Peter Chilson

Professor’€™s expertise informs public about Mali invasion

Months of onsite investigative journalism by Washington State University English professor Peter Chilson into al-Qaeda’s takeover of northern Mali last spring have recently put him in high demand with the national and international media. The flurry began when France intervened in the Malian crisis last week in an attempt to halt a further incursion by […]

Worldwide Attention for e-book on Mali

Months of onsite investigative journalism by English professor Peter Chilson into al-Qaeda’s takeover of northern Mali last spring have put him in high demand with the national and international media. “Peter Chilson’s work in Mali is some of the finest crisis reporting we’ve seen in a long time,” said Tom Hundley, senior editor, Pulitzer Center […]

CAS in the media: November 30, 2012

Conflict in Mali Washington State’s Peter Chilson discusses upcoming e-book on Mali uprisings Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting / featuring Peter Chilson, professor in the Department of English Loneliness Lonely in KC Kansas City Public Media / featuring Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, associate professor in the Department of Sociology These links are provided for your information […]

Pulitzer grant funds coup coverage

By Phyllis Shier, College of Arts and Sciences After navigating a coup and rebellion in West Africa with funding from a Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting grant, a Washington State University English professor will share his first-person account in an e-book for a Washington Post publication. Creative writing professor Peter Chilson’s investigative journalism will be […]