Isabel Wilkerson Keynotes Savannah Women's Journalism Conference
Journalist and author knows a thing or two about "Blazing a Trail and Leaving a Legacy."
Today’s conference at Savannah State University is dynamically titled “Women Rising in the Media and the Arts: Blazing a Trail and Leaving a Legacy.” Speaking during the lunch portion and signing copies of her 2010 book The Warmth of Other Suns at the end of the day is Isabel Wilkerson, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for Feature Writing.
In a preview of the event by Jessica Leigh Lebos, editor of weekly newspaper Connect Savannah, conference organizer and SSU Journalism and Mass Communications chair Wanda Lloyd stressed the importance of mentorship:
Though she has mentored many students over the years, Lloyd herself did not have such guidance when she began her career as a newspaper editor for Gannett.
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