Jake Batsell is an assistant professor at Southern Methodist University’s division of journalism in Dallas, where he teaches digital journalism and media entrepreneurship. His book, “Engaged Journalism: Connecting with Digitally Empowered News Audiences,” which was published in Feburary 2015, examines the changing relationship between journalists and the audiences they serve. Batsell, previously a staff writer for The Seattle Times and The Dallas Morning News, spent the 2013-2014 academic year at The Texas Tribune in Austin as part of a Knight Foundation fellowship to research best practices in the business of digital news.