DeDakis, John
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- De Dakis, John
- Dakis, John de
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Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1988
- Affiliation End: 2013
- Organization: Cable News Network
Birth Place
- La Crosse (Wis.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Creative writing -- Study and teaching
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Sources
- found: DeDakis, John. Fake, 2019:title page (by John DeDakis), page 4 of cover, about the author (Award-winning journalist and novelist John DeDakis is a former Senior Copy Editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." DeDakis, a former White House correspondent, is a writing coach, manuscript editor, and writing workshop leader. In his spare time, what little he has of it, he is a jazz drummer.)
- found: Amazon.com, viewed September 12, 2019:Fake by John DeDakis (... About the author: Author, Journalist, Educator, and Writing Coach John DeDakis is a former CNN Senior Copy Editor for the Emmy and Peabody-Award winning news program "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." DeDakis ... is the author of four previous mystery/suspense novels, Fast Track, Bluff, Troubled Water, and Bullet in the Chamber ... The first two novels are set in Wisconsin where the author grew up: Troubled Water is set in Georgia where the author worked for 17 years as a journalist at CNN in Atlanta. Bullet in the Chamber and Fake are set in Washington, D.C. where the author lived for 13 years and was a White House correspondent. The books feature Lark Chadwick ... From 2013 to 2015, DeDakis was an adjunct journalism faculty member at the University of Maryland-College Park. John DeDakis, a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, began his journalism career in 1969 at a campus radio station at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was tear gassed while covering an anti-Vietnam War riot in 1970. He earned a B.A. in Journalism from that university in 1977 following a stint in the U.S. Army where he worked from 1972-74 as a Special Events Reporter at The American Forces Network - Europe (AFN-E) based in Frankfurt, Germany ... In 1970, DeDakis was the first news director of WLSU-FM (88.9 NPR) located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. From 1976 to 1983, DeDakis was a reporter at WMTV (NBC-15) in Madison, Wisconsin. From 1983 to 1988, he was a correspondent with CBN News in Virginia Beach, Virginia. DeDakis was CBN's White House Correspondent during the last three years of Ronald Reagan's presidency ... In March 2013, DeDakis retired from CNN after a 25-year career there that began in 1988 when he joined the network as a writer. From 1989 to 2013, he copy edited newscasts anchored by Wolf Blitzer, Carol Costello, Bill Hemmer, Martin Savidge, Daryn Kagan, and Kitty Pilgrim. DeDakis regularly leads From Novice to Novelist writing workshops at numerous writers conferences around the country ... He was also the Writer in Residence at the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center in Atlanta in the spring of 2013. For the past two summers, he has led writing workshops at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. DeDakis taught a journalism/writing class for student interns during the summers of 2007/08 as a lecturer at American University, Washington, D.C. ... DeDakis is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America ... John DeDakis lives in Baltimore, Maryland.) - https://www.amazon.com/Fake-John-Dedakis/dp/1939521769/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=1939521769&qid=1568302999&s=gateway&sr=8-1
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- 2019-09-13: new
- 2019-09-14: revised
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