Stephen Berry
Associate Professor
M.A., 1984, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
W337 Adler Journalism & Mass Comm. Bldg. (AJB)
319-335-3331
stephen-berry@uiowa.edu
Stephen J. Berry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter, specializes in investigative reporting. His book, Watchdog Journalism: The Art of Investigative Reporting [Oxford University Press], is scheduled for release July 25, 2008.
Before entering academia in 2003, Berry was a journalist for 33 years, having worked last at the Los Angeles Times. While at The Orlando Sentinel, he and a colleague won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting.
He has won numerous other honors for investigative and daily reporting, including the Associated Press Newspaper Executive Council Award for public service; the national Benjamin Fine and the N.C. School Bell awards for education reporting; the Los Angeles Times’ Top of the Times Award, its Editor and Publisher Prize and one of its Pulitzer nominations; National Headliners Award finalist for public service; Society of Professional Journalists Award [Atlanta Chapter]; Champion of Justice Journalism Award by National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Florida Sports Writers Association award for Investigative Reporting; and others. His projects have examined race relations, the criminal justice system, police abuse of power, school district merger, medical malpractice, stock-car racing safety, guns, government and illegal drugs. More recently he has published “Reclaiming Objectivity” and “CBS News Lets the Pentagon Taint its News Process” in Nieman Reports.
His M.A. degree is in American history. He earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL.