Journalism Institute Press Freedom Fellow Kathy Kiely named to Mizzou chair

Kathy Kiely, the National Press Club Journalism Institute Press Freedom Fellow, was named the Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism last week.

A veteran journalist, Kiely's reporting and editing career has included work with WAMU-FM, Bill Moyers, Bloomberg Politics, National Journal and USA Today, as well as with the Sunlight Foundation. She also has served as the Washington bureau chief for the Houston Post and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Kiely has taught at University of New Hampshire, American University, George Washington University and Princeton University.

The Club's first Press Freedom Fellow, Kiely has been instrumental in actions by the Club and Institute on behalf of Emilio Gutierrez-Soto, a John P. Aubuchon Press Freedom Award winner currently being detained by U.S. immigration officials in El Paso, Tx. Kiely remains the NPCJI Press Freedom Fellow.

Kiely joins the faculty on July 1 and will be based at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. She will teach, conduct research and engage in public outreach activities to foster understanding of the importance of press freedom. The Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies is one of 10 endowed chairs at the school.