Nikki Usher

Washington D.C. Metro Area United States

Assistant Professor, George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs

Education

Studies new media, new technology, journalism and social media. Interested in the changes in journalism in the digital age within legacy newsrooms and in non-traditional journalism. Looks at the intersection between technology and journalism, particularly analytics and news production, programmers and journalists, research and development, news and innovation and news start-ups. Author: Making News at The New York Times; University of Michigan Press, April 2014 Author: Interactive Journalism: Hackers, Data, and Code; University of Illinois Press, November 2016 Consults, speaks, blogs and provides commentary on journalism, media, politics, social media, persuasion, and journalism training.