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Taylor Maggiacomo named 2022 Flora Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Photo courtesy of Taylor Maggiacomo. National Georgraphic's Taylor Maggiacomo will visit Whitworth this fall as the 2022 Flora Distinguished Visiting Journalist. She will deliver a public talk on Tuesday, November 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the HUB's Crow's Nest. Maggiacomo is an award-winning graphic editor and science illustrator working in…

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“They All Wear Uniforms:” Flora Distinguished Visiting Journalist Melissa Segura

Buzzfeed News investigative reporter Melissa Segura will deliver her Flora Distinguished Visiting Journalist lecture, "They All Wear Uniforms: How I left the glitz of pro sports for the grit of prisons and found meaning along the way," on Tuesday, October 31 at 7 p.m. in the Robinson Teaching Theater, Weyerhaeuser Hall.…

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BuzzFeed investigative reporter is 2017 Flora Distinguished Visiting Journalist

BuzzFeed News investigative reporter Melissa Segura will visit Whitworth in October as the 2017 Flora Distinguished Visiting Journalist. Segura's reporting focuses on the intersection of justice, class and race. In April 2017, Segura published a landmark investigation detailing how a group of predominately working class, Latina women from Chicago uncovered evidence suggesting…

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Hear the Flora Distinguished Visiting Journalist lecture

2016 Flora Distinguished Visiting Journalist Stephen Thompson talks about writing fan letters and other advice that doubles as both guidance for life and career in his November 1 public lecture at Whitworth University.