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James W. Brown, executive associate dean of the Indiana University School of Journalism at IUPUI since 1982, will be inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame April 18 at a special ceremony at the Walden Inn in Greencastle.

Created in 1966 by the Indiana professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and housed at DePauw University, the Hall of Fame recognizes those with significant Indiana ties who have demonstrated they are journalists of the highest distinction.

In a press release, Hall of Fame organizers called Brown “a pioneer in computer-assisted journalism and accomplished photographer. He formed the National Institute for Advanced Reporting and in the 1990s organized conferences that introduced many journalists to the use of databases in their reporting. His expertise helped IUPUI’s journalism students become multimedia savvy years before those at other schools.”

Other inductees include:

• Janet Flanner, an Indianapolis native who was the Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1975;
• Craig Klugman, editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette since 1982;
• Longtime broadcaster Jane Pauley, an Indianapolis native and Indiana University graduate who spent nearly three decades as a news anchor and host on NBC; and
• Ernest Wilkinson, who was an editor and reporter at the Indianapolis Star for 35 years.

For more information about the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame and its previous inductees, visit the organization’s Web site.

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