Journalist, educator, and photographer Betty Medsger was born in Johnstown, Penn., in 1942. She attended Grove City College in Pennsylvania (B.A. 1964) and worked as a reporter for the Tribune Democrat (Johnstown, Penn.), the Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia) and the Washington Post from 1964 to 1973. She later served as a free-lance television documentary producer-reporter and as a photojournalist, producing Women at Work, a photographic documentary book and exhibition. She began teaching journalism in 1977 at San Francisco State University where she was later appointed professor and served as chair of the department. She lectures, writes and consults in the United States and other countries on journalism ethics, race and ethnic diversity in journalism, and journalism education reform.
From the description of Papers, 1974-1981 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122470906
