Dan Kennedy

Current

• Assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University

Past

• Media columnist at The Boston Phoenix
• Senior writer at The Daily Times Chronicle

Education

• Boston University
• Northeastern University

Connections

185 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• Media Nation blog
• Commentaries for The Guardian
• Author of "Little People"

Dan Kennedy’s Experience

• Assistant professor of journalism

  Northeastern University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2004 — Present (5 years 3 months)

  I am currently researching a book that will consist of case studies on projects that combine journalism, technology, and community participation in interesting and significant ways. Professional affiliations: contributing writer, The Guardian (UK), CommonWealth Magazine, and the Boston Phoenix; media commentator, "Greater Boston with Emily Rooney" (WGBH-TV, Channel 2).

• Media columnist

  The Boston Phoenix

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

  January 1991 — June 2005 (14 years 6 months)

  I handled the news-media beat from 1994 until 2005, previously holding positions as copy editor, news editor, and managing editor.

• Senior writer

  The Daily Times Chronicle

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

  January 1979 — March 1989 (10 years 3 months)

  Small daily in Woburn, Mass. I covered the town of Winchester from 1979-'83 and the five-town region after that.

Dan Kennedy’s Education

• Boston University

  M.L.A. , American history , 1979 — 1984

  Thesis: "The Boston Massacre and the Press"

• Northeastern University

  B.A. , Majored in journalism, minored in history , 1974 — 1979

  Activities and Societies:

  Editor, Northeastern News (1978)

Additional Information

Dan Kennedy’s Websites:

• Media Nation blog
• Commentaries for The Guardian
• Author of "Little People"

Dan Kennedy’s Honors:

2009 and 2008 - Finalist in the Syracuse University Mirror Awards for media commentary (for my work in The Guardian)

2001 - Winner of the Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism, National Press Club (runner-up in 1999)

1999 - Winner of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies media criticism award