Jane Pauley to receive distinguished journalist award from DePaul University

Both journalists have connections to Chicago. Early in her career, Pauley joined NBC station WMAQ-TV and was one of the first women to anchor major evening newscasts in Chicago. Pistone has spent her career in the city after earning her bachelor’s degree in communication from DePaul.

Center co-directors Carol Marin and Don Moseley will present the awards at an invitation-only event on April 19, 2018. Previous recipients of the awards are Lester Holt of “NBC Nightly News” and data journalist and DePaul alumnus Ben Welsh of the L.A. Times.

“DePaul is committed to the highest standards of journalism through the Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence,” said Salma Ghanem, dean of the College of Communication. “Journalists like Jane Pauley and Ann Pistone exemplify these standards and are wonderful role models for all journalists.”

Pauley brings ‘grace, integrity’ to profession
One of broadcasting’s most respected journalists, Pauley began her network career as co-host of the “Today” show. She anchored “Dateline NBC” for more than a decade and hosted her own daytime program, “The Jane Pauley Show.”

“Grace is not often a word associated with journalists, but Jane Pauley is the personification of grace, dignity and immense integrity,” said Marin. “Jane represents the best practices of our profession and teaches our students by her example.”

Pauley has written two New York Times bestsellers: the 2004 memoir “Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue” and 2014’s “Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life.”

Pauley is the recipient of multiple Emmy Awards, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism and the Edward R. Murrow Award for outstanding achievement. Pauley is a member of the Broadcast and Cable Hall of Fame. 

A longtime advocate in children’s health and education, Pauley is on the board of directors of Children's Health Fund and The Mind Trust. A highly regarded spokesperson in mental health, Pauley is a member of the Leadership Board of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. She and her husband, Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau, are the parents of three grown children.

Since 1999, Pistone has teamed up with veteran investigative reporters Chuck Goudie and Jason Knowles at ABC 7, producing a body of work that is at the forefront of breaking news in Chicago.

Pistone thrives on getting to the bottom of a story and then making that discovery public. Her investigations have exposed governmental waste, national security flaws, corporate corruption and organized crime. In 2004, she received a National Emmy Award for “Worst Case Scenario,” which exposed how government agencies and chemical companies were unprotected against a deadly terrorist attack. 

From 1993 to 1999, Pistone was the investigative producer for Fox 32 Chicago, where she worked with reporter Larry Yellen and anchor Walter Jacobson. There she received an Associated Press award for “High Price of Fashion,” which uncovered child labor and sweatshop conditions in Guatemalan textile factories resulting in major retailers changing their production policies. She also won a Midwest Emmy for “Walter Jacobson’s Perspective.” During her career she also worked as a producer for the CNN and CNBC Midwest bureaus and as a political commentary producer at WGN.

The Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence
A longtime investigative reporting and producing team, Marin and Moseley have been teaching at DePaul since 2003. They have mentored more than 50 interns, showing them the ropes of investigative journalism. In 2016, DePaul launched the Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence in the College of Communication to provide students with more opportunities to gain real-world experience.

For more information about the center, visit http://bit.ly/DPUCJIE.

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Media Contact:
Kristin.mathews@depaul.edu
312-241-9856

Sources:
Carol Marin
cmarin@depaul.edu

Don Moseley
dmoseley@depaul.edu ​