Director of Interative Learning / Online Media Consultant
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
- Current
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- Interactive Learning Director at The Poynter Institute
- Managing Director at The Digital Futurist Consultancy
- Past
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- Project Consultant / Online Credibility at Online News Association
- Vice President at Central Newspapers
- Senior Editor, Info Technology at Phoenix Newspapers
- Senior Editor, Information Technology at The Arizona Republic
- Founding Leader at azcentral.com
- Managing Editor for Features and Design at The Arizona Republic
- Education
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- San Francisco State University
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Howard Finberg’s Summary
Howard I. Finberg is a director of interactive learning at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida. In addition to teaching, writing and research, Finberg guides News University, an online training portal for journalists, www.newsu.org. As of August 2007, NewsU had more than 47,000 registered users.
Finberg is also leading an effort to create a 'Virtual Poynter' seminar for small news organizations.
He joined Poynter in 2002 as the Institute’s Presidential Scholar.
Finberg also works with media companies and organizations, such the Newspaper Association of America, The McClatchy Co. MediaNews Interactive, as a consultant and author.
He is the co-founder and managing director the Digital Futurist Consultancy [formerly Finberg-Gentry], which specializes in helping the media industry and emerging companies with content and revenue strategies and publishing technologies. Web site: www.digitalfuturist.com
Before founding the Digital Futurist, he was a corporate vice president at Central Newspapers, prior to its sale to Gannett Corp. At CNI he managed the company's Internet and technology investments and provided strategic and operational guidance for the company’s print and online efforts.
He served as a director at Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., which publishes The Arizona Republic. At The Republic, Finberg led the creation and launch of the award-winning online service, Arizona Central [www.azcentral.com] on the Web and on America Online in early 1995.
He also held senior newsroom management positions at The Republic and at the San Francisco Chronicle and the Chicago Tribune and worked at the San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Examiner and The New York Times. Mr. Finberg established the Chicago Tribune’s graphics desk, one of the first in the country.
Finberg was honored as the Newspaper Association of America "New Media Pioneer" in 2000. He serves on the board of directors at Legacy.com.
Howard Finberg’s Specialties:
Web sites, news media, interactive media, newspapers, journalism, digital journalism; e-learning, online training, interactive training
Howard Finberg’s Experience
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Interactive Learning Director
The Poynter Institute
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)
There are two major aspects of my role: I research, teach and consult about online media and its impact upon traditional news organizations. I also direct a new interactive [e-learning] project called News University [www.newsu.org].
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Managing Director
The Digital Futurist Consultancy
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
August 2000 — Present (9 years)
The Digital Futurist Consultancy was founded to provide services to newspapers and other media organizations around the topic of changing technology and media consumption. We provide strategic guidance, especially to emerging companies. The Digital Futurist Consultancy also provides research and reports on a variety of topics.
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Project Consultant / Online Credibility
Online News Association
(Online Media industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
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Vice President
Central Newspapers
(Online Media industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years)
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Senior Editor, Info Technology
Phoenix Newspapers
(Online Media industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
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Senior Editor, Information Technology
The Arizona Republic
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
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Founding Leader
azcentral.com
(Online Media industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
I led the team -- a great one -- that created Arizona Central on the Web and on AOL. From the basement of the old building to Arizona's top news and info site. It was fun!
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Managing Editor for Features and Design
The Arizona Republic
(Online Media industry)
1987 — 1993 (6 years)
Howard Finberg’s Education
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San Francisco State University
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New technology, society, journalism
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