PEOPLE: JEANNINE RELLY

Jeannine E. Relly
Office - Marshall 326
Telephone - 626-8680
E-mail - jrelly@email.arizona.edu

Jeannine E. Relly is an assistant professor of practice who worked as a print journalist for more than a dozen years. She has reported for The Associated Press, the Arizona Daily Star, the Roanoke Times & World-News, several newsweeklies, and magazines, such as Discover and Quill.

Relly has reported from the United States, the Caribbean and Mexico on politics, business, the environment, criminal justice, human trafficking and other social issues. Her stories on Indian gaming and dangers facing journalists in Mexico won awards from the Arizona Press Club.

Her teaching interests include public affairs reporting, news feature writing, environmental reporting, and investigative reporting in the United States and other nations. She also is co-coordinator of the department's diversity program, responsible for recruiting and retaining minority students.

Relly received her master's degree in journalism from the University of Arizona, with a research focus on environmental reporting. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Tech. She currently is enrolled in an interdisciplinary doctoral program in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on freedom of information policies in the United States and other countries, and the impact of national security policies on public access to information.