gill
Editor
Times Higher Education
26 Red Lion Square
London WC1R 4HQ
United Kingdom
44 (0) 20-3194-3000
john.gill@tsleducation.com
Julie Rawe
Education Senior Reporter
Time Magazine
1271 Avenue of the Americas
Suite 2525
New York, NY 10020-1393
(212) 522-6648
julie_rawe@timemagazine.com
Phil Baty
Editor at Large
Times Higher Education
26 Red Lion Square
London WC1R 4HQ
United Kingdom
44 (0) 20-3194-3000 or 3298
phil.baty@tsleducation.com
Katy Hopkins
Writer for Education
U.S. News & World Report
1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007-3871
(202) 955-2000
khopkins@usnews.com
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Sara Clarke
Education Editor
U.S. News & World Report
1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007-3871
(202) 955-2000
sclarke@usnews.com
Colin Norman
News Editor
Science Magazine
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 326-6584
cnorman@aaas.org
Robert Morse
Research Director
U.S. News & World Report
1050 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007-3871
(202) 955-2389
rmorse@usnews.com
Crystal Tate
Features Editor
Woman’s Day
1633 Broadway
42nd Floor
New York, NY 10119
(212) 649-7363
ctate@hfmus.com
Patrice Wingert
Education Correspondent
Newsweek/The Daily Beast
1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 1220
Washington, DC 20006-4504
(202) 626-2080
patrice.wingert@newsweek.com
TV NETWORKS AND CABLE
TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Ellen Schweiger
Senior Producer for National
Programming
C-SPAN
400 North Capitol Street, NW
Suite 650
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 626-7965
eschweiger@c-span.org
Jane Bennett Clark
Associate Editor
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
1729 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-3924
(202) 887-6551
jclark@kiplinger.com
Peter Slen
C-SPAN Executive Producer, Book
TV/After Words
400 North Capitol Street, NW
Suite 650
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 626-4894
pslen@c-span.org
Tom Siegfried
Editor
Science News
1719 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-2888
(202) 785-2255
tsiegfried@societyforscience.org
Alan Speck
National News Editor
C-SPAN
400 North Capitol Street, NW
Suite 650
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 626-4366
aspeck@c-span.org
Monica Bradford
Executive Editor
Science Magazine
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 326-6502
mbradford@aaas.org
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Michelle Cumbo
Producer, American Morning
CNN
One Time Warner Center
Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 275-7843
michelle.cumbo@turner.com
Antoinette Machiaverna
Today Producer
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Suite 374E
New York, NY 10112
(212) 664-5204
antoinette.machiaverna@nbcuni.com
Dee Dee Thomas
Executive Producer
Weekend Today Show
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Suite 374E
New York, NY 10112
(212) 664-4602
deedee.thomas2@ nbcuni.com
Maria M. Ebrahimji
Associate Director/Executive Editorial
Producer
CNN
One CNN Center
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 827-3780
maria.ebrahimji@turner.com
Patty Neger
Senior Coordinating Producer
ABC’s Good Morning America
147 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10023
(212) 456-6157
patty.neger@abc.com
Karen Trosset
Producer
Today
30 Rockefeller Center
Suite 374E
New York, NY 10112
(212) 664-3354 or 4202
karen.trosset@nbcuni.com.
Robin Gradison
Producer
ABC’s World News Tonight
1717 DeSales Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 222-7271
robin.gradison@abc.com
John Tulenko
Senior Producer
Learning Matters, Inc.
127 West 26th Street, #1200
New York, NY 10001
(212) 725-7000
jtulenko@learningmatters.tv
Jessica Mulvihill
Health and Medicine Editor
Fox News Channel
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 301-5589
jessica.mulvihill@foxnews.com
Cat McGrath
Producer
Learning Matters, Inc.
127 West 26th Street, #1200
New York, NY 10001
(212) 725-7000, Ext. 248
cmcgrath@learningmatters.tv
Bill Sammon
Managing Editor, DC Bureau
Fox News Channel
400 North Capitol Street
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 824-6300
bill.sammon@foxnews.com
John Merrow
Education Correspondent
PBS NewsHour
3620 27th Street South
Arlington, VA 22206
(703) 998-2150
jmerrow@merrow.org
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Scott Fraser
Producer
CBS This Morning
524 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 975-2505
sf1@cbsnews.com
Claudio Sanchez
Education Reporter
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3753
(202) 513- 2768
csanchez@npr.org
Susan Schackman
Producer
CBS This Morning
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 975-5540 or 2824
sas@cbsnews.com
Larry Abramson
Education Correspondent
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3753
(202) 513-2439
labramson@npr.org
Gina Garcia
Associate Producer
CBS This Morning
2020 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 457-4408
garciag@cbsnews.com
Steve Drummond
Senior National News Editor
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3753
(202) 513-2000 or 2245
sdrummond@npr.org
RADIO NETWORKS AND
PROGRAMS
Ira Flatow
Host, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday
National Public Radio
Four West 43rd Street
Suite 306
New York, NY 10036
(212) 840-0747
eflatow@npr.org
Charlie Kaye
Executive Producer
CBS Radio
524 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 975-3791
cka@cbsnews.com
Amy Salit
Producer, Fresh Air with Terry Gross
National Public Radio
150 North Sixth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 351-1242
asalit@whyy.org
Sue Goodwin
Senior Science Correspondent
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3753
(202) 513-2000 or 2776
sgoodwin@npr.org
Jim Kane
Deputy Bureau Chief
ABC News Radio
1717 DeSales Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-4401
(202) 222-7600
james.f.kane@abc.com
Joe Palca
Science Reporter
National Public Radio
635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3753
(202) 513-2000
jpalca@npr.org
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Tara New
News Coordinator
Fox News Radio
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 301-3896 or 3000
tara.new@foxnews.com
WIRES AND SYNDICATES
Justin Pope
Higher Education Reporter
Associated Press
1126 Ferdon
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(313) 505-7279
jpope@ap.org
Tene Croom
Director of News
American Urban Radio Networks
960 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fourth Floor
Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 456-4035 or 4000
tcroom@aurn.com
Kathy Matheson
Higher Education Reporter
Associated Press
1835 Market Street
Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 561-1133
kmatheson@ap.org
Bob Barrett
Producer/Co-Host
The Best of Our Knowledge
WAMC/Northeast Public Radio
318 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12206-6600
(518) 465-5233, Ext. 183
bbarrett@wamc.org
Jerry Schwartz
Editor, National News Features
Associated Press
450 West 33rd Street
14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 621-1625
jschwartz@ap.org
Ed Tobias
Managing Editor
Associated Press Broadcast News
1100 13th Street, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005-4051
(202) 641-9000
etobias@ap.org
Randy Schmid
Editor
Associated Press, Washington
1100 13th Street, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20005-4051
(202) 641-9457 or 9460
rschmid@ap.org
Mimi Levich
News Executive Producer
Voice of America Radio Network
330 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20237
(202) 203-4959 or 619-0720
mlevich@voanews.com
Alan Zagier
Higher Education Reporter
Associated Press
P.O. Box 7566
Columbia, MO 65205
(573) 875-8131
azagier@ap.org
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Janet Lorin
Higher Education Reporter
Bloomberg News Service
731 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022-1331
(212) 617-2300 or 2995
jlorin@bloomberg.net
Daniel de Vise Blogger/Reporter
“Campus, Inc.”
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/collegeinc
devised@washpost.com
Rachel Harrington, Editor
“HuffPostCollege”
www.huffingtonpost.com/college
rharrington@huffingtonpost.com
Jonathan Kaufman
Education Editor
Bloomberg News Service
100 Summer Street
Suite 2810
Boston, MA 02110-2106
(617) 210-4638
jkaufman17@bloomberg.net
Jenna Johnson, Blogger/Reporter
“Campus Overload”
www.washingtonpost.com/national/highe
r-education
johnsonj@washpost.com
Dan Golden
Editor at Large
Bloomberg News Service
100 Summer Street
Suite 2810
Boston, MA 02110-2106
(617) 210-4600
dlgolden@bloomberg.net
Jay Mathews, Blogger/Reporter
“Class Struggle”
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classstruggle
mathewsj@washpost.com
John Merrow
“Taking Note”
http://takingnote.learningmatters.tv
jmerrow@learningmatters.tv
John Hechinger
Education Reporter
Bloomberg News Service
100 Summer Street
Suite 2810
Boston, MA 02110-2106
(617) 210- 4614
jhechinger@bloomberg.net
Robert Morse, Blogger/Reporter
“The Morse Code”
www.usnews.com/education/blogs/colleg
e-rankings-blog
rmorse@usnews.com
Lynn O’Shaughnesy, Blogger
“The College Solution”
www.thecollegesolution.com
POPULAR HIGHER ED BLOGS
Kevin Carey
The Education Sector
“The Quick and the Ed”
www.quickanded.com
Christopher Shea, Lead Blogger
Wall Street Journal
“Ideas Market”
http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/
ideasMarket@wsj.com
Jason DeLisle, Blogger
“Higher Ed Watch”
www.higheredwatch.newamerica.net
delisle@newamerica.net
Jacques Steinberg, Blogger/Reporter
“The Choice”
http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com
jacques@nytimes.com
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