Lou Ureneck

A former Nieman fellow and editor-in-residence at Harvard University, Lou Urenek is a professor of journalism at Boston University. He was deputy managing editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer and editor of the Portland Press Herald. Urenek’s writing has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe and Field & Stream. A former Fulbright Fellow, Ureneck is the author of Backcast, which won the National Outdoor Book Award for literary merit, and Cabin – Two Brothers, a Dream and Five Acres in Maine. His latest book is The Great Fire: One American’s Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century’s First Genocide.