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Lisa Frazier Page
Professional-in-Residence
248 Hodges Hall | 225-578-7740 | lpage@lsu.edu
Biography
Lisa Frazier Page is a professional-in-residence at 海角社区鈥檚 Manship School of Mass Communication. Her career spans more than 35 years as an award-winning reporter, columnist, editor and newsroom recruiter at The Washington Post and The Times-Picayune, and a nationally acclaimed author. Her book, 鈥淭he Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream,鈥� was a New York Times bestseller, and her memoir about the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine, 鈥淎 Mighty Long Way: My Journey To Justice At Little Rock Central High School,鈥� was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Before joining the Manship School, Page worked as the communications director for the District Attorney鈥檚 Office, 22nd Judicial District in Louisiana. She has taught a range of mass communication courses, including mass media law, feature writing, reporting and news writing, for more than 30 years. Page holds a master鈥檚 degree from Northwestern University鈥檚 Medill School of Journalism and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in English and mass communication from Dillard University.