Kovie Biakolo, director of the Arts and Culture Reporting Program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, and Kalli Anderson, director of Audio Journalism, have been named Tow Professors for the 2022-2024 academic years.

The professorships enable CUNY’s Newmark J-School to support the research of two teachers who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in their fields.

Previous recipients of Tow professorships on the J-School’s faculty were Emily Laber-Warren, director of the Health & Science Reporting Program; Alia Malek, head of the International Reporting Program; Associate Professor Lisa Armstrong; Graciela Mochkofsky, now dean, then executive director of the Center for Community Media and head of the Bilingual Journalism Program; Associate Professor Bob Sacha; documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen, and investigative journalist and digital media strategist Miguel Paz.

Learn more at Professors Biakolo and Anderson’s work here.