12 Facts About Jay Rosen

Jay Rosen was born on May 5,1956 and is an associate professor of journalism at New York University.

Jay Rosen is a contributor to De Correspondent and a member of the George Foster Peabody Awards Board of Directors.

Jay Rosen joined New York University's Department of Journalism in 1986.

Jay Rosen was one of the earliest advocates and supporters of citizen journalism, encouraging the press to take a more active interest in citizenship, improving public debate, and enhancing life.

Jay Rosen often is described in the media as an intellectual leader of the movement of public journalism.

Jay Rosen frequently writes about issues in journalism and developments in the media.

Media criticism and other articles by Jay Rosen have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Salon, Harper's Magazine, and The Nation.

Jay Rosen is known for his use of terms such as, "view from nowhere", to criticize ideas about journalistic objectivity.

In 1994, Jay Rosen was named a fellow of the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University.

Since 2009 Jay Rosen has collaborated with technologist and writer Dave Winer on Rebooting the News, a weekly podcast on technology and innovation in journalism.

In 2013, Jay Rosen announced he would be serving in an advisory capacity to Pierre Omidyar's new journalism venture, First Look Media.

In 2018, Jay Rosen recommended to readers of his blog that they join an American-based news service and site that plans to begin publishing in 2019, entitled, The Correspondent that will be published in English and is modeled after the Dutch de Correspondent.