News Office

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Came to Duke in 2011 from the Raleigh News & Observer, where he wrote about higher education issues across North Carolina. Prior to that, he held reporting posts at the Durham (N.C.) Herald-Sun and the Hartford Courant, where he covered education, crime, politics and local news. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, where he majored in journalism and political science.

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Joined the News Office in 2008. She previously was webmaster at the Pratt School of Engineering. Before coming to Duke, she created documentary interactives, websites and branding for higher education, non-profits and small businesses. Also worked at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with designers and scientists to create a mediabook on genomics. Prior to that, was an English teacher in southern Japan and studied ceramics in a pottery village. Bachelor's degree in studio art and journalism and mass communication from UNC.

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Joined Duke in 2008 after 4 1/2 years as an editor-reporter with The Associated Press in Raleigh, N.C., and 11 years as a bureau chief, editor and reporter with newspapers in California, including The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, The Record in Stockton and the Sun-Star in Merced.

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Joined Duke in 2007 after working as a writer for Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization based in Montgomery, Ala. Before that she worked as a staff reporter at the New Haven Advocate in Connecticut. She holds a master of science degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University and attended Yale University and Southern Connecticut University as an undergraduate.

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Came to Duke in 2001 after working for more than 20 years as a science writer and communications expert at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the National Academy of Sciences and an international development organization in Washington. Honors graduate of Brown University and former Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal.

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Came to Duke in 1995 after working for 10 years for the Baton Rouge, La., Advocate, the last seven years as assistant city editor. Prior to that, he was a bureau manager for UPI and reporter for the Winston-Salem Journal and the Sunbury (Pa.) Daily-Item. Graduate of Bucknell University.

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Arrived at Duke in January 2008 after working as a payment processing clerk for a Durham collection agency. Other work experience includes four years as a front-end processor at BCBSNC and 1-1/2 years as an administrative assistant at Standards Based Solutions-East. She is currently a business major at Strayer University's RTP campus.

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Arrived at Duke in 2008 after working in the Department of Communication Studies at UNC Chapel Hill, where she wrote and designed the departmental newsletter. Before that, she worked at Boston University School of Law. She holds a bachelor's degree in Theatre from Wake Forest University.

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Came to Duke in 1986, serving as assistant editor for the beginning of Dialogue. Became editor in 1987. Previously spent a year at the Havre de Grace Record and two years at the Gastonia Gazette. Bachelor's degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Came to Duke in June, 2002. Previously served as Production Director at Salon.com, and was a Web Development Specialist at Mix Media in San Francisco, California. Ben has a B.A. in American Studies from Wesleyan University.

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Joined Duke in 2011 after serving as director of partnership initiatives for the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, where she focused on marketing, strategic initiatives, social media efforts and partnership relations. She worked previously at the City of Durham's Office of Economic and Workforce Development.

She holds an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School and an undergraduate degree in economics and political science, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Arrived at Duke in 2002 after working as a campaign coordinator at Vote For America and as a production assistant and commentator at WUNC-FM. Worked as a software salesman and holds a bachelor's degree in physics from Duke.

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Joined the Duke News Service in 1995 with 16 years of experience as a weekly newspaper editor and reporter. Edited The Apex Herald and The Caswell Messenger. Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Arrived at Duke in 2010 after working at the W. M Keck Observatory, where she wrote and edited media releases, news stories and features for the Observatory's website and print publication, Cosmic Matters. Previously a science writing intern at Science News and Nature, she holds a master's degree in science writing from MIT and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.