Mi-Ai Parrish

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rdf:langString Mi-Ai Parrish is an American journalist and media executive, including former president and publisher of USA TODAY NETWORK Arizona, The Arizona Republic, a daily newspaper, and azcentral.com in Phoenix, Arizona, the first person of color in the role. The company won a Pulitzer Prize during her tenure. She leads Arizona State University Media Enterprise and holds an endowed chair at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications as Sue Clark-Johnson Professor of Media Innovation and Leadership. She is CEO and President of . She was the first woman and person of color to serve as president and publisher of The Kansas City Star and kansascity.com. She was president and publisher of The Idaho Statesman, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news. She was a journalist at Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle, (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, Virginian-Pilot and Arizona Republic. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland and named to its Hall of Fame. Parrish has also served four times as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize.