Background
Diuguid, Lewis Walter was born on July 17, 1955 in Saint Louis. Son of Lincoln Isaiah and Nancy Ruth (Greenlee) Diuguid.
Diuguid, Lewis Walter was born on July 17, 1955 in Saint Louis. Son of Lincoln Isaiah and Nancy Ruth (Greenlee) Diuguid.
BJ, U. Missouri, 1977. Reporter, photographer Campus Digest, Columbia, Missouri, 1974-1975, Saint Louis Sentinel, 1976. Reporter, photographer, copy and automotive editor Kansas City Times, Missouri, 1977-1985.
Assistant minority recruiting coordinator Kansas City Times and Star, 1985, assistant bureau chief Johnson County office The Kansas City Star, 1985-1987, bureau chief Southland bureau, 1987-1992, columnist, 1987, assistant city editor Southland bureau, 1992-1994, diversity trainer, 1993, associate editor, metropolitan columnist, 1994.
Diversity co-chair The Star Company, 1995. Institute for Journalism Education fellow U. Arizona-Tucson,1984.
Named one of 100 Most Influential African Americans in Greater Kansas City, 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97. Recipient Media award Ark of Friends of Greater Kansas City, 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, Black Achievers award, 1997, Mental Health award 1991, Research Mental Health Media award 1992, Difference Maker award Urban League Greater Kansas City, 1992, Missouri Community College Association Media award 1993, Mental Health Awareness award Mental Health Association Kansas City, 1993, Public Affairs/Social Issues Unity award 1993, 1st Place Kansas City Press Club award, 1993, Comprehensive Mental Media award State Missouri, 1995, Project HEART award Swinney andRed Bridge Schools, 1995, Everlyn Wasserstrom award Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1996, Black Achievers award, 1997.
Reporter, photographer, copy and automotive editor Kansas City Times, Missouri, 1977-1985. Assistant minority recruiting coordinator Kansas City Times and Star, since 1985. Assistant bureau chief Johnson County office The Kansas City Star, 1985-1987, bureau chief Southland bureau, 1987-1992, columnist, since 1987, assistant city editor Southland bureau, 1992-1994, diversity trainer, since 1993, associate editor, metropolitan columnist, 1994—1999, diversity initiative co-chair, 1994—1999.
Vice president community resources, editorial board member, columnist, diversity co-chair The Star Company, since 1999.
Member National Association Black Journalists, Kansas City Association Black Journalists (president 1986, secretary 1987, vice president 1993, treasurer since 1994), National Society Newspaper Columnists, Monroe Trotter Group of Black Voices in Commentary.
Married Valerie Gale Words, October 25, 1977. Children: Adrianne, Leslie Ellen.