About the Author

Sue Ellen Christian is an associate professor of journalism at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Christian was a reporter for the Chicago Tribune for a decade and has also served on the reporting staffs of the Detroit News and the Los Angeles Times. Her beats at the Tribune included government, politics and public health. She is the recipient of news writing and reporting awards as well as honors for her scholarship and teaching, including a College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Achievement in Teaching award. Christian teaches news writing and reporting, and organizes community-reporting projects around issues of diversity with a focus on multimedia storytelling. Christian’s scholarly work focuses on multicultural and cross-cultural communication, service learning and journalism pedagogy.