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Mizell
Stewart III
Editor
Evansville Courier &
Press
Mizell
Stewart III is a veteran journalist who has coordinated coverage of such
high-profile news events as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the
deadlocked 2000 presidential election. He joined the Courier & Press in June
2007.
Stewart
moved to Evansville from the Akron Beacon Journal, where he was managing editor.
Before Akron, Stewart was a
consultant for the former Knight Ridder newspapers. While in that role, he
helped lead a team of Knight Ridder journalists who covered the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina at the Biloxi Sun-Herald. The Sun Herald’s coverage won the
2006 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
He is the former editor and vice
president of the Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat and a past chair of Leadership
Tallahassee. In 2004, Stewart received the Distinguished Leadership Award from
the Community Leadership Association, given to outstanding graduates of
community leadership programs nationwide.