Chair, Department of Journalism
BA, University of New Hampshire
Lou Ureneck has broad experience as a print and online journalist. He was the deputy managing editor of the Philadelpha Inquirer, in charge of the Inquirer's front page and nightly news operation.
Before joining the Inquirer, he was the editor and vice president of The Portland (Maine) Press Herald, which, under his leadership, developed into one of the best medium-size newspapers in the country. He was editor-in-residence at the Neiman Foundation at Harvard University while pursuing a comparative study of the methods of historians and the practices of journalists. Ureneck's work includes the development of two websites that were named among the best in the nation and a study of newspaper economics for the Neiman Foundation titled, The Business of News.
Read an article about Lou Ureneck and his recent acclaimed book, Backcast: Fatherhood, Fly-fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska, winner of the 2007 National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA). |
