Joseph B. Treaster
Tenured Professor, Coordinator of the Journalism Department's writing program, School of Communication, University of Miami
Center for Community News
BIO
2025 CCN Champion
Joseph B. Treaster works to enhance cross-cultural communication around the world and teaches graduate and undergraduate classes. He is the editor of onewater.org, the University of Miami鈥檚 environmental magazine on the Internet, which focuses on the Worldwide Water Crisis.
The onewater.org website strives to advance cross-cultural communication and understanding of the deteriorating state of the world鈥檚 water. In a hands-on cross-cultural engagement, Mr. Treaster has recruited local writers from around the world to share their personal experiences and research with an audience in more than 48 countries. Mr. Treaster writes a weekly blog for onewater.org called 鈥淲ater and the World,鈥 which is also published by UPI.com, a news features website with several million visitors monthly.
Mr. Treaster reported for The New York Times for more than 30 years. As a foreign correspondent and domestic reporter for The Times, Mr. Treaster covered wars, politics, diplomacy, disasters, business and every day life throughout the world. His assignments for The Times and national magazines took him to more than 80 countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and throughout the United States. He has written three books and dozens of magazine articles for such publications as the Atlantic Monthly, Harpers and RollingStone.
Bio
2025 CCN Champion
Joseph B. Treaster works to enhance cross-cultural communication around the world and teaches graduate and undergraduate classes. He is the editor of onewater.org, the University of Miami鈥檚 environmental magazine on the Internet, which focuses on the Worldwide Water Crisis.
The onewater.org website strives to advance cross-cultural communication and understanding of the deteriorating state of the world鈥檚 water. In a hands-on cross-cultural engagement, Mr. Treaster has recruited local writers from around the world to share their personal experiences and research with an audience in more than 48 countries. Mr. Treaster writes a weekly blog for onewater.org called 鈥淲ater and the World,鈥 which is also published by UPI.com, a news features website with several million visitors monthly.
Mr. Treaster reported for The New York Times for more than 30 years. As a foreign correspondent and domestic reporter for The Times, Mr. Treaster covered wars, politics, diplomacy, disasters, business and every day life throughout the world. His assignments for The Times and national magazines took him to more than 80 countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and throughout the United States. He has written three books and dozens of magazine articles for such publications as the Atlantic Monthly, Harpers and RollingStone.