LynNell Hancock is an education reporter and professor. She graduated from the

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and the

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, where she is now a professor. After graduating from Columbia, Hancock worked as a reporter with the

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, mainly covering education and children's issues. A former education editor of

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, Hancock is active in several education and children's organizations. At Columbia, Hancock teaches education and children's reporting. She is the author of "Hands to Work," a book about the lives of three welfare recipients in New York City.

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Columbia Journalism School Official Biography
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