Brooke Kroeger Explained

Brooke Kroeger
Education:	Boston University Columbia University

Brooke Kroeger is a journalist, writer, and professor emerita at New York University. She has written books on Nellie Bly, Fannie Hurst, and most recently a 2023 book on women in journalism.

Education and career

Kroeger as a B.S. in journalism and political science from Boston University (1971), and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University (1972).^{[1] [2]} Kroeger has worked as a journalist with Newsday, and New York Newsday.^[3] For eleven years she worked for United Press International, including serving as chief editor for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa while she was based on London, and serving as bureau chief while she was based in Tel Aviv.

Kroeger taught at New York University from 1998 until 2021, and served as the first director of the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. As of 2023, Kroeger is professor emerita at New York University.^[4]

Selected publications

• Book: Kroeger, Brooke . 1994 . Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter . 9780812919738 . en. ^[5]
• Book: Kroeger, Brooke . Fannie: The Talent for Success of Writer Fannie Hurst . 1998 . 978-0812924978 . en. ^[6]
• Book: Kroeger, Brooke. Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are . 2003. 978-1891620997. ^[7]
• Book: Kroeger, Brooke . Undercover Reporting : The Truth About Deception . 2012 . Northwestern University Press . 978-0-8101-2619-0. ^[8]
• Book: Kroeger, Brooke . The Suffragents: How Women Used Men to Get the Vote . State University of New York Press . 2017 . 9781438466309 . en. ^[9]
• Book: Kroeger, Brooke . Undaunted How Women Changed American Journalism . Penguin Random House. 2023 . 9780525659143 . en. ^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brooke Kroeger . 2023-05-14 . LibraryThing.com . en.
2. Web site: Wickman . G. Fred . February 4, 1994 . Her parents are so proud of this author's success - and why not? . 2023-05-14 . The Kansas City Star; Kansas City, Missouri.
3. Web site: November 18, 2022 . "Listen World!": Elsie Robinson and Women Newspaper Columnists . 2023-05-14 . www.nyhistory.org.
4. Web site: Faculty . 2023-05-14 . NYU Journalism . en-US.
5. Reviews for Nellie Bly
   • News: Sims . Patsy . 1994-03-06 . Her Place Was in the News . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-14 . 0362-4331.
   • News: Lichtenstein . Grace . 1994-03-13 . AROUND THE WORLD IN 72 DAYS . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-05-14 . 0190-8286.
   • Marzolf . Marion T. . 1995 . Review of Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist. . The Journal of American History . 82 . 1 . 279–280 . 10.2307/2082054 . 2082054 . 0021-8723.
6. Reviews for Fannie
   • 2000-03-01 . Fannie: the talent for success of writer Fannie Hurst . Choice Reviews Online . 37 . 7 . 37–3749-37-3749 . 10.5860/choice.37-3749 . 0009-4978.
   • News: Louis . Catherine Saint . 1999-09-19 . Books in Brief: Nonfiction . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-14 . 0362-4331.
   • Koppelman . Susan . 1999 . Kroeger . Brooke . Writing for Her Life . The Women's Review of Books . 17 . 1 . 20–21 . 10.2307/4023368 . 4023368 . 0738-1433.
7. Reviews of Passing
   • News: Dunbar-Ortiz . Roxanne . 14 September 2003 . Being someone you are not; Passing When People Can't Be Who They Are Brooke Kroeger . R.5 . Los Angeles Times ; Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif] . Proquest.
8. Reviews of Undercover Reporting
   • Conrad . David . 2013-09-17 . Brooke Kroeger, Undercover Reporting: The Truth About Deception . International Journal of Communication . en . 7 . 4 . 1932-8036.
   • MCCREERY . DAVID . 2013 . Review of Undercover Reporting: the truth about deception . The Journal of Pacific History . 48 . 1 . 109–110 . 10.1080/00223344.2012.757830 . 41999469 . 162243043 . 0022-3344.
9. Reviews for The Suffragents
   • News: Roberts . Sam . 2017-11-01 . The Roles of Men and New York State in Women's Suffrage . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-14 . 0362-4331.
10. Reviews of Undaunted
    • News: Kamensky . Jane . 2023-05-13 . From 'Front-Page Girls' to Newsroom Leaders . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-14 . 0362-4331.
    • Web site: Esposito . Veronica . Undaunted: the untold story of women in American journalism . the Guardian . 2023-05-31 . 2023-07-11.
    • Web site: Stories of remarkable women in journalism featured in new book . KPCW . 2023-07-10 . . 2023-07-11.
    • Web site: LA Times Today: Brooke Kroeger's 'Undaunted' details how women changed American journalism . Los Angeles Times . 2023-06-15 . . 2023-07-11.
    • Web site: Hook . Janet . From 'women's pages' to front lines: Tracking women journalists' (unfinished) progress . Los Angeles Times . 2023-05-17 . 2023-07-11.
    • Web site: 'Undaunted' tells the story of the women journalists who blazed a trail for others . NPR . 2023-05-20 . . 2023-07-11.