
Michael
Parks
Professor of Journalism, Director of Specialized Journalism (M.A.)
Program
Specialized Journalism (MA)Phone
213-743-5324Office
KER 207Office Hours
TBAMore Michael
Expertise
American Studies
Changing News Industry
Health Communication
IDEA
International Journalism
International Relations
Race and Ethnicity
Center Affiliation
California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting
Center on Public Diplomacy
MICHAEL PARKS is a journalist whose assignments have taken him around the globe, and whose "balanced and comprehensive" coverage of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa earned him the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. From 1997-2000, Parks was the editor of the Los Angeles Times, a period during which the Times garnered four additional Pulitzer Prizes. He joined the USC Annenberg faculty in Fall 2000 and became the interim director of the School of Journalism in 2001. He was named director of the school in March 2002 and served until June 2008. During the 2013-2014 academic year, he served again as interim director.