Rich Gordon
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Rich Gordon is associate professor of journalism and director of digital media in education at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where he directs the new media program. Prior to joining Northwestern, he spent two decades working for newspapers in Virginia and Florida.
From 1995 to 1999, Gordon was the first director of new media for the Miami Herald Publishing Co. He oversaw the team that created The Miami Herald Internet Edition (www.herald.com), El Nuevo Herald Digital (www.elherald.com), two South Florida community guides (www.miami.com and www.broward.com) and an array of other Internet content and commerce services. He also served as newsroom technology coordinator for The Herald.
Gordon was hired to establish a graduate major in new media journalism in Medill’s master’s program. He also organizes and conducts programs on new media publishing strategy for media executives through Northwestern’s Media Management Center (a joint program of Medill and the Kellogg School).
