Jump to content

James V. Risser

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James V. Risser (born 1938) is an American journalist and Emeritus Professor of Communication at Stanford University.

Career

[edit]

Risser worked for The Des Moines Register for 20 years after which he was a member of the Pulitzer Prize board. He was also the director for Knight Fellowships.[1] He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for National Reporting, one in 1976 and the other in 1979. A Stanford University Prize was named after him, called the "Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism".[2][3]

Awards

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ UPI ARCHIVES (Feb 12, 1985). "James Risser, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington bureau chief of the..." United Press International.
  2. ^ "The Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism, Stanford University". Stanford University. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  3. ^ "Risser". College of Journalism and Mass Communications Archive. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  4. ^ Risser, James (1979). "The Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  5. ^ Collins, Nancy (May 1, 1978). "President's Regrets". The Washington Post.
  6. ^ Risser, James. "The Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  7. ^ a b Journalism Institute. "Raymond Clapper Memorial Award winners (1944 to 2011)". National Press Club. Retrieved Nov 15, 2023.