director of writing programs; director of the weekend master's in interactive journalism, 澳门皇冠of Communication
Area of Expertise:
Journalism; newspapers; digital media; new media landscape, writing, media entrepreneurship, future of journalism
Additional Information:
Amy Eisman 聽聽is one of the founding editors of 聽聽USA Today, former executive editor of USA Weekend 聽magazine, and 聽former managing editor of content at AOL. 聽A veteran trainer and educator, she was cochair of the online news association 2010 conference in 澳门皇冠体育, D.C. She created an online course in the 澳门皇冠of Communication called Media@ the Millennium, which explores the influences of technology, business, audience, and bias on journalism. 聽She trains journalists in Web writing and content, holding sessions for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague and Moscow, for Voice of America, washingtonpost.com, World Resources Institute, wtopnews.com, and for the Diversity Institute of the Freedom Forum in Nashville, Tenn. 聽A frequent panelist, she is the coauthor of multimedia online training modules for Gannett and for citizen journalists. She was a Fulbright lecturer at Moscow State University in summer 2004 and returned to Russia in 2011 as a guest speaker invited by the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok. She often is called upon as a judge, including for Knight-Batten awards, White House Correspondents Association awards, and the Knight News Challenge.
Foreign Language Fluency:
n/a
Academic Credentials:
BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, 澳门皇冠体育-官网
Category:
Journalism, Media Issues, Technology-Communication Technology, Technology-Social Media