Lynette Clemetson

About Lynette Clemetson

Lynette Clemetson is Director of Wallace House Center for Journalists, home of the Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists and the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists at the University of Michigan. She came to the university from NPR where she was Senior Director of Strategy and Content Initiatives, developing and guiding projects across broadcast, digital and events to develop new audiences. Her career in journalism spans newspapers, magazines and audio across a range of platforms. As a reporter, she was a Washington-based correspondent for The New York Times and Newsweek, writing about politics, social issues and demographic change. Prior to her domestic correspondent work, she was an international correspondent for Newsweek based in Hong Kong, where she covered the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule in 1997. She moved into digital strategy and leadership in 2008 as the founding managing editor of TheRoot.com, launched for The Washington Post Company with Henry Louis Gates Jr. She is also the former Director of Content Strategy at Pew Center on the States.Lynette has a passionate interest in press freedom issues. She serves on the board of Forbidden Stories, an award-winning news organization dedicated to publishing the work of journalists who have been threatened, jailed or killed. Additionally, she is a member of the steering committee of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. She serves on the advisory boards for PBS FRONTLINE, and the Knight Press Freedom Fellowships at CUNY\'s Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.Specialties: journalism, local journalism and community engagement strategy, global press freedom, mission-driven leadership, change management, reporting, writing, editing, editorial strategy, team building, inclusive teams, professional development, mentoring, public s••••••••@umich.edu@lclemetson

Experience

1. Director, Wallace House Center for Journalists

   Wallace House Center For Journalists

   Jun 2016 — Present

   Wallace House Center for Journalists at the University of Michigan is committed to fostering excellence in journalism. It is home to programs that recognize, sustain and elevate the careers of journalists to address the challenges of journalism today, foster civic engagement and uphold the role of a free press in a democratic society. It upholds the fundamental mission of journalism to document, interpret, analyze and investigate the forces shaping society.As Director, Lynette Clemetson leads Wallace House’s central programs, the Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists; the Livingston Awards; and the Wallace House Presents events series.

Education

• University of Pittsburgh

  BA, MA, English, East Asian Studies

  2001 — 2004

Skills

• Writing
• Web Strategy
• Team Building
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Content Strategy
• Breaking News
• Public Speaking
• Editing
• Magazines
• Storytelling
• Ap Style
• Change Management
• Digital Strategy
• Journalism
• Editorial