Social Science Research Council

Wayne Parry is a reporter in the Newark, NJ bureau of The Associated Press, where his beat includes coverage of Islam and Muslims in New Jersey and across the nation. His articles have been published or broadcast in media outlets around the world. He has won more than 60 journalism awards in a 20-year career, and most recently attended the April 2003 Knight Center seminar "Islam and America" at the University of Maryland. He is currently trying to relearn Arabic phrases he picked up shortly after September 11 while wandering around Arab-American neighborhoods knocking on doors with a notebook and pen, including "I am NOT and FBI agent."