THIBODAUX, La. — Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ alum Cory Haik will share her experiences and perspectives from a lifetime working in a male-dominated industry at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21 in Le Bijou Theatre. <\/span><\/p>\nDuring her career as a journalist, Haik (B.A. \u201800) has earned three shared Pulitzer Prizes. Two in 2006 as acting manager of NOLA.com during Hurricane Katrina for breaking news and public service, and another in 2010 as assisting managing editor at The Seattle Times for distinguished local reporting with speed and accuracy on police officer shootings. <\/span><\/p>\nHaik is now the publisher for Mic, a digital platform for millennials with a reach of 70 million.<\/span><\/p>\n“Ms. Haik has a lot to teach our students about the value of having faith in their own ability,\u201d said Dr. James Stewart, department head of mass communication. \u201cShe has built a very successful career in two fields that historically have been dominated by men, journalism and the tech industry.”<\/span><\/p>\nThe event is free and open to the public. <\/span><\/p>\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b>March 15, 2018<\/span><\/p>\nCONTACT: <\/b>Jacob Batte, Media Relations and Publications Coordinator,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>985.448.4141<\/span> or <\/span>jacob.batte@www.nicholls.edu<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THIBODAUX, La. — Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ alum Cory Haik will share her experiences and perspectives from a lifetime working in a male-dominated industry at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21 in Le Bijou Theatre. During her career as a journalist, Haik (B.A. \u201800) has earned three shared Pulitzer Prizes. Two in 2006 as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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