Salim Muwakkil

Salim Muwakkil (born Alonzo James Cannady, January 20, 1947)[1] is an American journalist based in Chicago. He is a senior editor at In These Times and an op-ed columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Muwakkil writes on African American issues, Middle East politics, and US foreign policy. Currently a Crime and Communities Media Fellow of the Open Society Institute, he also teaches a seminar on race, media, and politics for the Urban Studies Program of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.

Education

Muwakkil attended Rutgers University and graduated with a BA in Political Science in 1973.[2]

Background

In the 1960s, Muwakkil was a member of the US. Air Force stationed in Germany. He joined the Black Panther Party directly after his discharge.[3]

Shortly before his graduation, Muwakkil began his journalism career at the Associated Press in Newark, New Jersey as a reporter.

Later, he joined the Nation of Islam. He moved to Muhammad Speaks and its successor Bilalian News as a copy editor and then managing editor.He is now a former activist in that movement.[4]

After moving to Chicago, Muwakkil joined the staff at In These Times in 1983 and became a contributing writer to the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune.[5]

Muwakkil serves as board member for the Progressive Media Project and the Chicago-based Public Square. In the past he has been an adjunct professor at Columbia College, Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[5]

Career

He hosts "The Salim Muwakkil" show on WVON, Chicago's historic Black radio station.[6]

Publication

Other publications in which Muwakkil's work has appeared include The Washington Post, ″The New York Times Book Review″, The Chicago Reader, The Progressive, Newsday, Cineaste, The Baltimore Sun, Z Magazine, Toronto Star, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Utne Reader.

Recognition

Muwakkil has won several journalism awards[5] including:

1994 Top Ten Media Heroes - Institute of Alternative Journalism
1997 Black Rose Achievement Award - League of Black Women
2001 Studs Terkel Award for Journalistic Excellence - Chicago-based Community Media Workshop
2004 Lillian Award for Excellence in Journalism - Delta Sigma Theta sorority

References

  1. ↑ thehistorymakers.com Archived November 3, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Salim Muwakkil". inthesetimes.com.
  3. ↑ http://inthesetimes.com/article/19178/muhammad-ali-remembrance-black-nationalism
  4. ↑ http://inthesetimes.com/article/19178/muhammad-ali-remembrance-black-nationalism
  5. 1 2 3 http://inthesetimes.com/community/profile/13
  6. ↑ http://inthesetimes.com/article/19178/muhammad-ali-remembrance-black-nationalism
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