In her role as associate dean, Morgan oversees the administration of the school’s many prestigious prizes and professional development workshops. In addition, she directs the annual "Let's Do It Better!" Workshop on Journalism, Race and Ethnicity. She is the co-editor of The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity,” a compilation text book, DVD, and website from award-winning stories from her program.
In 2007, Morgan oversaw the launch of the new Punch Sulzberger News Media Executive Leadership Program, a performance challenge-based training program for news executives, in collaboration with the Columbia Business School Executive Leadership program.
Morgan joined the Columbia staff in August 2000 after a 31-year career at The Philadelphia Inquirer, where she served as an assistant managing editor for readership, hiring and staff development. In addition to her expertise on issues of covering and hiring for diversity, Arlene--a certified Maynard Institute diversity trainer, as well as a Zenger-Miller management trainer--developed an expertise in newspaper credibility when she served as The Inquirer's liaison to the American Society of Newspaper Editors' Credibility project. She conducts workshops on credibility issues and on diversity for news organizations around the country, using the Maynard fault lines approach, along with examples of outstanding reporting from the "Let's Do It Better!" program.
In 1995, Morgan was honored with the first Knight Ridder Excellence in Diversity Award for her work to diversify the Inquirer's staff and for her leadership in fostering diversity issues throughout Knight Ridder newspapers, corporate owner of The Inquirer. A graduate of Temple University, Morgan has lectured at several universities, including Columbia, and was a fellow in 1996-1997 at the Freedom Forum's Media Studies Center. |
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