Nanette asimov biography of william
American academia is lowering the curtain on William Shakespeare more than 4½ centuries after his birth....
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On March 25, we sat down with Nanette Asimov to talk about the accreditation crisis and her coverage of City College for the Chronicle. This is part one—part two will run in the next issue, along with an analysis of stories in the Chronicle that have been published about City College since July
By Gina Scialabba
The Guardsman
The Guardsman: Are you the niece of the famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov?
Nanette Asimov: (Laughter) He was my dad’s brother, yes.
I’m very glad more than 20 years after his passing people still want to know that. That makes me happy.
TG: How long have you been the San Francisco Chronicle’s higher education reporter?
NA: I’ve covered higher education since Prior to that I covered K education all around California for 20 years.
TG: Why did you choose education reporting?
NA: I didn’t.
It chose me. I had been covering features for the Chronicle in the old “People” section, and I decided that I was more interested in the hard new