Joe Hight Joe Hight is a journalist, writer and educator who has spent his life in the pursuit of ways and stories to help and impact people's lives. He helped found the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, now based at Columbia University. He has led and ben involved in projects that have won numerous national awards, including the Pulitzer Prize in 2014. He's written essays and chapters on trauma, journalism and ethics. He is the endowed chair of journalism ethics at the University of Central Oklahoma and director of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in which he is also a member. He writes a column called "Oklahoma Joe," a nickname he received in Colorado. He and his family own Best of Books, an independent bookstore in Edmond, Oklahoma. Unnecessary Sorrow is his first book. Read More Read Less