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Ann Marie Adams

Ann Marie Adams

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Writer, Freelance

Hartford

Biography

Ann Marie Adams is an award-winning investigative journalist and historian. A Pulitzer Prize Winner, she has worked for The New York Times, NBC4 New York, The Hartford Courant, People Magazine, The Washington Post, The Root, The RootDC, Ebony, FOX News, News 12 Connecticut, and Education Daily. She was a rock star journalist since she was editor in chief at The Kingsman in Brooklyn, New York. She has appeared on NBC4 New York, WFSB-3, WDRC, WESU, CBS Radio, WHRC Lite FM, WKND, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC News, FOX 61, BET News, C-SPAN, WABC7, WVON 1690 FM, CT-N, Chicago, WHUR, Christian Science Monitor, New York Daily News, Florida Sun Sentinel, Hartford Business Journal, American Journalism Review, The Hartford Courant, Hartford Magazine, Patch.com, WRTC 89.3 FM, WNPR, CNN, and C-Span American History TV. Adams is also a U.S. History Professor. She obtained her Ph.D. in American History/African Diaspora with distinction from Howard University. She is currently writing her first book about school segregation and the academic achievement gap in America. The book is based on her dissertation, which is the first to chronicle the full arc of the African-American experience in Connecticut from the colonial period to the twentieth century. It mainly centers on the Sheff v. O'Neill school desegregation case in Connecticut. Adams has also worked for or collaborated with the World Bank, the United Nations Environmental Program in Washington, D.C., the National Press Club, The New York Times, the United Nations' Headquarters, Howard University, the Organization of American States, the United Nations as a delegate in New York and several embassies in Washington, D.C. as a media consultant. Adams is the first journalist to have coined the term "Caribbean-American Journalists." She is also the founder of Caribbean-American Heritage Month in 1992 and Native American Heritage Month in 2005. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001 as the lead journalist in a Hartford Courant staff report about a breaking news story regarding a shooting rampage in Manchester, CT.

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Environment, Race And Ethnicity , Education , White House, Government , State Capitol, Politics , City Hall

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Content

Total articles 27

  • Join the real world

    By Ann Marie Adams

    Apr. 08, 2025

  • What's the rush?

    By Ann Marie Adams

    Jan. 28, 2025

  • The Reality Behind Kitchen Sink Realism

    By Emily Zarevich, Ann Marie Adams, Lucy Delap, Leslie Paul

    Jul. 21, 2022

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Freelance

Freelancer.com is the largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace in the world, connecting over 81 million employers and freelancers across more than 247 countries. Founded in 2009 and based in Sydney, Australia, the platform allows employers to post jobs while freelancers can bid on these projects. It is publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker ASX:FLN. The platform supports a variety of work categories, including software development, writing, design, and marketing. Freelancer.com also offers contests for creative work, where employers can award prize money to winning entries. Users can choose from different membership plans, including free and paid subscriptions, which provide various benefits. The mobile app enhances project management and communication for users on the go. With a diverse customer base that includes individuals, small businesses, and large enterprises, Freelancer.com plays a significant role in the global online economy.

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