Karol Markowicz of the New York Post will visit Hillsdale College for two weeks in March and teach a one-credit class on persuasive writing as a Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Fellow in Journalism.

“My class will include how to make your opinion writing factual, effective, and interesting,” Markowicz said. “I hope the students will learn how to take brave stances, even when they are unpopular, and learn to articulate their ideas to a wide group of people.”

Markowicz is a columnist for the New York Post and Fox News and host of the podcast “The Karol Markowicz Show.” In 2023, she co-wrote her first book, “Stolen Youth: How Radicals are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation,” which addresses targeted indoctrination of children in schools, media, and elsewhere. 

“Karol has been on our radar for a couple of years as a powerful voice in journalism for freedom and families,” Dow Journalism Program Director John J. Miller said. “As a newspaper columnist and a radio host, she also combines print and audio, just like the Dow Journalism Program.”

The Dow Journalism Program and External Affairs collaborate to select the Pulliam Fellow each semester. According to Vice President for External Affairs Douglas Jeffrey, Markowicz was an easy choice.

“I was previously unaware of her, but when I and my colleagues looked through her work she seemed an excellent choice and someone who would be of great benefit to students in the journalism program,” Jeffrey said. 

In addition to her class, Markowicz will give a public lecture titled “Erasure of Innocence” in Plaster Auditorium March 26 on the same subject as her recent book.

“My public lecture will be about the loss of innocence that accompanies this indoctrination and what it will mean for a generation of children raised in this system,” Markowicz said. 

Born in the USSR and raised in Brooklyn, Markowicz said she intended to pursue law when she started a blog after 9/11 and eventually broke into journalism. 

“I was a political conservative in New York City and I was blogging about the aftermath of the attacks on my city and country,” Markowicz said. “Throughout this period I believed I would eventually go to law school and become a lawyer. I was working in the legal field by day and blogging at night.”

Markowicz said she soon started working for a public radio station in New York City as a conservative voice for its election coverage. At the advice of an editor friend at the New York Post, she pitched some of her work to the Post opinion page.

“I have been writing for the New York Post ever since,” Markowicz said. “I’m glad I didn’t go to law school.”