U Maryland, College Park

Tyee High School

Seattle University

University Of Maryland

American University

Director, Center for Journalism & Liberty

Seattle, Washington, United States

Open Markets Institute

Copy-edit part time nights for the Presidential Brief, covering politics, sports, tech, culture and more.

OZY Media

Copy Editor

Foster innovative teaching practices among journalism educators developing journalists of tomorrow. This includes managing the closed Entrepreneurial Journalism Network Facebook community, a newsletter, online conversations and a fellow program. The Tow-Knight Center is associated with the City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism.

Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism

Community Manager

- Refine  new products and serve as "chief intelligence officer" for various Bing news strategies powered by artificial intelligence and evaluated news sources.
- Provide training in Beijing and insights into the media industry for the team responsible for Bing News.
- Officially my association with Microsoft is as a consultant or vendor employednby iSoftStone (June 2015-16) and WicreSoft (June 2016-)

Microsoft

Senior News Engagement Manager/Chief News Evangelist

Manage and edit the 16 students reporting for <a href="http://AJR.org">AJR.org</a> as part of a senior capstone course, taught jointly with Professor Leslie Walker.

American Journalism Review

Managing Editor

Help identify possible candidates for "Newsrooms of the Future" across the 82 properties owned by Gannett

Gannett Newspapers

Recruiting Consultant

Curated alpha mobile product, working title Canary
<a href="https://twitter.com/canaryalpha">https://twitter.com/canaryalpha</a>

Gannett Digital

Mobile Editor/Curator

Serve as editorial strategist to re-evaluate content mix, engagement, operations and evolution of the Society’s home page

National Geographic

Digital Media Consultant

Serve as editor/executive producer for Next America, a two-year initiative at National <a href="http://Journal.com">Journal.com</a> that will dive deep into demographic shifts, relevant to changes in policy and politics caused by immigration, aging, economics, etc. The effort  involves a dedicated website, regular supplements to National Journal magazine and special events around the country with newsmakers, policy experts and community leaders.

Atlantic Media

Editor, Next America on National Journal

Empowered almost 300 next-gen all-star student journalism fellows from 12 allied universities to do inventive, investigative and innovative storytelling:
Arizona State, California-Berkeley, Columbia, Harvard, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Northwestern, Southern California,  Syracuse and Texas

ASU Cronkite School of Journalism

National Director, Carnegie-Knight News 21

Direct News21, part of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education

Arizona State University

Professor of Practice, Cronkite School of Journalism

- Vice President, January 2014-2015; secretary, 2012-2012; treasurer 2010-11.
-  Coordinator of university/professors member efforts, including Facebook community whose success sparked the Challenge Fund grant.
-  Selection committee for Google-AP Scholars, M.J. Bear Fellows and The Challenge Fund
- Chair, 2006 conference in D.C.

Online News Association

Board of Directors

As a senior editor, I directed initiatives in creating entry points for the Microsoft portal. That included launching <a href="http://extra.msn.com">extra.msn.com</a> and working on search and mobile efforts.

MSN.com

Senior Editor

I was chair of the the annual Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism for several years.

J-Lab

Chair, Advisory Board

Capstone seminar, graduate program in interactive journalism; 2003-2008; 2013-ongoing

American University School of Communication

Adjunct professor

News, projects, product development; operations and strategy

usatoday.com

executive producer

projects and product development, including mobile and launching new sections

WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive

Starting with the Post's online initiative, Digital Ink, in April 1995, I had several positions before becoming managing editor.

Managing editor

U.S. News & World Report

Proofreader

The Washington Post

Web Managing Editor

University of Maryland, College Park

Instructor

Graduate Assistant

GA and sports; sports copy editor; and outdoor sports columnist. Also originally worked for The Times as a news aide in Sports (May 1984-Feb. 1985)

The Seattle Times

Editor/Reporter

Started as part-time weekend copy editor in news; became a sports columnist and copy editor; also did a stint in real estate.

Tacoma News Tribune

copy editor/reporter/columnist

Started as a part-time researcher, becoming full-time ME for the publication explaining the seafood industry by publishing annual issues on aquaculture, restaurants, retail and a buyer's guide.

Jody Brannon