Steve Magagnini has taught journalism to college students and professionals since 1988 and thanks his students for making him a better, more evolved person. He's been a working journalist since he was a cub reporter for the St. Petersburg Times in 1976. He's covered race and ethnicity for The Sacramento Bee since 1994 and has been honored for Distinguished Diversity Writing by the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) in 2001 and 2002. His work appears in the anthologies "Best Newspaper Writing 2001" and "Best Newspaper Writing 2002". He was awarded a Stanford Knight Fellowship in 2001-2002.