--- title: Lee Pitts date: 2022-02-02T16:23:00-06:00 author: Click Rain Admin canonical_url: "https://www.dordt.edu/people/lee-pitts" section: People --- [ View Directory](https://www.dordt.edu/academics/faculty-information) ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/people/68a815b7a690dc686d2.jpg?mode=crop&pos=top-center&w=25&h=25&f=webp&c=e70fdebe&v=1abd8aef48bbaf6bfa30389b42bad218178dd9db0fa634bbc7ea3be48c09ae5f) [Communication](https://www.dordt.edu/academics/faculty-information?department=communication) # Lee Pitts Professor of Communication & Journalism ![]() [712-722-6269](tel:712-722-6269) ![]() ![]() As Washington Bureau Chief for WORLD magazine for more than five years, Lee's assignments sent him from Capitol Hill to the White House to the Supreme Court. But his reporting also has taken him beyond the Capital Beltway. Leading up to the 2010 elections, Lee embarked on a 10-day, 4,225 mile cross-country trip through competitive congressional districts in 16 states. In 2004-2005, Lee embedded with a National Guard Regimental Combat unit in Iraq for nearly 7 months, going on humanitarian and combat missions. Before joining WORLD, Lee served as press secretary for U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander. Lee earned a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University. --- ## Articles by Lee Pitts [ ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/iat-reforming-journalism-2.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=33&f=webp&c=73776005&v=b97f4755fc581fc8536576e2fa8bdfd5edba2da48f7a3bf2b8680d0334caf38b) Essays May 05, 2026 ### Part II: Journalism as a Sharing of Stories By Lee Pitts Journalism challenges the tendency to center the loudest or most visible, instead directing attention toward lives and realities that often go unnoticed. What happens to a society when its storytellers fail to notice the people at its margins? Read More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/part-ii-journalism-as-a-sharing-of-stories) [ ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/2149579733.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=33&f=webp&c=a4e16b77&v=76a497362d502a43132ccde96326ff3d86b5c677d52de7a53b16c8f702ea8c8f) Essays May 01, 2026 ### Part I: Reforming Journalism By Lee Pitts How might journalism function as a tool for countering indifference and restoring empathy? Read More ](https://www.dordt.edu/in-all-things/part-i-reforming-journalism)