Background
Curry, George Edward was born on February 23, 1947 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Homer Lee Curry and Martha Lee Burks.
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George Edward Curry, American Journalist. Recipient Top Annual award Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Comm., 1989, Distinguished Svc. award Southern Press Institute, Savannah State College, 1989, Unity in Media award, Lincoln U., 1990, 94, 95; named Journalistof Year Washington Association Black Journalists, 1995. Chairman board directors Youth Comm. (national teenage news service), 1990.
Education
Student, Harvard University, summer 1968; student, Yale University, summer 1969; student, Knoxville College, 1970.
Career
Reporter, Sports Illustrated, New York City, 1970-1972; reporter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1972-1983; reporter, Chicago Tribune, 1983-1984; Washington correspondent, Chicago Tribune, 1984-1989; New York bureau chief, Chicago Tribune, 1989-1993; editor-in-chief, Emerge Magazine, Washington, since 1993. Founding director St. Louis, Washington and New York City Minority Journalism Workshops. Television appearances include The Today Show, The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, Washington Week in Review, America's Black Forum, Lead Story, C-Span and Speaking of Everything.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman board directors Youth Comm. (national teenage news service), 1990.
Interests
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Married Dina Ann Johnson, April 15, 1995. 1 child, Edward DuBois.
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Recipient Top Annual award Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Comm., 1989, Distinguished Svc. award Southern Press Institute, Savannah State College, 1989, Unity in Media award, Lincoln U., 1990, 94, 95. Named Journalistof Year Washington Association Black Journalists, 1995.Recipient Top Annual award Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Comm., 1989, Distinguished Svc. award Southern Press Institute, Savannah State College, 1989, Unity in Media award, Lincoln U., 1990, 94, 95. Named Journalistof Year Washington Association Black Journalists, 1995.