Innovative faculty: A selection of notable professors
Michael Schudson: A full-time faculty member of The Journalism School at Columbia University, Schudson does research concerning the future of journalism and advertising. He put together a paper with Leonard Downie, Jr.: The Reconstruction of American Journalism. This report came out in the midst of the recent recession and discussed what journalism should or could look like in a post recession world.
Ira Chinoy: Chinoy has 24 years of experience as a journalist at four newspapers: The Washington Post, The Providence Journal, The Lawrence Eagle-Tribune and The Pine Bluff Commercial. Chinoy has been at the University of Maryland Phillip Merrill College of Journalism since 2001. He is co-director of the Future of Information Alliance, which seeks to foster dialog across disciplines, research and action on pressing information-related issues.
Lynda Kraxberger: Kraxberger is associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration as well as chair of the convergence journalism faculty at the University of Missouri. She developed an intensive convergence journalism program that puts students through a semester-long boot camp geared at learning the tools and trade of convergence journalism. Kraxberger has a background in broadcast journalism and has participated in both practical and academic research projects concerning new media.
Frank Sesno: A professor at George Washington University and is the Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington, Sesno worked in broadcast news for 21 years with CNN covering politics. Sesno has worked on several projects concerning the future of news, including one where he hosted a 10-part public television series at the Newseum open to the public titled: The Future of News with Frank Sesno. Sesno also teaches a senior seminar that focuses on documentary style of news reporting.
Gabriel Kahn: Director for the Future of Journalism at Annenberg Innovation Lab, Kahn was a newspaper correspondent and editor for two decades, including 10 years at the Wall Street Journal. Kahn has worked to provide more opportunities for entrepreneurship among journalists. He also founded the economics and business reporting track in University of Southern California Annenberg’s Masters in Specialized Journalism program.