.com journalist, educator & consultant since '95 (WashPost, USAT, MSN, News21, Atlantic, NatGeo, Bing, CUNY, CJL) intent on maximizing the medium.

Associate Prof at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Studies news, politics, technology, and power with a humanistic social science take.

Writer, Editor and Storyteller

Writer, comms manager @foodandwater 💧investigating water rights, factory farming, & food policy 📝 with a side of Baltimore #WaterJustice | opinions are my own

Anna Brugmann is a research and reporting intern at the Center for Journalism & Liberty. She is a graduate student at American University.

Striving for regulation that ensures the news industry remains independent, vital & vigilant