Professor of Journalism, Communication Department, Columbia College Chicago. Creator of Columbia Votes! Winner of the 2022 DEI Teaching Activism Award.
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Joined December 2008
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Thrilled to announce that I'm a newly minted, accredited Solutions Journalism trainer! Thanks, @debofficially, for inviting me to collaborate on a recent @Medill Midwest @soljourno Hub training, too! #collaboration #journalism #Appreciation
More wisdom from the amazing Voter Registration Geniuses @ColumbiaChi published in the @CCChronicle . I am so fortunate to work with these remarkable young people. columbiachronicle.com/make-e…
My @ColumbiaChiComm Intro to Journalism students got published again today in @chicagotalksccc -- congrats to all of them! chicagotalks.org/?p=66268
Such fun talking with @FrancineHuff and two of my @ColumbiaChi @CivicMediaMA students about their award-winning @soljourno stories on Facebook live this afternoon. But apparently, not embeddable on Twitter. Check out facebook.com/solutionsjourna…
So great when an alum comes back to lead a workshop for our students and faculty @ColumAlum @ColumbiaChiComm thanks, @veelharrison
Good story by @kamy_smelser in the @CCChronicle about @ColumbiaChi making the "honor roll" of best colleges for student voting, thanks to Columbia Votes! columbiachronicle.com/columb…
Two of my students just won @AEJMC Student Magazine Awards for their @soljourno stories published in @yesmagazine. Congratulations to @francialgh and @southxmidwest -- @CivicMediaMA students @ColumbiaChiComm @ColumbiaChi !
Excellent piece by my colleague @jackiespinner: gatewayjr.org/journalism-edu…
A great day geeking out about magazines at the international @MappingTheMag conference today with these stellar people. Thank you to @DrakeUniversity for hosting. More tomorrow! #magazine
I love this piece about news avoidance and the need for journalists to provide audiences with more hope, agency and dignity. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
"Although some materials can be effectively recycled and safely made from recycled content, plastics cannot. Plastic recycling does not work and will never work." theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
YES!, a terrific @soljourno magazine, is looking for a new Executive Editor -- someone to champion "the power and promise of community-led solutions to society’s most challenging problems." This is an amazing opportunity! YesMagazine.org/ExecutiveEdi….
Thanks to @mspreciousdavis for speaking to my Defending Democracy class @ColumbiaChi today about the important work of the @MWRDGC and her campaign for commissioner @PreciousforMWRD Learning about down-ballot races is important.
@columbia_votes is here at the University Center @ColumbiaChi registering students to vote.
How to excite students about live tweeting? Invite one of the @CHIDocumenters to talk about their work. Thank you, @annabelrocha93, for sharing your career path and live tweeting strategies with my Reporting 1 class @ColumbiaChiComm @ColumbiaChi!
Students in my Defending Democracy class @ColumbiaChi have learned a lot about the struggle over voting rights, so it was great to have them meet a candidate running for office--in our district! Thanks, @KinaCollinsIL, for shredding the myth that "all politicians are alike."
All set up for an Intermission pop up for Columbia Votes @ColumbiaChi performance of Hortensia. See a play; register to vote!
Thanks to Brian Simmons and Rita Carmona of @ChicagoVotes for speaking to my Defending Democracy class @ColumbiaChi today about their work uplifting young voices and votes, and #votinginprison #unlockcivics.
