Veteran Reporter Paula Dobbyn Selected as Snedden Endowed Chair of Journalism
The UAF Department of Science and Environmental Journalism is pleased to announce
the selection of Paula Dobbyn as the Snedden Chair for 2024-2027.
Dobbyn is an award-winning journalist with more than three decades of experience in print, broadcast and digital news.
Mostly recently, Dobbyn was part of the Honolulu Civil Beat team nominated as Pulitzer Prize finalists for breaking news coverage of the devastating wildfire that leveled Lahaina, Maui, killing 102 people.
A longtime 乐虎直播n, Dobbyn has reported for the Anchorage Daily News, 乐虎直播鈥檚 News Source television, and KTOO public radio in Juneau. Prior to 乐虎直播, she worked as a producer, newscaster and reporter in public radio and television in Boston and Washington, D.C. After graduating from college, Dobbyn launched her career as a freelance radio reporter covering war and revolution in Central America.
Besides journalism, Dobbyn has worked in public relations and communications, freelanced as a magazine writer, and served as an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of 乐虎直播 Anchorage.
She is a registered yoga teacher and holds a certificate in victims鈥� rights advocacy.
Education:
LL.M International Human Rights Law, Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway and Queen鈥檚 University Belfast
B.A. Political Theory, Hampshire College