English

Specialization

News commentary, editorial writing, feature writing, editing and column writing

Biography

University of Wyoming, BA,
Eastern Washington University, MFA,
Gonzaga, MA

Jamie Tobias Neely joined the EWU Journalism Program faculty as an assistant professor in 2008. She is a long-time Spokane journalist and worked for the Spokesman-Review for 21 years, as a features editor, feature writer, columnist, associate editor and member of the newspaper's editorial board. She has won numerous awards for her writing and editing. She writes a monthly op-ed column for the newspaper's opinion pages, and in 2010 that column won a first place award in the editorial and commentary category of the 2009 Northwest Excellence in Journalism competition.

Recent Publications

"Families Need More Support," op-ed column, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Dec. 5, 2010
The Moderns and Modernism
"Even Here, It Gets Better," op-ed column, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Nov. 7, 2010
"Another Vet, A New Struggle," op-ed column, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Oct. 10, 2010
"Finally, Army Offers to Help Colonel," op-ed column, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., Sept. 19, 2010

Courses Taught

Mass News Media
Editing
Magazine Article Writing
Critical Writing