New York Times Journalist, Bureau Chief to Visit UMaine Students
Contact: Mike Socolow, 581-1941; George Manlove, 581-3756
Abby Goodnough will be available to meet with reporters Monday, March 30, from 2-2:30 p.m.
ORONO — Abby Goodnough, Boston bureau chief of the New York Times, will meet, discuss her work and offer career advice to University of Maine communication and journalism students on Monday, March 30, and Tuesday, March 31.
Goodnough, who worked for the Times in New York and Miami before transferring to Boston, is the author of “Ms. Moffett’s First Year: Becoming a Teacher in America” (2006), a book based upon her reporting on the public education system in New York City.
Goodnough’s visit is made possible by the Alan Miller Fund, created and designed to bring professional journalists into UMaine classrooms to share their experiences.
The Alan Miller Fund was established by UMaine alumnus Anne Lucey in memory of her husband, Alan Miller, who taught journalism at UMaine for two decades, and authored “The History of Current Maine Newspapers,” a comprehensive and important history of Maine journalism.
Lucey’s gift revived a program that had gratified generations of UMaine journalism students for many years. Previous visitors have included Goodnough’s New York Times colleague Sara Rimer.
Michael Socolow, an assistant professor in the Department of Communications and Journalism, coordinates the Alan Miller Fund program today.
“We are enormously grateful for this opportunity, and I know our students are looking forward to it,” Socolow says.
Goodnough will be available to meet with and share perspectives with news reporters from 2-2:30 p.m. Monday at the Wells Conference Center on the Orono campus. Call Professor Socolow for details at 581-1941 for additional information.