Moni Basu
Michael and Linda Connelly Lecturer for Narrative Nonfiction - Department of Journalism
Bio
Basu is an author and award-winning journalist. Most recently she was a senior writer at CNN. She covered the Iraq War from its inception, for which she won several national awards. Her e-book, “Chaplain Turner’s War,” grew from a series of Atlanta Journal-Constitution stories on an Army chaplain serving in Iraq.
She has focused much of her work on people who survive immense loss and trauma and also on issues of race and identity.
She also was a distinguished professor of practice in the University of Georgia’s narrative nonfiction MFA program.
Basu began her journalism career in Florida. She worked briefly for the Tallahassee Democrat and before that, she was editor of The Florida Flambeau, the independent newspaper serving the FSU community. From 1988 – 1989, she served as communication director for the Children, Youth and Families program of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.
You can read a few of Basu’s stories on her website: www.monibasu.com
News
- Moni Basu Authors Article on Company Focused on Fishing Excursions for Veterans with PTSD (July 15, 2020)
- Moni Basu Reflects on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Stories that Will Provide Guidance for the Future (June 16, 2020)
- CJC Faculty and Staff Receive College Awards (April 29, 2020)
- Moni Basu Named 2019-20 UF Undergraduate Teacher of the Year (April 17, 2020)
- Moni Basu Chronicles the Life of Legendary Sports Car Racer Hurley Haywood (February 25, 2020)
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Courses
Syllabi from the current and three previous semesters:
- JOU 4308 - Magazine & Feature Writing - section 1336 - Fall 2020 (PDF)
- JOU 4311 - Advanced Magazine Writing - section 17C2 - Fall 2020 (PDF)
- JOU 4930 - Reporting From Ground Zero - Fall 2020 (PDF)
- JOU 4308 - Magazine & Feature Writing - section 1336 - Spring 2020 (PDF)
- JOU 4311 - Advanced Magazine Writing - section 17C2 - Spring 2020 (PDF)
- JOU 4930 - Special Topics in Journalism - section 3G13 - Spring 2020 (PDF)
- JOU 4308 - Magazine & Feature Writing - Fall 2019 (PDF)
- JOU 4311 - Advanced Magazine Writing - Fall 2019 (PDF)