Meet the Team

Journalism Education Initiative Faculty

Murrow faculty and colleagues from other WSU units currently involved in the initiative include experienced journalists with many years in the industry, along with nationally-ranked communication researchers and technology experts:

  • Journalism Department Chair and Professor Benjamin Shors
  • Graduate Director and Associate Professor Ryan Thomas, PhD
  • Associate Professor Lisa Waananen-Jones
  • Professor Porismita Borah, PhD
  • Assistant Professor Jennifer Henrichsen, PhD
  • Assistant Professor Tracy Simmons
  • Assistant Professor Alison Boggs
  • Rebecca Cooney, Les Smith Distinguished Professor of Practice
  • Associate Professor Christopher Cooney, Carson School of Business

External Project Consultant:

Matthew Shelley, former director of Murrow Global Partnerships, and Chief of Party on USAID-funded media development projects in the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and South Asia.

Core Research Team

  • Brian J. Bowe, PhD., chair of the journalism department at Western Washington University
  • Jonathan Albright, PhD., of the University of Galway
  • Javed Nazir, a faculty member at the Lahore University of Management Sciences