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词条 Salim Muwakkil
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  1. Education

  2. Background

  3. Career

  4. Publication

  5. Recognition

  6. References

  7. External links

Salim Muwakkil (born Alonzo James Cannady, January 20, 1947)[1] is an American journalist based in Chicago. He is a senior editor at In These Times and an op-ed columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Muwakkil writes on African American issues, Middle East politics, and US foreign policy. Currently a Crime and Communities Media Fellow of the Open Society Institute, he also teaches a seminar on race, media, and politics for the Urban Studies Program of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.

Education

Muwakkil attended Rutgers University and graduated with a BA in Political Science in 1973.[2]

Background

In the 1960s, Muwakkil was a member of the US. Air Force stationed in Germany. He joined the Black Panther Party directly after his discharge.[3]

Shortly before his graduation, Muwakkil began his journalism career at the Associated Press in Newark, New Jersey as a reporter.

Later, he joined the Nation of Islam. He moved to Muhammad Speaks and its successor Bilalian News as a copy editor and then managing editor. He is now a former activist in that movement.[3]

After moving to Chicago, Muwakkil joined the staff at In These Times in 1983 and became a contributing writer to the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune.[4]

Muwakkil serves as board member for the Progressive Media Project and the Chicago-based Public Square. In the past he has been an adjunct professor at Columbia College, Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[4]

Career

He hosts "The Salim Muwakkil" show on WVON, Chicago's historic Black radio station.[3]

Publication

Other publications in which Muwakkil's work has appeared include The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Reader, The Progressive, Newsday, Cineaste, The Baltimore Sun, Z Magazine, Toronto Star, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Utne Reader.{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}

Recognition

Muwakkil has won several journalism awards[4] including:

1994 Top Ten Media Heroes - Institute of Alternative Journalism

1997 Black Rose Achievement Award - League of Black Women

2001 Studs Terkel Award for Journalistic Excellence - Chicago-based Community Media Workshop

2004 Lillian Award for Excellence in Journalism - Delta Sigma Theta sorority

References

1. ^thehistorymakers.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051103103829/http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=584 |date=November 3, 2005 }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://inthesetimes.com/community/profile/13|title=Salim Muwakkil|work=inthesetimes.com}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://inthesetimes.com/article/19178/muhammad-ali-remembrance-black-nationalism|title=A Former Nation of Islam Activist Looks Back on Muhammad Ali|first=Salim|last=Muwakkil|date=8 June 2016|publisher=|via=In These Times}}
4. ^  http://inthesetimes.com/community/profile/13

External links

  • Panel discussion with Muwakkil on the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
  • Essay
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9 : 1947 births|American male journalists|Journalists from California|Living people|Rutgers University alumni|Members of the Nation of Islam|Members of the Black Panther Party|Writers from Newark, New Jersey|Writers from Chicago

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