J. T. Johnson Bibliography
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GENERAL CIRCULATION PERIODICALS

Numerous newspaper articles while a staff reporter, stringer and freelance contributor in: The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, Kansas City (Mo.) Star-Times, Wichita Eagle-Beacon, Washington Star, Detroit Free Press, Palm Beach Post, Milwaukee Sentinel, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and for United Press International.

Also published in newspapers and magazines in The Netherlands, England, Spain, Belgium, New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland, Canada, Latin America and Australia. From 1969 to 1985, extensive contributions to TIME, Life, Discover and Fortune magazines.
 
 

REPRESENTATIVE NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES:

My view: Closed meeting casts suspicion on higher-ed project.”  Santa Fe New Mexican, Dec. 23, 2007.

anacubis [sic] 3.0 Review.”  EContent Magazine, October 2004.
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticlePrint.aspx?ArticleID=7126

"Seybold's 365 Degree View of the Trade Show Today." eContent Magazine, November 2003.
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=5680

"La evolución de XML." Latinotek.com, 28 September 2000
http://www.latinotek.com/tecnologia/cont_tec/000928.3-F-XMLconference-jtj(10).shtml

"Los mapas nos cuentan la historia." Latinotek.com, 19 July 2000
http://www.latinotek.com/tecnologia/cont_tec/tec15.shtml

"After 21 years, newsroom still challenging, but its practitioners see need for change." Leadtime, 
Summer 1997, p. 10.

"Online radiostation zonder omroepbijdrage," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Nov. 29, 1996, p. 43.

"De speurtocht van Francisco van Jole," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Nov. 1, 1996, p. 38.

"Telefoonbedrijven worden concurrent van de krant," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Oct. 10, 1996, p. 38.

"Eindeloze citaten, verbonden met citaten," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Sept. 6, 1996, p. 34.

"Een databank van databanken," De Journalist (Amsterdam), August 26, 1996, p. 38.

"Language critical skill for surfing globe's databases" QUILL, Vol. 84 No. 6 (July/August 1996), p. 16-17.

"Het verlangen de wereld te begrijpen..." De Journalist (Amsterdam), June 14, 1996, p. 40.

"Turning pages gives way to information click." QUILL, Vol. 84 No. 5 (June 1996), p. 12-13.

"CIA's photo morgue treasure trove for inquiring journalist." QUILL, Vol. 84 No. 4 (May 1996), p. 12-13.

"Who should resell data gathered on taxpayers' tab?" QUILL, Vol. 84 No. 3 (April 1996),  p. 12-13.

"Persfoto's uit de ruimte," De Journalist (Amsterdam), March 3, 1996, p. 39.

"Who should resell data gathered on taxpayers' tab?" QUILL, Vol. 84 No. 3 (March 1996), p. 12-13.

"Compensation vs. copyright critical issue in cyberspace," QUILL, Vol. 84 No. 2 (February 1996), p. 16-17.

"Steeds meer journalisten in VS gann online," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Feb. 23, 1996, p. 35.

"Kan het copyright bneschermd worden?" De Journalist (Amsterdam), Jan 26, 1996, p. 35.

"Een stadsplattegrond met gekleurde kopspelden," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Dec. 15, 1995, p. 36.

"Toegevoegde waarde?," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Nov. 17, 1995, p. 38.

"Money, technology converging to help media's bottom line," QUILL, Vol. 83 No. 9 
(November/December 1995), p. 16.

"Terugkeer van de concurrentie," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Oct. 20, 1995, p. 38.

"Safe havens voor digitale informatie," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Sept. 22, 1995, p. 32.

"New Education for Journalists," Nieman Reports, Vol. 49 No. 3 (Fall 1995), p. 67-70.

"Newspapers slow to embrace advances in computer world," QUILL, Vol. 83 No. 7 (September 1995), p. 20.

"Online Newspaperlandia," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Aug. 17, 1995, p. 36.

"Twee onderzoeken" De Journalist (Amsterdam), July 7, 1995, p. 38.

"World Wide Web: the happening place for journalists to be," QUILL, Vol. 83 No. 5 (June 1995), p. 20.

"'Informatiecoach' moet in het redactiecentrum,'" De Journalist (Amsterdam), June 2, 1995,  p. 30.

"Planting the Seed of Fire Safety," (with Valerie Hershfield), NFPA Journal, Vol 89 No. 3, (May/June 1995), p7580.

"De opkomst van de 'Webmeister,' De Journalist (Amsterdam), May 5, 1995, p. 42.

"Bronnen in Cyberspace," De Journalist (Amsterdam), April 7, 1995, p. 38

"A source, a source. My profession for a source." The Internet Newsroom [newsletter] No. 9 [April 1, 1995], p.5+ 

"Piling on the skills," QUILL, Vol. 83 No. 2 (March 1995), p. 26.

"Helder Basisboek over 'online journalistiek'" [Here is a basic book about online journalism]," (review of Reddick and King's The Online Journalist), De Journalist (Amsterdam), March 24, 1995, p. 37.

"Strikt Noodzakelijk Om In Het Beroep Te Overleven," De Journalist (Amsterdam), March 3, 1995, p. 38.

"Watersnood op Internet: was het journalistiek? [The Floods and the Internet: Where were the journalists]" De Journalist (Amsterdam), Feb. 10, 1995, p.40.

"Striking Journalists and Technology," QUILL, January/February 1995, p. 17.

"Computer-assisted Journalism is al veertig jarr jong," De Journalist (Amsterdam), Dec. 2, 1994, pp. 18-19.

"Tired of pushing pins into maps? Let GIS do it," QUILL, March 1994, Vol. 82 No. 2, p. 14.

"The Self-defeating Blockade of Cuba," San Francisco Examiner (Op-Ed Column), April 28, 1993, p. A1.

"Need leaders for news technology? Look to librarians," QUILL, June 1993, Vol. 81 No. 5, p. 14.

"Blue-light Specials on Government, off-hour databases," QUILL, April 1993, Vol. 81 No. 3, p. 14-15.

"The Unconscious Fraud of Journalism Education," QUILL, June 1992, Vol. 80 No. 5, p. 31-34.

"The GUI Temptations," VARBusiness, Spring 1991, p. 29-33.

"Delta Wing SST," [cover story], Popular Science, February 1991, p. 58-61.

"Computers Without Keys," (with Dennis Normile), Popular Science, August 1990, p. 66-69.

"What is Going On in the Labs," (with Jay Goldman), VARBusiness Forecast 2000, Summer 1990, p. 65-66.

"Automatic ID: A Cash Bar," VARBusiness, July 1990, p. 55-57.

"Fuzzy Logic," Popular Science, July 1990, p. 87-89.

"Spotlight on the Stealth Fighter," Popular Science, July 1990, p. 64-65.

"The Fuzzy Decision," (with Jay Goldman), VARBusiness, June 1990, p. 62-70.

"The Hot Path to Solar Electricity," Popular Science, May 1990, p. 82-85.

"The Lessons of Loma Prieta," Popular Science, March 1990, p.74-81.

"MacTV," Popular Science, February 1990, p. 96.

"Sophisticated Users Choose 386s" VARBusiness: 1989 State of the Market (special issue), January 1990, p.63-68.

"Mini Mac," Popular Science, January 1990, p. 76.

"Sewing Up Users with Private Labels," VARBusiness, November 1989, p.63-64+.

"The Networking Tug of War," VARBusiness, October 1989, p. 119.

"Power Steering: Wouldbe cowboys find their calling is cattle," The Detroit News, June 18, 1989,  p. E1.

"Livin' the Cowboy Life," New York Daily News, June 18, 1989, p. T1.

"`Move 'em out!': Cattle drive takes ride into Old West," Milwaukee Sentinel, May 24, 1989, Pt.5, p.4.

"The Second Time Around," (with G. Vistica), VARBusiness, April 1989, pgs. 82+.

"GM's MAP Man" (cover profile of Michael Kaminski), InformationWEEK, March 13, 1989, pgs. 40-41+.

"MIS Holds Together a Crumbling Cookie," InformationWEEK, March 13, 1989, pgs. 46-48+.

"To Succeed Refine, Redefine," VARBusiness (1988 State of the Market Special Issue), December 1988, pgs. 25-28.

"The Ada Advantage," InformationWEEK, December 5, 1988, p. 28-31.

"Running the Local Government Labyrinth," VARBusiness, November 1988, p. 128+.

"Apples and Elephants," VARBusiness, September 1988, p. 14.

"Microcom AX/9624c: 9600bps modem (review)," PC World, September 1988, p.168+.

"COLORADO: Guest drovers 'move 'em out," Relax, August 1988, p. 32-34+.

"Where Do We Stand With Standards?" VARBusiness, July 1988, p. 36-44.

"Ride'em Greenhorns: Relive the Wild West through cowpunching holidays," Real Travel, Summer 1988, p. 23+.

"Apple's New Corporate Muscle," InformationWEEK, April 11, 1988, p. 34+.

"Racal-Vadic 9600 baud Modem (review)," PC World, April 1988, p. 170+.

"POLO," Endless Vacation, October/November 1987, p.36-44+.

"A Long, Rocky Road: Why the long journey to get a Mac on your lap," MacWEEK, Oct. 6, 1987, p.24-26.

"Computer Film: Heavy Work, Light Subject," InformationWEEK, March 30, 1987, p. 40.

"Over On the Back Lot at MGM/UA, The Cry is 'Lights, Camera, MIS!'" InformationWEEK, March 30, 1987, p. 44-46.

"New Color Programs to Affect Users?" MacWEEK, March 9, 1987, p. 2.

"Rebel Attack," TIME, April 22, 1985.

"New Strength and Hope," TIME, April 15, 1985.

"Tropical Rent-a-Yacht," TIME, March 18, 1985.

"Test for Duarte," TIME, February 4, 1985.

"Coffee Caper," TIME, January 14, 1985.

"Second Round," TIME, December 10, 1984.

"Setback in the Skies," TIME, November 5, 1984.

"I Was Really Worried," [Interview with Jose Napoleon Duarte, president of El Salvador.] 
TIME, October 29, 1984.

"Giving Peace a Chance," TIME, October 29, 1984.

"Appointment in La Palma," TIME, October 22, 1984.

"Darkness Before Dawn," TIME, September 10, 1984.

"Dom DeLuise Hollywood's Mister Fixit," Popular Mechanics, September 1984, pp. 72-73+.

"El Escuadron Perdido," Mecanica Popular, August 1984.

"Fire Safety in the Skies," AirLine Pilot, [in press].

"Mystery Squadron," Popular Mechanics, May 1984, pp. 78-81+.

"Dot Matrix Printers," Popular Science, December 1983, pp. 139-144+.

"Silver Bagel and Flying Carrot NASA's new shapes for space," [cover story] Popular Science, October 1983, pp. 110-113.

"Banking Executives Get Their Hands on the Keyboard," Banking World (London), September 1983, pp. 34-36.

"Energy-saving Expansion Chamber," Popular Science, September 1983, p. 26.

"Shake-Out in the Hardware Wars," TIME, June 27, 1983, p. 64.

"The Computer Store at the Office," PC World, Vol. 1 No. 2 (February 1983), pp. 292-294.

"Today's Economic Crisis: How did it begin? How will it end?" Outlook, February 1983, pp. 26-29+.

"Nuclear Waste: A Better Way to Bury It?" Popular Science, May 1983, pp. 68-71.

"Revenge of a DES Son," Mother Jones, February/March 1983, pp. 30-34+. (with co-byline credit given to Mark Dowie)

"Hotwater Power from the Earth," Popular Science, January 1983, pp. 70-73.

"Faster Fire Sprinklers For Your Home," Popular Science, January 1983, pp. 84-85.

"Campbell opens up the Marketplace," The Bankers Magazine (London), December 1982, pp. 17-18.

"Flashblast: The Light that Cleans," Popular Science, July 1982, pp. 82-84.

"Fireproofing Flight," OMNI, July 1982, p. 110.

"Ancient ApeMan from Afar," TIME, June 21, 1982.

"New Age for Airships," AirLine Pilot, March 1982, pp. 10-12+.

"Workhorse Copter-blimp," Popular Science, November 1981, pp. 72-74.

"Lear's Light Pusher," Popular Mechanics, June 1981, p. 101.

"Electricity from the Sea," [cover story] Popular Science, May 1981, pp. 76-79.

"Four for the Future," Writer's Digest, April 1981, pp. 24-25.

"Best Battery Yet?" Popular Science, April 1981, pp. 82-83+.

"Space Barnstorming," Popular Mechanics, March 1981, p. 146.

"LH2 Fuel for the '90s?" Air Line Pilot, September 1980, pp. 6-10+.

"Hydrogen: New Kick for Cargo Planes," Popular Mechanics, May 1980, pp. 118-122+.

"The Search for Cosmic Ripples," Popular Mechanics, September 1979, pp. 84-87.

"City of Candles," San Antonio, December 1967, pp. 21-22.

"Tourism: He likes trains," San Antonio, June 1967, pp. 47-49.
 

BOOKS:

Ver 1.0 Proceedings.  Edited by J. T. Johnson.  Santa Fe: IAJ Press, 2006.  
Ver 1.0 was a three-day workshop (organized by the Institute for Analytic Journalism) on public database verification for journalists and social scientists held in Santa Fe, New Mexico USA in April 2006. Ten journalists and 10 statisticians, social scientists, public administrators and computer scientists met to discuss mutual concerns and worked to find solutions. This book contains many of the papers presented and the workproduct of three breakout groups, each investigating a different aspect of the problem.

INFOSPHERE: Media's Challenge in the Next Century. Book-length manuscript in progress.

Help Yourself To A Healthy Heart (with Tibbett L. Speer) San Francisco: Mt. Zion Hospital and Medical Center. A 38,000-word manuscript for patients on cardiology and cardiac disease.

California From the Air (with R. Reinhardt, M. Goodwin and J. Burks), Mill Valley: Squarebooks, 1981.

The Sauna Book (with T. Miller), New York: Harper and Row, 1977.
 
 

PUBLISHED PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS:

Money: The view from the library’s window.” Team working paper from conference, “News Libraries in Crisis: News Libraries Summit,” New Media Center, School of Journalism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Nov. 15-16, 2001.  http://www.inms.umn.edu/convenings/newslibraryincrisis/money_team.htm

"Applied Cybernetics and Its Implications for Teaching Journalism." in Burton, O. Vernon and Hemphill, Mark W. (eds.) Renaissance in Social Science Computing CDROM. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press (1998).

"Applied Cybernetics and Its Implications for Education for Journalism." (reprint) Australian Journalism Review, Vol. 16, No. 2 (July-December, 1994).

"Journalism Education in the Information Age." Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Fall 1994), pp. 405-413.

"The Private I, You, They." Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Vol. 9 No. 3. (Fall, 1994).

"The Unconscious Fraud of [Journalism] Education," Chapter 18 in Barbara P. Semonche (ed.) News Media Libraries: A Management Handbook. Greenwood Press. 1993.

"Computing for (and by) the Lazy Journalist." Journal of the California Humanities Association, May 1992, pp. 22-25.

(with Ronald C. Naugle) "Making the City Visible: A Probability Model for Urban History," in Papers in History: Proceeding of the Northern Great Plains History Association, Moorhead, Minn., 1973.

"Conceptual Implications of Disaggregate Data Analysis." A paper presented at the Eastern Historical Geographers Association, Boston, Mass., Nov. 4, 1972.

Citizen Participation Groups. Kansas City, Kansas: Mid-American Urban Observatory, 1970.

Industrialized Housing Systems: A Proposal. Kansas City, Mo.: Home Building Corp., 1969. (An award-winning proposal for industrialized housing prepared for Operation Breakthrough, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C.)

Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Volkswagen Site Selection Study. Prepared for Capital Car Distributors Inc., Lanham, Md, 1967.
 
 

PAPERS DELIVERED, CONFERENCES ATTENDED, ETC. (since 1990)

Are we researching how to do research?”  Invited paper for a symposium in honor of Prof. Philip Meyer, Knight Chair in Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill March 27-28, 2008.

 

Ranney, M. A., Johnson, T., Galpern, A., & Crain, M. (2008, March). A Shot at Enhancing Reasoning Skills for All: The "Numbers, News, and Evidence" Journalistic Numeracy Module. [Ranney’s invited presentation at the Department of Psychology and the College of Education of the University of Illinois, Chicago.]

 

Participant: “COMPLEXITY 2008 - Fourth Biennial Seminar on the Philosophical, Methodological & Epistemological Implications of Complexity Theory.” January 15-18, 2008 Havana, Cuba

 

Ranney, M. A., Galpern, A., Crain, M., & Johnson, T. (2007, December). Toward Improving Numerical Reasoning in Journalism and its Consumers. [Ranney’s invited joint colloquium for the Institute of Cognitive & Brain Sciences and the Cognition, Brain, & Behavior program of the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley.]

 

Ranney, M.A., Rinne, L., Munnich, E.,  Johnson, T., & Schank, P. (2007, February).  The "Numbers, News, and Evidence" Journalism Curriculum: Might It Boost Everyone's Reasoning?  [Ranney’s invited presentation at the Learning and Teaching Workshop, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago.

 

Investigative Reporters and Editors National Convention, 7-10 June, Phoenix, Arizona.

 

Quantitative and Digital Skills of International Journalism and Communications Educators.”  Presented at The Eighth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association, 6 June 2007, Mexico City, Mexico.

Spanish version of PowerPoint – “Las Habilidades Cuantitativas y Digitales de Educadores Internacionales de Periodismo y Comunicaciones”.

 

"Primer Curso Internacional de Periodismo Analítico"  Invited lectures and three-day workshop celebrating the first 10 years of the Centro de Investigación de la Comunicación y la Información, University de Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

See Powerpoints No. 1, 2 and 3 at www.slideshare.net/jtjohnson

Invited lecture:  "From DNA [Daily News Agents] to IPT [Index of Potential Transactions]: The Dynamics (Decline?) of Journalism in the Early 21st Century."  Salon 2006, Santa Fe, NM, Dec. 31, 2006.

Presentation: "Revealing Some Treasures of Web 2.0" at The FRIAM Group's WedTech, Nov. 29, 2006, Santa Fe, NM.

Participant and lectures: Highway Africa 2006, Grahamstown, South Africa, Sept. 11-15, 2006

Lecture series: Durban, South Africa and Highway Africa 2006, Rhodes University September 2006.  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

Presentation: "Verifying Data in Public Records Databases" at The FRIAM Group's WedTech, Aug. 24, 2005, Santa Fe, NM.

Presentation: “Tools for Digging Deeper” at “Shifting Gears: New Directions in Science Writing,” Northern California Science Writers, San Francisco State University, Oct. 16, 2004. 

 

Lecture: “Google ain't the keys to the research kingdom.”  Boldfaced Journalism 3, High school journalism conference sponsored by the Center for the Integration and Improvement of Journalism, San Francisco State University, Sept. 18, 2004.

 

Lecture: "Lo que los periodistas desean saber [What Journalists Want to Know]", Fundación Juventud Para Democracia, San Salvador, March 20, 2004.


Invited lecture: "Privacy in the Digital Age. Privacy? In the Digital Age?" Salon 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Dec. 31, 2003. [Participants in the annual, week-long Salon seminars are civic, scientific and intellectual leaders living in Northern New Mexico.]

 

Attendee: National Conference on Media Reform, Nov. 7-9, 2003, Madison, Wisc.

Lecture: “Getting from Here to There and Back: Online resources for GIS,” Information Today's Internet Librarian 2003 conference, Nov. 5, 2003, Monterey, California. http://GISlibrarians2.notlong.com

Two-day Workshop (with Steve Ross): "Mapping out the story: Computer-assisted reporting in the Caribbean Environment." Organized by the Caribbean Environmental Reporters Network (CERN), in collaboration with Loyola University Center for Environmental Communication (LUCEC), the Panos Institute Eastern Caribbean and the Institute for Analytic Journalism. Oct. 24-26, 2003, University of the West Indies at St Augustine, Trinidad.

Invited lecture: "GIS: Unifying Theory/Methodology for Journalism and the Social Sciences?" GIS Center, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif., April 17, 2003.

 

Day-long Workshop (with Steve Ross): "Peeking Under the Sheets: Analytic Journalism Tools for Covering Health." Fourth National Assoc. of Health Care Journalists Conference, San Francisco, Calif., March 15, 2003.

 

Presentation (with Steve Doig): "Journalism and GIS/Satellite Imaging," at "Smart Maps, Public Satellites: New Tools For Reporting" Workshop, UC Berkeley School Of Journalism, Feb. 1, 2003.

 

Presentation and panel moderator, "Teaching [GIS and Journalism] and Working in an International Context ," ESRI User Conference, San Diego, Calif., July 6, 2002.

Workshop presenter: Integrating GIS back at the ranch,” Association of Health Care Journalists annual conference, April 9, 2002, Bethesda, Md.


Lecture: “Google Ain’t Gonna Get You Home In Time,” Association of Health Care Journalists annual conference, April 8, 2002, Bethesda, Md.

 

Co-coordinator and presenter, “Workshops in GIS for Health Care Journalists,” two half-day sessions at the Association of Health Care Journalists annual conference, April 6-9, 2002, Bethesda, Md.

 

Attendee: AEJMC-AJHA Journalism Historians Joint Meeting, Hunter College, March 23, 2002, New York City

 

Attendee: National Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference, March 14-17, 2002, Philadelphia, Penn.

 

Attendee: Tapping New Data Territories: A workshop on interactivity, access and connection,” co-sponsored by Pew Charitable Trusts,  IRE and the Institute for New Media Studies. Feb. 22-24, Tampa, Fla.

Organizer and moderator: “Cartagio Workshop Day,” Boston University, Boston, Mass. Feb. 28, 2002.  Training workshop for journalists, scholars and news librarians on new tool for web browsing and organizing research.

Attendee: Investigative Reporters and Editors Regional Conference 2002 Jan. 25-26,  Washington, D.C.

Invited lectures: “If all news is local, then we're talking about GIS" and “To Be a Poet, To Be a Social Scientist: Analytic Journalism in the 21st Century," The Post-Standard newspaper staff, Syracuse, NY, Nov. 28, 2001.

Invited participant: “News Libraries in Crisis: News Libraries Summit,” New Media Center, School of Journalism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - Nov. 15-16, 2001

Presentation to Dean Brent Baker’s College of Communication executive advisory committee, “Creating the Institute for Analytic Journalism,” New York City, Nov. 12, 2001.

Invited lecture: “Being Poets and Social Scientists: Analytic Journalism in the 21st Century, ” faculty and students of the Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 8, 2001.

Organizer and moderator: “Knowing the Story, Telling the Story -- with Maps.” National GIS Day panel and webcast, Institute for Analytic Journalism, College of Communication, Boston University, Boston, Mass., Nov. 14, 2001.

Attendee: American Society of Criminology annual meetings, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 5-9, 2001.

Attendee: The World Electronic Publishing Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 17-18, 2001.

Attendee: InfraExpo 2001, Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 11-16, 2001.

Attendee: Inter-American Press Association Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., Oct. 12-14, 2001.

Lecture: “An introduction to Analytic Journalism and ‘Next Generation CAR,’” New England News Librarians Association, Autumn Meeting, Oct. 5, 2001, Boston, Mass.

Attendee: “The International Information Revolution: Media Outlook, Opportunities, Obsessions,” Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University, Oct. 4-5, 2001, Cambridge, Mass.

Televideo conference lecture: “Making Maps: Integrative Technology for Quality Journalism,” Highway Africa 2001 conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, S.A., Sept. 13, 2001.

Lecture: editorial staffs of Human Resources Executive and Risk & Insurance magazines, Aug. 28, 2001, Princeton, New Jersey.

Coordinator and panelist: "Special Media Panel on What Journalists Need to Tell Your GIS-Related Story," ESRI User's Conference, July 11, 2001, San Diego, Calif.

A series of lectures, all drawing on the same theme of how to develop and use sophisticated web searching strategies.

Attendee: "Image and Meaning" conference, MIT, Cambridge, Mass. June 14-15, 2001.

Lectures: "Intelligent Research and Introduction to Computer-Assisted Reporting," Portuguese Journalists Summer Program at Boston University, June 13-14, 2001.

Lecture: "Drilling Into the Invisible – but Digital -- Web," Boston University's Washington Journalism Center, Washington, D.C., April 6, 2001.

Attendee: Growth Opportunities in Latin America conference, Harvard University School of Business, Boston, MA, March 31, 2001.

Lecture: "Before – and After – the Words and Pictures," The Northeast Journalism Conference, Boston, MA, March 31, 2001.

Attendee: "ArcView8 [GIS software] Rollout Seminar," ESRI, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., March 28, 2001.

Participant: "Leadership for Online Editors and News Directors Seminar,” Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL, Feb. 25-28, 2001.

Participant and lecturer: "Census 2000 Workshop," Investigative Reporters and Editors, Boston, MA, Feb. 24-25, 2001.

Workshop Participant: “AGENT-BASED MODELING FOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS,” Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Spring Semester 2001.

 

Coordinated day-long briefing on trends in digital media and contemporary journalism education and delivered opening lecture “More Than Just the Times are a’Changin,” to executives of Wegener NV, The Netherlands, Feb. 20, 2001.

 

Coordinated digital vote tabulations, "Kids Voting Boston," Nov. 7, 2000.

Participant: ArcView Training, ESRI Offices, Danvers, Mass., Aug. 23-24, 2000.

Session coordinator and keynote speech: "Geographic Information Systems in the newsroom." Netmedia 2000, London, 6-7 July 2000. http://www.net-media.co.uk/nm2k/programme2.html.

Lecturer: Annual convention, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Aug. 4-7, 1999, New Orleans, LA. Two presentations on "Journalism and GIS," and conducted two hands-on workshops on "Journalism, GIS and Crime Mapping."

Attendee, ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA, Juy 26-30, 1999.

Participant: "Freedom Beyond Borders: The Future of the First Amendment in Cyberspace." International conference sponsored by the Media Center - American Press Institute, May 22-25, 1999, Reston, VA.

Lecture: “Infosphere: How the Digital Age Influences Journalism.” Faculty colloquium, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, May 5, 1999

Participant: Ad Hoc Committee to Establish a News Markup Language,” Dallas, TX, April 21-23, 1999. 

Attendee: National Convention of  the American Society of Newspaper Editors, San Francisco, CA , April 15-16, 1999.

Attendee, Internet World, Los Angeles, CA, April 14, 1999.

Attendee and Trainer: The National Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference, Boston, MA, March 11 - 14, 1999.  Convened first JAGIS (Journalism and GIS) session.

Attendee: 2nd Annual Crime Mapping Research Conference, National Institute of Justice, Dec. 10-12, 1998, Arlington, VA.

Attendee: 1998 American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Nov. 11-14, 1998, Washington, D.C. (Special sessions on GIS and crime.)

Workshop session, "Science Writing in the Infosphere." Writing Today’s Science – A Writers’ Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, July 2, 1997.

Presentation and Panel Participant: "Techniques for teaching CAR in journalism school." National Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference, Nashville, Tenn., March 8, 1997.

Presentation and Panel Participant: "Journalism 2000," National Convention of the Society of Professional Journalists, Washington, D. C. Sept. 18, 1996.

Plenary Presentation: "Rainbow Trout, Salvadoran Mental Health and the Digital Revolution (or how the journalist species can adapt to the information ecology)," Workshop on Computer-assisted Reporting and the Internet, Society of Environmental Journalists and the Northern California Science Writers Association, Stanford University, Sept. 7, 1996.

Workshop session, "The Internet for Technophobes," Workshop on Computer-assisted Reporting and the Internet, Society of Environmental Journalists and the Northern California Science Writers Association, Stanford University, Sept. 7, 1996.

Workshop session, "Who says journalists don’t do math? The most basic of basic statistics every writer needs to know." Workshop on Computer-assisted Reporting and the Internet, Society of Environmental Journalists and the Northern California Science Writers Association, Stanford University, Sept. 7, 1996.

Workshop session, "Basic Statistical Reasoning," Workshop on the Internet and computer-assisted reporting sponsored by the Environmental Journalists Association and the Northern California Assoc. of Science Writers, Stanford University, Sept. 7, 1996.

Workshop leader, "Overcoming Innumeracy: Strategies for Teaching Statistical Reasoning and Statistical Literature to Students in Journalism and Mass Communications." Assoc. for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications annual meetings, Anaheim, CA, June, 1996.

Presentation, "The Internet in Latin America" (in Spanish) Toastmasters Club, Santa Fe, NM, July 8, 1996.

Workshop faculty, "Science Writing in the Infosphere." Fiveday workshop for science writers, Santa Fe, NM, June, 1996.

Invited paper. "Integracion del Internet en instituciónes educativas," V Foro Permanente de Redes de America Latina y el Caribe, April 18, 1996, Lima, Peru.

Workshop, "Seminario: Periodismo de investigación vía Internet," sponsored by Instituto Prensa Y Sociedad and Internet Peru, April 16, 1996, Lima, Peru.

Attendee. Conference on "Satellite Imagery and the News Media," American University, Washington, D.C. March 7, 1996.

Presentation. "International Journalism and Its Practitioners" Prof. Joanne Craig's "International Careers" class, International Relations Department, San Francisco State University, March 1, 1996.

Workshop in Computer-Assisted Reporting, Associated Press and National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting, Feb. 26, 1996, San Francisco, Calif.

Presentation, "Using the Internet as a Reporting Tool." Annual National Convention of the Associated Collegiate Press, San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 24, 1996,

Associate, "New Media Technology: Great Innovations or Electric Fork?," one day conference sponsored by The Freedom Forum Pacific Coast Center, Oakland, CA, Feb. 13, 1996.

Lecture, " Considering Privacy in the Digital Age," Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, NY, Feb. 8, 1996.

Participant, International Radio and Television Society Foundation Faculty/Industry Seminar, New York, Feb. 711, 1996.

Lecture and Internet demonstration. Executive Training Seminar (Amarillo, TX), sponsored by the Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, Sam Houston State University, Jan. 11, 1996.

Manuscript proposal review. "The Integration of Online Information Gathering in the Journalism Classroom," for Journalism & Mass Communications Educator, Nov. 1995.

Presentation, "The Private I, You, They: Defining Privacy in the Digital Age," Dept. of Journalism Colloquium, San Francisco State University, Dec. 4, 1995.

Lecture and daylong workshop: "Internet Training," Center for the Integration and Improvement of Journalism, San Francisco State University, Sept. 30, 1995.

Presentation. "Life of a Foreign Correspondent." Prof. Joanne Craig's "International Professional Opportunities" class, International Relations Department, San Francisco State University, Sept. 29, 1995.

Invited presentation. "CAR in the Classroom." Annual computer-assisted journalism conference, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1995.

Internet Instruction. CAR ROCK '95 - Annual computer-assisted journalism conference, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1995.

Invited presentation. "Partnerships for Prosperity: How to Build Your Journalism Program in Lean Times." Annual convention of the Assoc. for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, Washington, D.C. Aug. 11, 1995.

Co-organizer and moderator. "Overcoming Innumeracy: A CHANCE to Teach Journalists to Use Statistics." A workshop at the annual convention of the Assoc. for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, Washington, D.C. Aug. 9, 1995.

Lecture and Internet demonstration. "The Basics of CAR" for the editorial and library staffs of the Monterey (Calif.) Herald, May 26, 1995.

Attendee. "Public Interest Journalism: Winner or Loser in the On-Line Era?" Nieman Foundation, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. May 45, 1995.

Lecture and Internet demonstration. "From Chinese Whispers to the Information Superhighway: How the Internet will be used in the fight against cancer." International Prostate Cancer Reporters Club, annual American Urological Association convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 25, 1995.

Lecture and daylong workshop: "Hands-On Introduction to the InfoBahn." Society of Professional Journalists Region 11 Conference, San Francisco, April 9, 1995.

Invited presentation. "From Interviewing to Internet: The Search for Good Stories." Society of Professional Journalists Region 11 Conference, San Francisco, April 8, 1995

Panelist. "Digital News Hounds: Way New Techniques of Editing, Reporting and Visuals." Society of Professional Journalists Region 11 Conference, San Francisco, April 8, 1995

Manuscript Review, A Handbook for Computer-assisted Reporting. St. Martin's Press, New York, NY. March 20, 1995.

Lecture and two workshops: "Hot Shots @ Hot Spots: How Journalists Can Travel the Internet." Sixth Annual Conference, National Institute for Advanced Reporting, March 17, 1995.

Participant: "Reassessing Risk Assessment," The Foundation for American Communications, Feb. 2426, 1995, Dallas, Texas.

Lecture, "Privacy in the Digital Age," Department of Communications, Austin College, Sherman, Texas, Feb. 24, 1994.

Lecture, "Introduction to the Internet," presented (twice) at the second national conference on computer-assisted reporting, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Oct. 7, 1994, Santa Clara, Calif. (Also member of conference steering committee.)

Presentation and workshop, "Introduction to Spreadsheets," presented at the national convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Aug. 11, 1994, Atlanta, Ga.

Presentation and workshop, "Cruising the Internet," presented at the national convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Aug. 12, 1994, Atlanta, Ga.

Lecture , "Agenda Item A1? Education," presented at "Toward a New Journalists' Agenda: Responding to Emerging Technological and Economic Realities," a conference sponsored by the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, May 20, 1994.

Lecture and Workshop: "BBSs: The Cheap, The Fast and the Good." 5th Annual conference on Computer-assisted Journalism, National Institute for Advanced Reporting, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, March 26, 1994.

Presentation: "Tapping the NASW (National Association of Science Writers) Resources on CompuServe." American Association for the Advancement of Science 1994 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Feb. 21, 1994.

Lecture and workshop: "Analytic Journalism (aka Computer-Assisted Journalism)" Workshop on Investigative Reporting for Philippine Journalists. Sponsored by the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism, San Francisco State University and East-West Center Program on Communications and Journalism, San Francisco, Feb. 4, 1994.

Attendee: "Beyond Territoriality: The Rise of Globalism in Communications." Columbia University, New York City, Oct. 29, 1993.

Presentation: "Finding Ports on Electronic Information Seas," Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual meeting, Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 12, 1993.

Lecture and workshop: "Management of Computer-Assisted Journalism," Annual meeting of the Association of Area Business Publications, San Francisco, Calif., June 29, 1993.

Invited Lecture: "Complexity and the Study of Privacy in the Digital Age." Associates Seminar, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, N.M, June 22, 1993.

Keynote address: "The Digital Revolution and Its Imperatives for Journalism Education," Workshop in Teaching News Research, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, Fla., June 16, 1993.

Panelist: "The Cultural Context of Justice," Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Chicago, Ill., May 27, 1993.

Lecture: "The Information Revolution and Its Imperatives for Teaching Journalism," Fourth Annual Conference on Computer-Assisted Journalism, Indianapolis, Ind., March 13, 1993.

Attendee: Third Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy, Burlingame, Calif., March 1012, 1993.

Participant: "U. S. Cuba Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science," Havana, Cuba, Jan. 413, 1993.

Attendee: "Introduction to MapInfo for Windows," MapInfo Corp., Troy, New York, Dec. 911, 1992.

Lecture: "The Private I, You, They" at "Privacy in America: The Frontier of Duty and Restraint," a Poynter Institute Conference, Dec. 24, 1992, St. Petersburg, Fl.

Attendee: Society of Professional Journalists National Convention, Nov. 1922, 1992, Baltimore, Md.

Participant: "Privacy in the Information Age" Conference. Sponsored by Government Technology Magazine, Nov. 16, 1992, Sacramento, Calif.

Lecture: "Defining Privacy." Center for Research in Journalism and Mass Communications, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 20, 1992.

Interview Subject, "Soundings." A 15minute radio show distributed to 325 Public Broadcasting Stations in North America and produced by the National Humanities Center, Research Triangle, N.C. Oct. 20, 1992.

Attendee: "Journalism Educator's Conference," American Press Institute, Reston, VA, Oct. 12-16, 1992.

Judge: "Data Base Marathon." Conference on Computing for the Social Sciences 1992, Ann Arbor, Mich., May 47, 1992.

Lecture: "Charting a Digital Course for the Humanities." Presentation to the NEXA faculty seminar [an interdisciplinary program in the sciences and humanities]. San Francisco State University, April 8, 1992.

Lecture "Fundamentals for Survival in the Digital World: The Education of Us All." Third Annual Conference on Computer-Assisted Journalism, Indianapolis, Ind. March 21, 1992.

Co-moderator: "Computer-Assisted Journalism and Student-Produced Newspapers." Third Annual Conference on Computer-Assisted Journalism, Indianapolis, Ind. March 21, 1992.

Attendee: "The 2nd Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy." Washington, D.C. March 18-20, 1992.

Seminar leader: "38 Ways Your PC Can Make you a Better and Richer Journalist." Seminar conducted for the Society of Professional Journalists, Corvallis, Ore., Feb. 29, 1992.

Seminar leader: "Journalists in the Digital World: Tapping the Power of Telecommunications." Seminar conducted for students and journalism faculties of Oregon State University and the University of Oregon, Corvallis, Ore., Feb. 28, 1992.

Seminar leader: "Journalists in the Digital World: Tapping the Power of Telecommunications." Seminar presented to the editorial staff of the Peninsula TIMES-Tribune, Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 18, 1992.

Attendee: "The Supreme Court and You: What Recent U. S. Supreme Court First Amendment Decisions Mean to Journalists." Seminar, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif. Nov. 2, 1991.

Seminar Attendance Fellowship: "The Cost of Technology: Information Prosperity and Information Poverty." Freedom Forum Media Studies Center technology seminar, Columbia University, New York City, Oct. 20-24, 1991.

Panel Moderator: "Journalism in the Soviet Union Past and Present." Sponsored by the SFSU Department of Journalism and the Society of Professional Journalists. San Francisco, Oct. 1, 1992.

Attendee: "Your Right to Know: A Seminar on the Law of Public Information, Open Government and Journalism." California First Amendment Coalition. San Francisco. Sept. 13, 1991.

Lecture: "Tres Temas en Periodismo," Speech (in Spanish) to the Journalists Association of El Salvador, San Salvador, August 17, 1991.

Manuscript proposal review. "Using the Computer for Advanced Reporting: Online Databases and Electronic Records as Sources for News," by Lucinda Davenport and Peggy DeFleur for Mayfield Publishing Company, Mountain View, Calif., June 1991.

Lecture: Advanced Journalism Class, Tamalpias High School, Mill Valley, Calif., May 7, 1991.

Lecture: "Rates of Exchange: A Reporter returns to El Salvador." (reading of work in progress) Book Talk Friends of the Scottsville Free Library, Scottsville, NY. April 29, 1991.

Attendee: Computers and Journalism Conference, University of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 25-28, 1991.

Lecture: "Computing for (and by) the Lazy Journalist." California Humanities Association annual conference. San Francisco, April 19, 1991.

Attendee: "Oracle Server Conference." Seminar on SQL and client/server database technology. San Francisco, Dec. 11, 1990.

Lecture: Advanced Journalism Class, Tamalpias High School, Mill Valley, Calif. Nov. 29, 1990.

Lecture: "The Central American Crisis." Keynote speaker at the opening session of a four-week study program sponsored by St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Belvedere, Calif. Oct. 23, 1990.

Lecture: "Briefing on the Status of the CSU Computer System" for the SFSU Academic Senate, Oct. 16, 1990.

Attendee: "Borland SQL Connectivity Seminar," Seminar on SQL and client/server database and spreadsheet programs. San Francisco, Oct. 2, 1990.

Attendee: "Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Workshop 1990," Johnson Space Center/University of Houston-Clear Lake, Texas, April 1113, 1990.

Lecture: "A Visual Backgrounder: Economy and Geography in El Salvador," Confronting Revolution: A Conference on El Salvador, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif., March 31, 1990.

Panel Moderator: "El Salvador in the U. S. News Media," Confronting Revolution: A Conference on El Salvador, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif., March 31, 1990.

Attendee: "Computers and Journalism Conference," University of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 16-18, 1990.

Attendee: "An Analyst's Guide to Military Space," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Professional Studies Series, Feb. 35, 1990, Monterey, Calif.

 

UNIVERSITY PARTICIPATION (Since 1990)

SFSU Faculty Representative, California State University System's Workshop on Information Competence, Long Beach, Calif., Nov. 16-17, 1995.

Member, College of Humanities Computer Literacy Committee, San Francisco State University, September 1994 to present.

Journalism Department liaison, Urban Studies Program Coordinating Committee, February 1991 to present.

Member, Network Services Committee, San Francisco State University, January 1991 to present.

Representative of the Academic Senate to University-wide Educational Technology and Computing Committee, San Francisco State University, July 1990 to present.

Member and rotating chair, Department of Journalism Hiring, Retention and Promotion Committee, San Francisco State University, 1980 to present.

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