Journalism Faculty
Jerry LansonAssociate Professor (1999) B.A., Haverford College; M.A., University of Missouri, Columbia http://americaintheageofobama.blogspot.com A writing coach and commentator on opinion pages, Mr. Lanson joined the faculty at Emerson in 1999 after four years on the faculty at Syracuse University. Mr. Lanson is a former Deputy City Editor and Peninsula Bureau Chief of the San Jose Mercury News in San Jose, California. He was part of the city-desk staff awarded a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989. He is the co-author of two textbooks, Writing and Reporting the News (3nd edition, 2007) and News In a New Century: Reporting in an Age of Converging Media (1999), and has coached editors and reporters at newspapers ranging from The Christian Science Monitor to The Boston Globe. He contributes regularly to The Monitor's opinion pages. Among his honors are a National Teaching Award from the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and a Gold Key teaching award from Emerson students in 2008. His areas of interest include journalism ethics and the craft of writing. |
