JACC NorCal 2019

Micheal Grant is a veteran journalist who specializes in editorial experience design. He recently joined the News Lab as Teaching Fellow training newsrooms in the use of Google Products. Before joining the News Lab, Grant was UX design editor at Reveal, from The Center for Investigative... Read More →

Brennon Dixson currently covers a variety of topics for the Santa Monica Daily Press. The young reporter previously worked in Santa Clarita, where he was responsible for beats related to education, politics and business. Brennon graduated from CSU Long Beach in 2017 and also has work... Read More →

Dr. D. Michael Cheers teaches visual journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jose State University. Dr. Cheers also teaches master photo classes in Ghana and South Africa. His research interests include examining the slave dungeons along Cape Coast, Ghana... Read More →

Richard Craig is a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jose State University. He is the author of three books and numerous academic articles in the areas of journalism, media and politics, digital media and related subjects. He has been an advisor... Read More →

C.J. Peterson is graduating senior at San Jose State University as well as a Bay Area journalist and sports correspondent. A former editor in chief for the Las Positas Express at Las Positas Community College, Peterson serves as a contributing writer to the San Jose Mercury News and... Read More →

Mark Purdy, a Bay Area journalist, covered 14 Olympic Games and 32 Super Bowls during a newspaper career that spanned five decades. He was a member of the San Jose Mercury News staff that received a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta "World Series Earthquake." Purdy... Read More →