Sister in the Band of Brothers - Biography Information

About the Author

Katherine M. Skiba is an award-winning Washington, D.C., correspondent for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

A writer and photographer, Ms. Skiba has covered major stories across the United States and in more than a dozen foreign countries: Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Bosnia, Kosovo, England, Germany, France, Belgium and Mexico.

Since she became a Washington correspondent in 2000 her stories have included the war in Iraq, the 9-11 terror attack at the Pentagon, presidential campaigns and inaugurations and the national political conventions.

For the previous five years she was the paper's national correspondent and reported stories including the Oklahoma City bombing, the U.S. peacekeeping mission in the Balkans and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.

A native of suburban Chicago, she received a bachelor's degree in journalism at Marquette University and was named "Outstanding Graduate in Journalism" by Sigma Delta Chi, the Society of Professional Journalists.

Ms. Skiba was one of twelve journalists from the United States selected as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University for the academic year 1990-1991.

A journalist with more than twenty years' experience, she has won twenty-four awards for her news stories, features and investigations. One investigation disclosed a troubling pattern of suicides among patients in a mental health hospital, resulting in an award from the Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

Marquette University's College of Communication gave her its 2001 By-line Award for career achievement.

Ms. Skiba is active in the National Press Club. She formerly co-chaired its Speakers Committee, which hosts the "Newsmaker" luncheon series featuring top figures from politics, government, business and the arts. The series is broadcast on National Public Radio and C-SPAN.

She has won Vivian Awards for service to the National Press Club for the last four consecutive years.

She has taught news writing at Marquette University and spoken about journalism at the University of Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota, the University of Maryland and the Harvard University Extension.

She has discussed her experiences as an embedded journalist at venues including the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., and a national convention of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE).

Ms. Skiba has appeared on television programs including "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" and written for publications including Nieman Reports and the German newspaper Die Zeit.

She is a member of the Harvard Club of Washington.