My Work
WRITING
* “Wired: Sports and the Digital Age,” a chapter contribution to: “American History Through American Sports,” Danielle Sarver Coombs and Bob Batchelor, editors. December 2012.
* “UMass student death challenges university’s right to restrict information,” Poynter Institute, December 14, 2012
* “New Context for Library Battle,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, Feb. 17, 2012.
* “‘Think before you act’ and more rules for journalists on Twitter,” Online Journalism Review, Jan. 27, 2012.
* “Sifting for vital facts in Shutesbury library debate,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, Jan. 9, 2012.
* “10 years after, still sifting mentally through wreckage,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, Sept. 8, 2011
* “Washington Post plagiarism case challenges educators who tell students not to break the rules,” Poynter, March 31, 2011.
* “On parenting text-happy teens,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 18, 2011.
* “A Democracy at a crossroads,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 25, 2011.
* “Parsing news value amid tragedy,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 7, 2011.
* “Social Media in the Classroom,” AEJMC blog, August 2010.
* “Why one prof never says goodbye,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, May 21, 2010.
* “Teaching Matters: Rethinking the Hybrid Course,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 31, 2010.
* “Showing heart in a time of grief,” Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 25, 2008.
* “9/11 Dad,” washingtonpost.com, February 2007.
* “Looking to Crowdsource? Better Have a Dog in the Race,” NewAssignment.net, November 9, 2006.
* “Web Site Starts From a Memo Gains Millions of Readers,” washingtonpost.com, June 19, 2006.
* “Carnival of Journalism: Journalists as Capitalists,” January 27, 2012
* “Hiatus Is Over….A Rough Week for Ombudsmen,” January 12, 2012.
* “Carnival of Journalism: What is ‘Good’ Journalism & A Plea for ONA to Return to its Roots,” July 14, 2011.
* “Thoughts from Sri Lanka: Talking about the Tsunami,” December 21, 2010.
* “Transparency and Gene Weingarten’s Visit,” November 17, 2010
* “Remembering 9/11,” Sept. 11 2010.
CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS:
* “Navigating the Challenges in Social Media Ethics,” Panel discussion at Journalism Interactive Conference, University of Florida, Feb. 9, 2013
* “Tangled Ethics: Social Media and Sports Media,” Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop, Sept. 15 2011
* “Lion When Blogging, Mouse When Confronted: Sports Bloggers, Their Place in Sport Media and Their Fight for Credibility, Panel Discussion at AEJMC Conference. St. Louis, Missouri. August 2011.
* “Challenges to the City-Based Newspaper Business: Opportunities for Journalism and Mass Communication Programs.” Panel Discussion at AEJMC Conference. St. Louis, Missouri. August 2011.
* “Helping Save Journalism via the Classroom: Student Collaborations
with Citizen Journalists and Industry Professionals,” AEJMC, August 2010.
* “Five Do’s and Dont’s for Journalists Using Social Media,” Online News Association, Oct. 3, 2009
* “When the News Finds You Through Social Media,” Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop, Sept. 17, 2009.
* “Is Speed Killing Ethics?” Moderated panel discussion at ONA Conference. Washington, D.C. September 2008.
INTERVIEWS:
* Phoebe Prince Coverage, WGBY Appearance
TEACHING:
* “After the Storm Blog,” Investigative Journalism & The Web class in collaboration with The Boston Globe, Fall 2011 & Spring 2012 semesters.
* “South Hadley & The Bullying Aftermath Blog,” Investigative Journalism & The Web class in collaboration with MassLive, Fall 2010 & Spring 2011 semesters.
* Katie Sherman Coverage, Investigative Journalism & The Web class in collaboration with MassLive. Spring 2010.
* “9/11: Where were you when the towers fell?” washingtonpost.com, September 11, 2010.
* “Why Blog? A Guide for Students,” August 15, 2010.
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