About John Fountain

John W. Fountain is a journalism professor at Roosevelt University in Chicago where he teaches media writing, memoir writing, literary journalism and other reporting and writing courses. He is formerly a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (his alma mater) and also has taught at the Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. A native son of Chicago where he continues to write, Fountain is formerly a national correspondent for The New York Times and has been a staff writer at the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune. He is author of the memoir, True Vine: A Young Black Man’s Journey of Faith Hope and Clarity. His essay “The God Who Embraced Me” appears in National Public Radio’s book, This I Believe. He enjoys cycling, lifting weights, photography, listening to music (hip hop, country, rap, Gospel gangster rap, jazz and blues). He and his wife Monica have two children.

Writing

Content on this site written by John Fountain (includes contributory writing):

  • Projects

    • Youth Radio
    • Hip hop. Rhythm. Rock. The voice of the urban street. Oakland teens find in Youth Radio a home away from home. And much more. For thousands, the towering red-brick building ...