ANNOUNCEMENT: Three New Additions to Our New Media Curriculum
Message from LynNell Hancock, Interim Dean of Academic Affairs
Dear Students and Colleagues:
I am pleased to announce three major additions to our new media
efforts at the Journalism School.
The first is the appointment of one our most popular adjuncts, Duy
Linh Tu, to the full-time faculty. Duy (pronounced “Do” - see bio
below) joins us as new media coordinator and an assistant professor of
professional practice. As you know, he has been teaching here for
several years in the new media classrooms. He will intensify his
efforts to “webbify” our fall classes, and to integrate new and
compelling ideas in multimedia storytelling throughout the curriculum
in the years to come. Duy will continue to work with Dean Sree
Sreenivasan, who, as you know, has increased administrative
responsibilities at the school.
In addition, we have created two new post-graduate New Media
Fellowships starting this year. These July-June fellowships will
employ two students who will work closely with the technology staff to
help students and professors alike navigate the world of new media
journalism.
Our inaugural fellows are Kenan Davis and Dave Mayers (see bios
below). Part-teaching assistants, part-technologists, this year’s
fellows are both smart journalists with terrific reporting, writing,
editing and production skills. They will report to Duy.
Please join me in congratulating them. Kenan and Dave officially begin
their duties on July 1, but I am sure you will have other
opportunities to greet them before then.
Their bios are below.
ABOUT DUY LINH TU
Duy Linh Tu is a co-founder and the Creative Director of Resolution
Seven, a commercial, documentary and DVD production studio. He is a
writer, videographer, photographer, and multimedia consultant. Prior
to forming Resolution Seven, Duy founded and was the Chief Operations
Officer of Missing Pixel, an award-winning interactive production
company. Duy has worked at ABC News in London, and has shot for other
major networks such as MTV, CBS News Productions, and the Food
Network, as well as for independent filmmakers. Duy is currently in
production on two documentaries and travels to newsrooms nationally
and internationally to provide consulting and training to multimedia
journalists. He received his M.S. degree in journalism from Columbia
University, where he received a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship as one
of the top five graduates of the Class of 1999.
E-mail: duy[at]duylinhtu.com
ABOUT KENAN DAVIS
Kenan Davis is a multimedia journalist whose work has appeared in The
Valdosta Daily Times, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Village Voice, The
Queens Tribune and on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio. He also taught
English in Seoul, South Korea. He received a B.A. in sociology from
the University of Georgia and is about to receive an M.S. from The
Journalism School. During his fellowship year, Kenan Davis is looking
forward to working with faculty and students to create richer stories
through new media training.
E-mail: kenandavis[at]gmail.com
ABOUT DAVE MAYERS
Dave Mayers is a new media journalist with a background in
photojournalism and creative writing. He has worked for CNBC and the
WPN photo agency. He wants to use multimedia to shed light on
underreported countries in the developing world. Dave is about to
receive his J.S. from Columbia Journalism School. During his
fellowship year, Dave is looking forward to helping faculty and
incoming students master telling stories interactively.
E-mail: dave.mayers[at]gmail.com
And off we go!
See you all at graduation,
LynNell Hancock
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Interim
Lh50@columbia.edu
