Jody Brannon
I'm an online journalist who streamlines life
with digital tools, from apps that help tone fitness
to devices that enhance media interaction.
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- Online Media | Washington D.C. Metro Area, USSummary
I've worked online since April 1995, starting with 6.5 years at washingtonpost.com / WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive, nearly five with usatoday.com, two with MSN.com and ran a three-year grant for News 21.com, part of the Initiative for the Future of Journalism, a 12-university alliance of next-gen journalists headquartered at the Cronkite School at Arizona State University in Phoenix. I'm now editor of Next America, a demographic, policy and policy look at an increasingly diverse America; it's part of National Journal at Atlantic Media Co.
My main missions have centered on breaking news; interactive content; launching new products and sections; serving as liaison with partners (including MSNBC.com and Newsweek); supporting advertising and editorial initiatives; and refining the production systems, working toward better automation and fewer points of fatigue so that people can be more creative and effective.
I also hold a Ph.D. in mass communication, having studied how traditional media bring their content online, focusing on the Web newsrooms of ABC, NPR and USA TODAY; the title is "Maximizing the Medium: Assessing Impediments to Performing Multimedia Journalism at Three News Web Sites."
I chair the advisory board for J-Lab, and I am a member of the Online News Association board of directors, currently serving as secretary and previously two years as treasurer. I teach the capstone course for American University's master's program in interactive journalism.
More of my background can be found at jodybrannon.com
Specialties: Online news and content, interactive journalism, Web content, publishing systems, user experience, journalism education, user experience, user interface, digital strategy, digital integration.
Experience- Feb 2012 - PresentEditor, Next America on National Journal / Atlantic Media
- Jan 2007 - PresentBoard of Directors / Online News Association
- May 2004 - PresentChair, Advisory Board / J-Lab
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- A Truly Devastating Graph on State Per-Student Higher Education Spending @TheAtlantic http://t.co/InpymrzrMM
- Employee referral programs are making the workplace a lot whiter http://t.co/yvLtA4Iy5A
- How NYC's Ethnic Profiling Unnerves Innocent Muslim Americans @TheAtlantic http://t.co/Tqck0pjVM8
- Study: Eat Protein in the Morning - The Atlantic http://t.co/lc6pLwuT8Q
- How #scotus would rule on #gay issues if justices reflected various U.S. #demographics @TheAtlanticWire http://t.co/PyY4eL579C
- Class-Divided Cities: a look at #Boston by demographer @Richard_Florida on @atlanticcities http://t.co/5SMALGPi0y
- #immigration reform: the one big issue Big Labor and Big Business share, by @fawnjohnson http://t.co/8aQngrZKmg
- #mustsee #demographic graphic: were the world only 100 people, here's a breakdown http://t.co/mZZEFdUp20
- Women: America's new breadwinners, in era of role reversal @usatoday http://t.co/TVTSw9m5JK
- Inequality of playgrounds; extrapolating low-income minority #KansasCity neighborhoods @atlanticcities http://t.co/FJv4Bedhoa
- Sequester hits Montana's windswept Ft Peck Indian reservation's schools #goodread @washingtonpost.com http://t.co/zSROM9Vn8D
- DC Dixon Peabody firm requires its lawyers volunteer 40hrs/year on #diversity efforts @washingtonpost http://t.co/2hcgMQvomi
- # of kids crossing solo into U.S. is soaring, reports #TGSterling http://t.co/nPutZnMdj6 #immigration
- #diversity low in major #environmental groups says head of African American Environmentalists Assoc @washingtonpost http://t.co/hO9VgjT6iz
- Rick Perry: The man who might turn Texas blue (by opposing #medicaid) by @RonBrownstein http://t.co/afLnzX8BJk
- Black caucus chair Marcia Fudge to Obama: No more Ms. Nice Guy http://t.co/nmH0d1m76U
- Immigrants Held in Solitary Cells, Often for Weeks @nytimes http://t.co/HqH7OGAHP1
- Gun deaths shaped by race in America @WashingtonPost http://t.co/4C5rnN62Si
- Study finds nearly 2 in 3 hate crimes unreported http://t.co/bcPVbIou6N
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- Phoenix, AZ, April 20132013-04-17 - 2013-04-18
- Phoenix, AZ, February 20132013-02-01 - 2013-02-03
- Christmas2012-12-20 - 2012-12-30
- Phoenix, AZ, November 20122012-11-29 - 2012-12-02
- Seattle, WA, November 20122012-11-20 - 2012-11-23
- ONA 122012-09-19 - 2012-09-23
