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Staff
STEVE MONTIEL, Director
Montiel is a veteran journalist and educator. He is a co-founder of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, which has worked to increase racial and cultural diversity in the news since 1976. He was the Maynard Institute's president and chief executive officer for 12 years before becoming IJJ director. More…
MARC COOPER, Associate Director
Cooper is a contributing editor at The Nation and a regular contributor to The Atlantic and other publications, including the Los Angeles Times. He's a Visiting Professor of Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication. More…
FRANK O. SOTOMAYOR, Associate Director
Sotomayor was an editor at the Los Angeles Times for 35 years. He was the co-editor of the Times series "Latinos in Southern California," which won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. More…
BOBBY KIRKWOOD, Program Coordinator
Prior to assuming her IJJ position in 2001, she operated Kirkwood Business Services for 13 years, providing special events, administrative and word processing services. For the 1984 Summer Olympics, Kirkwood worked in the USC Villages department of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee from 1983 through 1984. More…
Senior Fellows
- Joe Domanick, Author, Independent Journalist: Senior Fellow (Criminal Justice)
- Celeste Fremon, Creator of WitnessLA.com, Senior Fellow (social justice/digital media)
- Martha Mendoza, National Writer, The Associated Press: Senior Fellow (9/11 Security and Liberty, Racial Justice)
- Victor Merina, Independent Journalist: Senior Fellow (Racial Justice)
- Deborah Potter, Director, NewsLab: Senior Fellow (Broadcast Journalism, 9/11 Security and Liberty)
- Phillip Rodriguez, Film Producer: Senior Fellow (Documentary Filmmaking)
- Erna Smith, Journalism Professor, San Francisco State University: Senior Fellow (Journalism Education)
Expert Fellows, Racial Justice
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