Hank Klibanoff
{{Short description|American journalist (born 1949)}}
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|name=Hank Klibanoff
|image=Hank klibanoff 2007.jpg
|caption=Hank Klibanoff in 2007
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1949|3|26}}
|birth_place=Florence, Alabama, U.S.
|education=Coffee High School
Washington University in St. Louis (BA)
Medill School of Journalism
|occupation={{flatlist|
- Journalist
- professor
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|spouse=Laurie Leonard
|children=3
|awards=Peabody Award (2018)
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Hank Klibanoff (born March 26, 1949, in Florence, Alabama{{Cite web|url=http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Georgia-Literary-Map/Georgia-Author-Detail.php?record_id=127|title=Georgia Authors | Georgia Center for the Book | Supporting Libraries, Literary Programs and Georgia's Rich Literary Heritage|access-date=2015-06-07|archive-date=2017-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014183243/http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Georgia-Literary-Map/Georgia-Author-Detail.php?record_id=127|url-status=dead}}) is an American journalist, now a professor at Emory University. He and Gene Roberts won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for History for the book The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation.
Early life and education
Hank Klibanoff was born and raised in Florence, Alabama. He got an early start in journalism delivering newspapers by bicycle. He graduated from Coffee High School in Florence and attended Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied under Howard Nemerov and received his B.A. in English. He subsequently received a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Northwestern University.
Career
He was managing editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution until June 24, 2008, when he stepped down. He had been deputy managing editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he worked for 20 years. He had also been a reporter for six years in Mississippi and three years at The Boston Globe.
Klibanoff is currently the director of the journalism program at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as the project managing editor of the Civil Rights Cold Case Project.{{cite web|title=Journalism Program Faculty|url=http://journalism.emory.edu/home/people/faculty.html|website=Emory University|access-date=12 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509001159/http://journalism.emory.edu/home/people/faculty.html|archive-date=9 May 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=The Team|url=http://coldcases.org/team/team-members|website=The Civil Rights Cold Case Project|access-date=12 April 2015}}
He hosts a podcast called "Buried Truths" about racial tensions in Georgia during and after the 1948 election.{{cite web |title=Buried Truths |url=https://www.npr.org/podcasts/577471834/buried-truths |website=npr.org |publisher=NPR |access-date=25 April 2019}} The podcast won a 2018 Peabody Award.{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Grace |title=Hank Klibanoff Wins Peabody Award |url=https://emorywheel.com/hank-klibanoff-wins-peabody-award/ |website=The Emory Wheel |date=24 April 2019 |access-date=25 April 2019}}
Family
Klibanoff is father to 3 girls, Eleanor, Caroline and Corinne; he is married to Laurie Leonard.
References
{{reflist |25em |refs=
[http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2008/06/23/daily48.html?page=all "AJC Managing Editor Hank Klibanoff steps down"]. Atlanta Business Chronicle. June 24, 2008. Retrieved 2013-11-25. With transcript of Klibanoff memo to "The AJC staff".
[http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2007-History "The 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winners: History"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-25. With short biographies and dustjacket description.
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External links
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Category:People from Florence, Alabama
Category:American male journalists
Category:Pulitzer Prize for History winners
Category:Medill School of Journalism alumni
Category:Washington University in St. Louis alumni
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Category:20th-century American journalists
Category:21st-century American journalists
Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers
Category:American male non-fiction writers