Jon Glass

About

I joined Syracuse University's Newhouse School in 2007 as the general manager of the Collaborative Media Room and have since been promoted to faculty as a Professor of Practice for Magazine, News & Digital Journalism. Recently, I was tapped as the school's Executive Editor and charged with building media industry partnerships and opportunities for our students. I teach the Digital News and Innovation course that focuses on current industry issues, social media, data journalism and multimedia storytelling. Also, I serve as executive producer for TheNewsHouse.com, a nationally recognized digital service for the SU community produced and managed by a student team as part of my Digital News Leadership course. In recent years, I've led multiple award-winning school-wide reporting projects for student journalists to explore topics such as disinformation and scams, Title IX, U.S.-Canada relations, marijuana legalization and social and inequity issues in central New York. I'm part of the teaching team for the school's online master's program, Communications@Syracuse, having taught Introduction to Digital Communications along with developing and teaching the Social Media for Communicators course. Prior to Newhouse, I was the online content director for PalmBeachPost.com, where I spent 11 years leading and helping create and manage award-winning digital products for the newsroom and online departments. Currently, I'm working toward a master's degree in geography for which my research focuses on understanding the spatial relationships between media companies and consumers. Also, I lend my digital and journalism talents to improving communications for community organizations. Specialties: Journalism, digital media, multimedia storytelling, social media, content curation, data visualization, online branding, traffic analytics, content management and teaching.