Dori J. Maynard (May 4, 1958 – February 24, 2015) was an

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author and

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. She was the president of the

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and the co-author of ''Letters to My Children'', a compilation of nationally syndicated columns by her late father Robert C. Maynard, for which she wrote introductory essays.

Career

Maynard graduated from

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in Vermont with a BA in American History. As a reporter, she worked for the ''

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'', ''

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'' in

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, and the ''

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''. She served on the board of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, as well as the Board of Visitors for the John S. Knight Fellowships.

Accolades

In 1993 she and her father became the first father-daughter duo to be appointed Nieman scholars at

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. She received the "Fellow of Society" award from the

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at the national convention in

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, on October 6, 2001, and was voted one of the "10 Most Influential African Americans in the Bay Area" in 2004. In 2008, she received the Asian American Journalists Association's Leadership in Diversity Award.

References

External links

www.mije.orgDori on Diversity
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