Bill Adair (journalist)
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Bill Adair is the founder of the
Journalism career
Adair earned a Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University in 1985., after which he spent his career in journalism with the Tampa Bay Times (formerly the St. Petersburg Times), where he served as a reporter and editor.[2] In 1997 he was assigned to the Washington bureau where he covered Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, national politics and aviation safety.[1]
In 2004 he was appointed Washington Bureau Chief, a position he held until his transition into academia in 2013.[2] In 2002, Adair's experience in covering aviation safety led him to author and publish "The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash Investigation," a behind-the-scenes account of a National Transportation Safety Board investigation of the crash of a US Air Boeing 737 near Pittsburgh.[1] In writing the book, Adair was granted access to the five-year inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
In 2007, Adair launched
Academic career
Professorships
Adair is a former adjunct faculty member at the
"Bill is a digital journalist with the courage to set audacious goals and take big risks," said Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, "He understands the urgent need to try new things, learn, and try again."[3] According to Duke University, “The Knight Chair at Duke was established in 1990 by a gift from the Knight Foundation, which has established two dozen endowed chairs in journalism at top universities nationwide to teach innovative classes, create experimental projects and new programs and help lead journalism excellence in the digital age.”[3]
Research
The Duke Reporters' Lab
In 2013 Adair replaced Sarah Cohen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter, as the director the Duke Reporters’ Lab, described by Duke as “an online forum for journalism innovation.”[3] Under Adair's leadership, The Duke Reporters’ Lab has shifted its focus to structured journalism and fact-checking. Adair has said he would “like to continue experimenting with things that really take the power of the web and mobile devices in presenting information in new ways."[3]
Accolades
- Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (shared)[3]
- Manship Prize for New Media in Democratic Discourse[3]
- Everett Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Staff: Bill Adair". PolitiFact. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Faculty: Bill Adair". Sanford School of Public Policy. Duke University. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bill Adair, PolitiFact Editor, Named Knight Professor at Duke". Duke Today. Duke University. April 5, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ Byers, Dylan (April 4, 2013). "Bill Adair, creator of PolitiFact, to leave Tampa Bay Times". Politico. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
External links
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Bill Adair (journalist)