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Jean Marie Brown

Associate professor of professional practice, Department of Journalism at TCU Bob Schieffer College of Communication

Jean Marie is an associate professor of professional practice in the Department of Journalism at TCU Bob Schieffer College of Communication in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition to serving as a full-time faculty member, she is also director of student media. A former newspaper executive, Jean Marie spent most of her professional career working for Knight Ridder and later for McClatchy newspapers. She held management positions at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Charlotte Observer.

Her management career included time as a deputy features editor, city editor, assistant managing editor and managing editor. At one time, she directed local news coverage for the Arlington and Northeast edition of the Star-Telegram.

Her strengths as an editor were line editing, story idea generation, and staff development. As a reporter, she excelled at covering local government and public policy. She began her career in the Chicago bureau of the Wall Street Journal, where she covered agriculture, financial futures and U.S. farm policy.

Jean Marie has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a master’s from Texas Christian University.