Educational Program: Finding the News in a World Distorted by Polarization, Misinformation and Lies
Peter Copeland has been a journalist and author for more than 40 years. He was the Washington bureau chief of the E.W. Scripps Company, the editor and general manager of Scripps Howard News Service, and a foreign correspondent. He started as a night police reporter in his hometown of Chicago and went on to cover stories in 30 countries. Copeland has worked with newspapers, wire services, magazines, cable television networks, broadcast television, and digital platforms.
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As a foreign correspondent, Copeland lived in Mexico City for five years and covered Latin America. Later he traveled from Washington, D.C., to cover wars, coups, elections, and other stories on five continents, including the U.S. invasion of Panama, the Gulf War and the intervention in Somalia.
Copeland recently published his fifth book, Finding the News: Adventures of a Young Reporter (LSU Press), a memoir about learning to be a journalist. Learn more at www.petercopelandnews.com.
Copeland graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI, with a major in Government. He studied Politics at the University of Exeter in England. Copeland and his wife, Maru Montero, have two grown children.