Lawrence Pintak, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist, academic leader and media development expert who has reported from four continents and led projects aimed at bolstering journalistic professionalism and independence in the Middle East, South Asia, Africa and the Caucasus. He served as dean of the Graduate School of Media and Communications at The Aga Khan University in East Africa, founding dean of The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University, helped establish Pakistan’s Centre for Excellence in Journalism, and directed the Arab world’s leading media training center in the years leading up to the Arab Spring.
A former CBS News Middle East correspondent, Pintak is the author of seven books at the intersection of media, religion, democracy and international relations, and he was named a Fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists in 2017 for “extraordinary service to the profession of journalism” around the world. Two of his latest books are "Lessons from the Mountaintop: Ten Modern Mystics and Their Extraordinary Lives" and "America & Islam." He holds a doctorate in Islamic studies. Follow him on social media @lpintak and LawrencePintak.Substack.com.
