Andhra Pradesh born Raju Narisetti (S/o Narisetti Innayya), a digital media executive and
editor, will join the faculty of Columbia Journalism School as Professor of
Professional Practice. He will also serve as the new director of the
Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism.
According to the university in New York, as a full-time
faculty member, Narisetti will focus on topics such as business journalism,
media entrepreneurship, and the business of journalism, in addition to
overseeing business journalism fellowships in the country. As the
Knight-Bagehot Director, he succeeds Terri Thompson, who directed the
fellowship programme for the last 25 years and announced her retirement earlier
this year.
"We're thrilled to welcome such a visionary and
experienced editor and media leader as Raju to lead the Knight-Bagehot
program," said Steve Coll, Dean of the Columbia Journalism School.
Narisetti, who will formally start in the fall said, “Both
business journalism and the business of journalism are facing unprecedented
uncertainty and tumult. The Columbia Journalism School, which is also home to
the Brown Institute for Media Innovation and The TowCenter for Digital
Journalism, coupled with the world-renowned Columbia Business School, offers a
unique opportunity to explore and innovatively address these challenges.”
Narisetti most recently served as chief executive of Gizmodo
Media Group, which publishes well-known digital journalism sites such as
Gizmodo, Jezebel, Deadspin, Lifehacker and The Root. He has also worked at
NewsCorp and Wall Street Journal, among others.
Narisetti was named a Young Global Leader by the World
Economic Forum in 2007. He is also on the board of trustees of Institute of
International Education (IIE), which administers the Fulbright Scholarships and
Scholar Rescue Fund, and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).
On 16 October 2017, Narisetti was appointed to the Wikimedia
Foundation Board of Trustees.
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