Sreenath Sreenivasan
Sreenath Sreenivasan – also known as Sree (born in Tokyo, Japan) – is an academic administrator, professor and technology journalist based in New York City.
He is the dean of student affairs and digital media professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. His courses at Columbia focus on new media, web design and social media in the practice of journalism as well as media entrepreneurship. He also regularly runs workshops for working journalists on the advanced use of the Internet and multimedia reporting.
Sree was appointed Dean of Students at the Journalism School[1] in 2005, overseeing student-oriented programs. He is the former advisor to the school's chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and won the David Eshelman Award for Outstanding Campus Advisor in 1998[2].
In 2008, he was named Dean of Student Affairs,[3] supervising admissions, student services and career services at the school.
Sreenivasan is a graduate of St. Stephen's College in Delhi, India, as well as the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Sreenivasan helped found SAJA, the South Asian Journalists Association, a group of over 1,000 [4] journalists of South Asian origin in the U.S. and Canada and served as its first president and continues to serve on the board and as an editor and writer of SAJAforum, one of the most widely read South Asian news and analysis blogs.
Sree served as the Tech Guru on WABC-TV for six years, before moving to WNBC-TV as technology reporter in January 2007. He appeared twice a week on the air and on WNBC.com until January 2009.
From 2009 through 2011, he helped launch and develop DNAinfo.com, a hyperlocal news startup covering Manhattan, founded by Ameritrade founder and Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts.
[edit] Accolades
In 2004, Newsweek magazine named him[5] one of the 20 most influential South Asians in the U.S.
In July 2007, India Abroad named him[6] one of the 50 most Influential Indian Americans in the U.S.
In June 2010, Quill magazine, published by the Society of Professional Journalists, named him one of 20 journalists to follow on Twitter [7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Gopal Raju, pioneer in Indian ethnic press, dies in NY". Associated Press (Malaysia Star). 2008-04-12. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/4/12/apworld/20080412090428&sec=apworld. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ SPJ David Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award
- ^ Sreenivasan faculty page
- ^ South Asian Journalists Association information page
- ^ Newsweek's Power & Influence list
- ^ India Abroad's 50 Most Influential Indian Americans
- ^ SPJ names four alumni 'journalists to follow' on Twitter
[edit] External links
- Sree.net personal site
- Sreetips.com tips site
- Meet Columbia's New Media Guru OJR.org
- An Evangelist for Technology Who Helped Invent the Game New York Sun
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