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Robert Klemko Adjunct Instructor Journalism

Degrees
BA Journalism, University of Maryland

Bio
Robert Klemko is an adjunct professor in 17吃瓜在线鈥檚 School of Communication and a staff writer for the Washington Post covering criminal justice and policing. He was part of the Post team that won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for 鈥淎merican Icon,鈥 a series examining the rise of the AR-15. Klemko joined The Washington Post as an investigative reporter for the Sports section in 2019, after six years at Sports Illustrated, where he was a senior staff writer focusing on coverage of the National Football League.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call 17吃瓜在线 Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.

Teaching

Fall 2024

  • COMM-426 Sports Writing and Reporting

Spring 2025

  • COMM-326 Sports Journalism

  • COMM-420 Topics in Mass Media: Getting Strangers to Talk