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.[2][3]
He hosts a podcast called Buried Truths about racial tensions in Georgia during and after the 1948 election. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/577471834/buried-truths
Family
Klibanoff is father to 3 girls, Eleanor, Caroline and Corinne; he is married to Laurie Leonard.
References
1. ^http://www.georgiacenterforthebook.org/Georgia-Literary-Map/Georgia-Author-Detail.php?record_id=127
2. ^{{cite web|title=Journalism Program Faculty|url=http://journalism.emory.edu/home/people/faculty.html|website=Emory University|accessdate=12 April 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=The Team|url=http://coldcases.org/team/team-members|website=The Civil Rights Cold Case Project|accessdate=12 April 2015}}
External links
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