Joan Konner
American academic and journalist
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Joan Konner (born Joan Barbara Weiner; February 24, 1931 – April 18, 2018), was an American academic and journalist who served as Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism.[1]
Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Konner received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and an M.S. from Columbia University before becoming a journalist with the Bergen Record.[2] She produced over 50 documentaries and television series, including the PBS series The Power of Myth,[3] and She Says/Women in News, which won a 2002 Emmy Award.[4] In September 1988, she became the first female Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, a position she held for eight years.[5] In 1991, while she was dean, the school organized the first public appearance of Salman Rushdie outside of England after the Satanic Verses controversy.[6]
From 1988 to 1999 she was also the publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review.[3]