Pamela Newkirk is a journalist, author and professor at New York University whose articles on race, media and African American art and culture have appeared in leading publications in the U.S. and the U.K. Prior to joining the NYU faculty, she was a reporter at four different news organizations, including New York Newsday, where she was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and degrees in journalism from Columbia and NYU.