The Innovators-in-Residence program brings top media professionals who are leading change in their newsrooms to the WVU campus to create new curriculum, experiment with new technology, and equip students and regional media with new skills to tackle current—and anticipated—challenges in the industry.
Executive Producer at Washington Post. Expertise in 360°, VR, digital culture and social media.
Director of Programming for Racked.com. Self-proclaimed online communities expert.
Independent news application developer. Previously with Chicago Tribune Media Group. Bilingual in journalism and technology.
Freelance digital journalist. Previous Online News Association’s MJ Bear Fellow.
Deputy Director of Photography for Video/Multimedia at Tampa Bay Times. Previously AME of Visuals at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Deputy Editor at SB Nation. Previously at CNN, National Press Foundation and The Center for Public Integrity.
Digital Editor of WVPB. Managing Editor for experimental publication at Reed College of Media.
Digital Director at Huffington Post's RYOT. Previously VR Director and Producer. First Harrison/Omnicom Innovator-in-Residence.
Things editor at Quartz. Previously Visual Editor for the Wall Street Journal. First WVU Innovator-in-Residence.
Chief Digital and Innovation Officer at Spry, Omnicom PR Group. Previously at Porter Novelli.
News applications developer at ProPublica, focusing on politics and elections. Previously at The New York Times.
The Innovators-in-Residence Program was launched by a $200,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to expand the college’s ongoing efforts to create a culture of experimentation and innovation and encourage change in journalism education.
