Editor,
Evansville Courier & Press
Mizell Stewart III
is a veteran newspaper
journalist who has
coordinated coverage
of such high-profile
news events as the
aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina and the deadlocked
2000 presidential elections.
He joined the Evansville
Courier & Press
in June as the newspaper’s
editor, succeeding
J. Bruce Baumann.
Stewart
came to Evansville
from the Akron
(Ohio) Beacon Journal
where he was named
managing editor in
February 2006. Before
moving to Akron, Stewart
was a consultant for
the former Knight Ridder
newspapers. While
in that role, he
helped lead a team
of Knight Ridder
journalists who coordinated
coverage of Hurricane
Katrina's aftermath
at the Sun-Herald
in Biloxi, Miss.
The newspaper's coverage
won the 2006 Pulitzer
Prize for Public
Service.
Stewart
also is the former
editor and vice
president of the Tallahassee
(Fla.) Democrat.
He moved to Tallahassee
as managing editor
in January 2000
and was promoted
to the top newsroom
position in May 2003.
In
Tallahassee, Stewart
was part of an
operating team that
successfully turned
around a 15-year trend
of declining circulation.
He also directed several
award-winning reporting
efforts, including
the newspaper's
coverage of the 2000
presidential election
and an in-depth examination
of Florida's foster
care system.
From 1994
to 2000, Stewart
worked at the Beacon
Journal in a series
of news editing posts.
During that time,
he also worked as a
reporter and editor
at the Dayton (Ohio)
Daily News and as a
reporter for the Springfield
(Ohio) News-Sun.
Originally
from Cleveland,
Stewart began his newspaper
career in 1982
as a 16-year-old
summer photography
intern with Sun Newspapers.
He has lectured
at The E.W. Scripps
School of Journalism
at Ohio University
and in the Department
of Journalism at
Bowling Green State
University.
He has given presentations
on leadership,
management, reporting
and diversity for
the American Press
Institute, the Poynter
Institute for Media
Studies, the American
Society of Newspaper
Editors, the National
Writers Workshops,
Investigative Reporters & Editors,
the National Association
of Black Journalists
and the World Journalism
Institute. He was
a Pulitzer Prize juror
in 2001 and 2002.
Stewart is a journalism
graduate of Bowling
Green State University,
where he is a member
of the Journalism
Alumni Hall of
Fame. In 2007, Stewart
was named a McCormick
Tribune Fellow by the
National Association
of Minority Media Executives
and attended the Advanced
Executive Program
at Northwestern
University. He is also
a recipient of the
Distinguished Leadership
Award from the Community
Leadership Association,
given to outstanding
graduates of community
leadership programs
nationwide. |
