Courses
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Adjunct Instructor
+ Art of the Audio Interview (2022)
Advance training in the art and craft of audio interviewing with a focus on interviewing for long-form audio.
+ Audio coach (2020, 2021, 2022)
+ Art of the Interview (2013 - 2015)
Created and taught course which covers interviewing skills by blending fieldwork, readings and lectures from guest speakers in other disciplines such as a private investigator, a psychologist, and a doctor.
The New School, Adjunct Instructor
+ Senior Capstone (Spring Semester 2016)
Taught a weekly workshop for undergraduate seniors completing the Journalism + Design major, helping each student conceive of and execute a final project.
+ News and Narrative Design II (Fall Semester 2016)
Taught a core course for Journalism + Design majors which covers reporting across mediums.
Oral History Summer School, Instructor
+ OHSS Intensive 2012, Project Lab (2014)
A day-long workshop on interviewing for journalism and for oral history and the use of oral history in journalism. Co-taught with Suzanne Snider.
Phillips Academy, Instructor
+ Master Class: Art of the Interview (2012)
A one-day seminar on interviewing which was the foundation for the Art of the Interview class.
Maine Media Workshops, Instructor
+ Advanced Audio Storytelling (2011, 2012)
Week-long workshop in which students report, produce and edit a radio-worthy audio narrative.
University Guest Lectures
+ Barnard University (2013)
+ Brown University, Storytelling for Good (2015)
+ Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
+ Columbia University Oral History Graduate Program (2014) + CUNY, Fierstein Graduate School of Cinema (2020)
+ CUNY, Graduate School of Journalism (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
+ Middlebury College, Abernethy Lecture Series (2007)
+ Middlebury College, “Meet the Press” Lecture Series (2012)
+ MIT, Knight Science Journalism Fellowship (2010, 2011)
+ NYU, Graduate School of Journalism (2010)
+ The International Center for Photography (2011)
+ The New School for Social Research (2010)
Panels
+ Judge for New York Press Club Awards (2014)
+ IFP Panel Moderator, “Hollow” (2013)
+ Social Good Summit panelist, “The Politics of ‘Coming Out’ in the Digital Age” (2013)
+ SXSW panelist, “Sustainable Stories from Disposable Content” (2013)
+ Guest on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer (2005, 2006)