At the University of Minnesota (2010-present), I teach courses in the area of digital media, journalism, and mass communication generally. [February 2012 note: updates on specific courses to come.]

As an instructor of record while at the University of Texas (2008-2010), I taught Writing for Online Publication, an upper-division course that attempts to the cover the future-of-journalism “beat”—the critical ideas and debates about news, its funding models, and its future in democratic society. It’s not merely about concepts, however: We took up a range of skills, including writing for blogs, using social media for journalism, and developing innovations in pursuit of venture funding. In this way, I tried to meld mind-set and skill set—that crucial combination of digital sensibilities and digital capabilities that journalists and media workers generally need to succeed in the 21st century.

You can visit my (former) class blog, where I posted key readings/videos and sought to engage student discussion, as well as review my teaching philosophy (written in Fall 2009).

And, I appreciate this little endorsement from Jeff Jarvis, regarding my “future of journalism” course at Texas: