Faculty

Marcia Stepanek 
BJ, MA, Fellowship, Cert., Cert., Fellowship
Adjunct Instructor

Department Affiliation

• Philanthropy and Fundraising

Courses

• How to Be a Successful Fundraiser / PHIL1-CE9000
  
• Summer Intensive Certificate in Fundraising / PHIL1-CE9400
  
• The Wired Nonprofit: Social Media Strategy and Practice / FDGR1-GC3105
  
• The Wired Nonprofit: Social Media Strategy and Practice / X39.9036
  
• Social Media--What's New, What Works: Webinar / R39.1217
  

Educational Record

• Northern Illinois University, BJ, 1976, Journalism
• University of Illinois, MA, 1978, Public Affairs Journalism
• University of Hawaii, Fellowship, 1988, Asian Studies
• Sofia University, Tokyo, Cert., 1989, Japanese language
• Corcoran School of Art, Cert., 1994, Multimedia Storytelling
• Stanford University, Fellowship, 1996, New Media

Professional Record

• Editor/Washington and Tokyo, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, 1982 - 1988
• Tokyo & Washington Correspondent, Hearst Media, 1989 - 1998
• Web Strategies Editor, Business Week Magazine, 1998 - 2001
• Founding Executive Editor, CIO Insight, Ziff Davis Media, 2001 - 2004
• Founding Editor-in-Chief, Contribute Magazine, 2005 - 2009
• New Media Advisor, Senior Staff, Heyman Center for Philanthropy, 2009 - Present

Honors & Awards

• George Polk Award
  Long Island University, 1983
• Finalist, Pulitzer Prize
  Columbia University , 1984
• National Press Club Award
  National Press Club , 1995
• National Clarion Award
  Women in Communications, 1997
• Front Page Award, Internet Commentary
  New York Newswomen's Club, 2000
• Gold Award
  American Society of Business Press Editors, 2003