Summary
Caesar Andrews teaches courses in media ethics, reporting, writing and editing, including investigative projects.
Before joining the Reynolds School, he served as executive editor of the Detroit Free Press and led other newsrooms throughout the country, including Gannett News Service, and newspapers in Florida, Pennsylvania and New York. He completed visiting professorships at Washington and Lee University, Arizona State University and Grambling State University, his alma mater.
He serves on site visit teams for the organization that accredits college journalism programs – the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. As the Leonard Distinguished Chair in Media Ethics and Writing, he coordinates campus and community forums featuring national and state media figures.
Courses taught
- JOUR 305: Media Ethics
- JOUR 413: Media History
- JOUR 428: Investigative Reporting
Selected service
- Committee Member, University Appeals; QLAB/LGBTQ Advisory; University Disability Advocacy
- Chair, Advisory Board, Racist Covenants Research Project, a University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno Department of History initiative documenting discriminatory real estate practices in 1900s ÁùºÏ±¦µä
- Lecturer, University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno OLLI, Rebuilding Trust in Journalism, 2024
- Chair, site team visits, Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Communications
- Juror, Toner Prizes for Excellence in Political Reporting, Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
- Judge, Society for Features Journalism
Education
- B.A., Grambling State University