C.W. Andersonhttp://cwanderson.org

heychanders@gmail.comDepartment of Media Culture

College of Staten Island (CUNY)

Research and Teaching Interests: Sociology of news; journalism studies; science and technology studies; actor-network theory; media policy; global cultures of journalism; history and theory of alternative media; media activism and social movements; political communication; sociology of work, institutions, and organizations; ethnography; mixed-methods research; network theory; political and social theory; sociology of expertise

EducationPh.D., Communications, Columbia University May 2009

Dissertation: Breaking Journalism Down: Work, Authority, and Networking Local News, 1997—2009. Committee: Todd Gitlin (Chair), Michael Schudson, Andie Tucher, Jay Rosen, Gil Eyal

M.A., Communications, Columbia University May 2005Thesis: Professionalism, Power, and the Open-Source Journalism Movement. Advisors: James W. Carey and Andie Tucher

B.A (with honors), Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN May 1999 Thesis: Circulation of News in Post-Soviet Russia: The First Chechen War as a Case Study. Advisor: Norman Furniss.

Academic PositionsDirector of Research (consortial appointment), Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Assistant Professor (tenure-track), College of Staten Island (CUNY), August 2009 –Department of Media Culture

Adjunct Professor, City College of New York (CUNY), January – May 2009 Department of Media and Communication Arts

Publications Scholarly MonographsC.W. Anderson (2013). Rebuilding the News: Metropolitan Journalism in the Digital Age. Philadelphia, Pa: Temple University Press

Peer Reviewed Journal ArticlesC.W. Anderson (forthcoming). “What Aggregators Do: Towards a Networked Concept of Journalistic Expertise in the Digital Age,” Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism.

C.W. Anderson (2011). “Web Production, News Judgment, and Emerging Categories of Online Newswork in Metropolitan Journalism.” Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism.

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12(5), pg. 630-646

C.W. Anderson. (2011). “Deliberative, Agonistic, and Algorithmic Audiences: Journalism's Vision of its Public in an Age of Audience Transparency,” International Journal of Communication. 5(2011). Online at http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/884

C.W. Anderson. (2010). “Journalistic Networks and the Diffusion of Local News: The Brief, Happy News Life of the “Francisville Four,” Political Communication 27(3), pg. 289-309

Francesca Polletta, Bobby Pang Ching Chen, and C.W. Anderson (2010). “Is Information Good for Deliberation? Link-Posting in an Online Forum," Journal of Public Deliberation 5(1).

Book Chapters & EssaysC.W. Anderson. (2011). “From Indymedia to Demand Media: Journalism's Visions of its Audience and the Horizons of Democracy.” The Social Media Reader. Michael Mandiberg, ed (NYU Press). pg. 77-96.

C.W. Anderson (2011). “Blowing Up the Newsroom: Ethnography in an Age of Distributed Journalism.” Making Online News: Newsroom Ethnography in the Second Decade of Internet Journalism. David Domingo and Chris Paterson, eds. (Peter Lang Publishing). (Ch. 12).

C.W. Anderson (2010). “Grassroots Journalism on the Web: An Overview.” Making Our Media. Clemencia Rodriguez and Dorothy Kidd, eds. (Hampton Press). pg. 47-68.

C.W. Anderson and Michael Schudson (2008). “News Production and Organizations: Professionalism, Objectivity, and Truth Seeking,” Handbook of Journalism Studies. Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Thomas Hanitzsch, eds. (Lawrence Erlbaum, ICA Handbook Series). pg. 88-101

C.W. Anderson (2008). “Journalism: Expertise, Authority, and Power in Democratic Life.” The Media and Social Theory. David Hesmondhalgh and Jason Toynbee, eds. (Routledge). pg. 248-264

Other Work in Preparation C.W. Anderson. Ongoing project on the cultural history of big-data journalism.

C.W. Anderson and Daniel Kreiss, “Black-boxes as Capacities for and Constraints on Action: ANT and Ethnography of Electoral Politics and Journalism,” revise and resubmit for special issue of Qualitative Sociology

C.W. Anderson. “A Critical Approach to Computational Journalism,” revise and resubmit for New Media and Society

C.W. Anderson, Emily Bell, and Clay Shirky (2012). Post-Industrial Journalism, to bepublished by the Tow Center at Columbia University.

C.W. Anderson, Wiebke Loosen, and Katherine Fink. Understanding Data Journalism: A Comparative Approach. Ongoing grant funded project.

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C.W. Anderson and Katherine McCollough. Mapping the New Jersey News Ecosystem. Ongoing grant-funded project.

Comptetitive Grants

Funding Agency Title of Proposal Amount Date

Institute for Internet and Society “When Data Becomes News” $13,000.00 4/12/12 PSC-CUNY “Weaving the News Net” $3500.00

4/16/12Institute for Internet and Society “Computational Journalism”

$6000.00 11/01/11Tow Center, Columbia University “The Future of News”

$15,000.00 9/01/11PSC-CUNY “Newsroom Expertise” $4681.40

7/01/10

Small Grants and Other Awards

Berlin Institute for Internet and Society travel grant ($2,000), 2011 Online News Association travel grant ($1000), 2011 International Communications Association Travel grant ($5000), 2010 Tow Center, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism research grant ($10,000)

2011-2012 European Science Foundation travel grant ($3000), 2008 Russell Sage Foundation research assistantship ($20,000), 2006.

Reference ArticlesC.W. Anderson (2011). “Professionalization of Journalism.” (revised entry). The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Wolfgang Donsbach, ed. (Blackwell)

“Web 2.0,” Oxford Bibliographies Online. Partricia Moy, ed. (Oxford University Press)

Book ReviewsC.W. Anderson (2012). “The Difference Between Online Knowledge and Truly Open Knowledge.” Book review of Too Big to Know, by David Weinberger. The Atlantic. Online at http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/the-difference-between-online-knowledge-and-truly-open-knowledge/252516/

C.W. Anderson (2008). Book review of “In Pursuit of Public Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism,” by Taani Hass. Journalism Studies.

C.W. Anderson (2004). “Books on Bush.” Left Turn

C.W. Anderson (2004) “Book Review of “Camus and Sartre: The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel That Ended It,” by Ronald Aronson. The New York City Indypendent

Research White Papers

C. W. Anderson (2011). “Understanding the Role Played By Algorithms and Computational

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Practices in the Collection, Evaluation, Presentation, and Dissemination of Journalistic Evidence.” Paper prepared for the Humboldt Institute on the Internet and Society, Berlin.

C.W. Anderson, Tom Glaisyer, Jason Smith and Marika Rothfeld (2011). “Shaping 21st

Century Journalism: Leveraging a ‘Teaching Hospital Model’ in Journalism Education.” Knight Foundation funded white paper published by the New America Foundation.

Contributor (2010) to “Comments of the New America Foundation and Free Press In Response to The FCC Public Notice on The Future of Media and Information Needs in a Digital Age.”

Lead researcher for Michael Schudson and Len Downie (2009). “The Reconstruction of American Journalism.” Paper published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Selected Newspaper Op-Eds and Web Articles C.W. Anderson (2012) “What’s the Best Model for the Digital News Business?” Columbia Journalism Review 51(3): 40-41

C.W. Anderson (2011) “Information’s triumph? Three ways TechCrunch challenges ideas of journalism,” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/09/informations-triumph-three-ways-techcrunch-challenges-ideas-of-journalism/

C.W. Anderson (2011) “Tech and Social Movements: Beyond 'Did Twitter Cause the Tunisian Uprising?'” The Atlantic, online at http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/tech-and-social-movements-beyond-did-twitter-cause-the-tunisian-uprising/69616/

C.W. Anderson (2011) “David Levy and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen on the future of journalism beyond America’s borders,” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/04/david-levy-and-rasmus-kleis-nielsen-on-the-future-of-journalism-beyond-americas-borders/

C.W. Anderson (2010) “Print Culture 101: A Cheat Sheet and Syllabus,” The Atlantic, online at http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/08/print-culture-101-a-cheat-sheet-and-syllabus/61707/

C.W. Anderson (2010) “From Indymedia to Wikileaks: What a decade of hacking journalistic culture says about the future of news,“ Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/12/from-indymedia-to-wikileaks-what-a-decade-of-hacking-journalistic-culture-says-about-the-future-of-news/

C. W. Anderson (2010) “Why diversity turns into conformity in online news: An interview with comm scholar Pablo Boczkowski,” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/10/why-diversity-turns-into-conformity-in-online-news-an-interview-with-comm-scholar-pablo-boczkowski/

C.W. Anderson (2010) “When do 92,000 documents trump an off-the-record dinner? A few more thoughts about Wikileaks,” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/07/when-do-92000-documents-trump-an-off-the-record-dinner-a-few-more-thoughts-about-wikileaks/

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C.W. Anderson (2010) “Why Philly matters: The intersection of bankruptcies, Pulitzers, networks, foundations, and geeky “edglings,”” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/04/why-philly-matters-the-intersection-of-bankruptcies-pulitzers-networks-foundations-and-geeky-edglings/

C.W. Anderson (2010) ““Burbling blips” & “pyramiding”: What does the Google-China story tell us about how news spreads?” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/burbling-blips-pyramiding-what-does-the-google-china-story-tell-us-about-how-news-spreads/

C.W. Anderson (2010) “Institutions, networks, and policy directions for a healthy journalism,“ Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/institutions-networks-and-policy-directions-for-a-healthy-journalism/

C.W. Anderson (2010) “What thoughts about metered paywalls say about journalism, the public, and The New York Times,” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/01/what-thoughts-about-metered-paywalls-say-about-journalism-the-public-and-the-new-york-times/

C.W. Anderson (2009) “Did newspapers and bloggers frame the shield law debate differently?” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/11/did-newspapers-and-bloggers-frame-the-shield-law-debate-differently/

C.W. Anderson (2009) “From weak to strong networks: Downie, Jarvis, and Technically Philly,” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/truth-seeking-professionals-and-the-public-why-is-journalism-unique/

C.W. Anderson (2009) “Truth-seeking professionals and the public: Why is journalism unique?” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/truth-seeking-professionals-and-the-public-why-is-journalism-unique

C.W. Anderson (2009) “The future of news in 4 dimensions: Charting new kinds of news orgs,” Nieman Journalism Lab, online at http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/09/the-future-of-news-in-4-dimensions-charting-new-kinds-of-news-orgs/

C.W. Anderson (2006) “Trouble on the Airwaves: WBAI Listener Numbers Decline, Fund-Raising Efforts Decrease.” The Indypendent, online at C.W. Anderson (2006) “Silence of the Netroots: Liberal Blogosphere Leaves Tasini Twisting,” The Indypendent, online at http://www.indypendent.org/2006/09/22/silence-of-the-netroots/

C.W Anderson (2005) “Go Where the People Are: The National Conference for Media Reform in St. Louis,” The Indypendent, online at http://www.indypendent.org/2005/05/25/go-where-the-people-are/

C.W. Anderson (2003) “The Role of Indymedia in the Blogosphere : Thoughts on the Indymedia movement in the age of blogging,” The New York City Independent Media Center, online at http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2003/09/6350.php

Fellowships and Professional Experience

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Knight Media Policy Fellow, New America Foundation (February 2010 –March 2011) Washington, D.C. Provided white papers and presented research findings for a Washington DC policy think

tank, on issues related to the future of journalism and internet policy. Co-wrote major white paper on the future of journalism schools in a digital age, with a

particular focus on policy recommendations.

Fellow, Yale Information Society Project (September 2009-October 2010 ) New Haven CT. Presented research findings and helped organize conferences for media policy research

project based out of Yale Law School.

Selected Honors and Awards

Honorable mention for paper, “Web Production, News Judgment, and Emerging Categories of Online Newswork in Metropolitan Journalism.” Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association, top paper of the year.

Top paper, “What Aggregators Do: Rhetoric, Practice, and Cultures of Digital and Analog Evidence in Web-Era Journalism.” International Symposium for Online Journalism, 2011

Gene Burd Urban Journalism Dissertation Research Prize. International Communications Association, 2010

Columbia University, Presidential Graduate Student Teaching Award (finalist), 2008 Columbia University, Core Curriculum Award for Teaching Excellence, 2006 Columbia University, Department of the Core Curriculum, Preceptor Teaching Fellowship,

2006-2008 Corporation for National Service, National All-Americorps Award (highest yearly honor for

Americorps-VISTA volunteers), 2001 Indiana University, Phi Beta Kappa, 1999

Graduate Student Research ExperienceResearch Assistant (January 2009 – October 2010) Columbia University, Michael Schudson and Leonard Downie Provided research assistance for Michael Schudson and Leonard Downie during their work on the public policy report The Reconstruction of American Journalism.

Research Assistant (August 2004- May 2005) Columbia University, Francesca Polletta Provided research assistance for Francesca Polletta during her fellowship year at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City. Research was eventually used in Polletta’s book It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics

Preliminary Examinations (completed in May 2007) Journalism history and objectivity with Andrea Tucher The philosophy of objectivity with Todd Gitlin The sociology of news with Rodney Benson

Teaching Experience Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island (City University of New York)Senior Seminar (Spring 2012)Capstone class for the communications major at the College of Staten Island Department of Media Culture. A discussion and project-based class in which the students are taught a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods in the field of communications. The students are introduced to a variety of methodological theories and issues, and complete a

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History of Television and Radio (Fall 2010)An undergraduate-level history of the development of broadcast media. Focus on the cultural, economic, sociological, and regulatory issues which lead to the particular development of broadcast media in the United States, as well as an analysis of issues facing broadcast media as it transitions into the digital age

Media and Society (Fall 2011)Capstone class for the journalism concentration at the College of Staten Island Department of Media Culture. A lecture and discussion-oriented class for approximately 20 upper-level undergraduates, designed to acquaint students with the primary policy, legal, ethics, and historical issues related to journalism and the media in general.

The Media and Ideology (Fall 2011)Graduate class designed to acquaint masters students at the College of Staten Island with an understanding of key theoretical concepts utilized in the ideological analysis of the media (Marxism, post-Marxism, the Frankfurt School, postmodern and semiotic theories, medium theory, field theory, actor-network theory) and social scientific methods used to analyze ideological content (framing, priming, content analysis, aesthetic criticism).

`History of Print Media (Fall 2010)An undergraduate-level history of books, periodicals, and the Guttenberg “revolution,” with a particular focus on legal and policy issues arising from the 21st century transition to a digital media environment.

Introduction to Online Journalism (Fall 2010)Introductory lab class teaching students the practices and analytical techniques necessary to compose basic journalism for a web environment.

Introduction to Communication (Spring 2010)Large lecture class for 140 students, this class is the primary introductory course in communication at the College of Staten Island. Designed to provide core curricular credit for all students regardless of major, the class was run as a basic seminar in media literacy, teaching students the underlying principles of media creation and consumption.

Issues in Advanced Journalism (Spring 2010, Spring 2011)Focusing on the dramatic changes in the media industry, this capstone class for journalism majors at the College of Staten Island taught students the basic principles and forces at work in transformation of the journalism industry. The class had students focus on creating a new media business from the ground up, and featured numerous guest speakers from industry and government. In this way, students were exposed to intellectual content via practical engagement.

Media Audiences (Fall 2009, Spring 2011)An upper-division class of 20-25 students. Taught students the underlying principles by which scholars have conceived media audiences, moving from a sociological approach to a cultural studies approach to an industry oriented perspective. The class paid particular attention to the ways in which basic theoretical perspectives were being shaped by the transition to a digital media environment.

Theory and Practice of Broadcast Journalism (Fall 2009)

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Introductory lab class teaching students the practices and analytical techniques necessary to compose visual journalism for a digital and broadcast environment. Class also focused on the history and theory of broadcast journalism, as well as regulatory and policy issues.

Adjunct Professor, City College (City University of New York)Introduction to Journalism (Spring 2009)Introduced first year journalism students to journalism history and ethics, as well as to the fundamentals of reporting.

Graduate Preceptor, Columbia UniversityContemporary Civilization (Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008)Seminar class for approximately 20 undergraduates. This class was designed to introduce Columbia undergraduates to the “great themes” of “Western” civilization. Graduate instructor positions teaching CC at Columbia are extremely competitive. One particular goal in my version of this course was to both problematize the notion of a Western canon while, at the same time, remaining true to the spirit of the individual works.

Media Production ExperienceBlogger (September 2009 – ) Nieman Journalism Lab Published 1500-word articles on media policy, digital technology, activist media, and the future of journalism for a leading media criticism website.

Newspaper Contributor and Editor (October 2005 – April. 2008) The Indypendent Published 1500-word articles on media policy and media criticism, and activist media; helped edit and distribute. Facilitated moving the paper onto the world wide web and adding interactive features.

Website Editor, Moderator, and Designer (October 2001- September 2005) The New York City Independent Media Center Lead member of an editorial collective that helped build one of the first ever user-driven participatory media websites. Key responsibilities including managing contributions from citizen journalists, designing the website, formulating editorial policies, and moderating the site. Special activities included managing media coverage of a variety of protest convergences from 2001-2005 and building a partnership of local bloggers who would syndicate content to the site.

Refereed Conference Papers and Panel Presentations“The Evolution of Public Interest Journalism in Digital-Era Philadelphia: Why the Public Was a Problem,” from panel “New Information and Communication Technologies and Old Organizational Challenges.” Society for the Social Studies of Science, October 17-20, 2012. Copenhagen, Denmark.

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“Does Matter Matter in Journalism Studies?” Matter Matters: The Social Sciences Beyond the Linguistic Turn. Lund, Sweden. October 15-16, 2012.

“From Public Journalism to the Public’s Journalism? Innovation and Tradition in the“Next Mayor” Project,” from panel “New Information and Communication Technologiesand Old Organizational Challenges.” American Political Science Association, August 29-September 1, 20212. New Orleans, LA. [conference cancelled, but paper accepted as uploaded]

“Why the Public Was A Problem in Philadelphia: Routines, Materiality, and Occupational Identity in Web-Era Metropolitan Journalism” from panel “"New Information and Communication Technologies and Old Organizational Challenges.” International Communication Association, May 24-28, 2012. Phoenix, AZ.

“The Long History of Data Journalism: 1907-2011” from panel “New Media Histories.” Social Science History Association. November 3-5, 2011. Boston, MA.

“Networks of Communicative Expertise: Marginal Practices and Journalistic Knowledge,” from panel “Knowledge from the Margins, Innovation and Institutional Change – II: Users as Producers.” Society For Social Studies of Science. November 3-5, 2011. Cleveland, OH.

“The Changing Architectures of Local Journalism Ecologies,” from panel “Studying the New News Ecosystem.” Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication. August 9-13, 2011. St. Loius, MO.

“Information, Deliberation, and Reportage: (U.S.-)Journalism and Public Life in an Era of ‘Fragmentary Facts.’” International Communications Association. May 21-24, 2011. Boston, MA.

“The Expertise of Journalists: Translation, Judgment and News Assemblage.” Extending Expertise: Experts and Amateurs in Communication and Culture. April 30 – May 1, 2011. Ottawa, Ontario.

“Media, Muckraking and the Pittsburgh Survey.” Joint Journalism Historians Conference (AEJMC) American Journalism Historians Association. New York, NY March 12, 2011

“Framing the Shield: A Comparative Content Analysis of Newspaper and Weblog Reporting on Attempts to Pass A Media Shield Law.” Paper Presented at the International Communications Association Conference, Singapore, SK, June 21-25 2010

“Web Production, News Judgment, and Emerging Categories of Online Newswork in Metropolitan Journalism,” Paper Presented at the International Communications Association Conference, Singapore, SK, June 21-25 2010

Pinciples of Journalistic Symmetry: Building News Networks Before and After the “Publication” of News.” Paper Presented at the International Symposium on Online Journalism, Austin, TX., April 23-24 2010

“Framing, Fields, and Attachment: What the Media ‘Does,’ and Why It Matters,” Paper presented at Media Sociology Forum, New York University, September 25 2009.

“Journalistic Networks and the Diffusion of Local News: The Brief, Happy News Life of the ‘Francisville Four.’” Paper Presented at the International Communications Association Conference, Chicago, IL, May 21-25 2009

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“Web Production, News Judgment, and Emerging Categories of Online Newswork in Metropolitan Journalism.” Paper Presented at the International Symposium on Online Journalism, Austin, TX, April 16-18 2009

"Like a Bird in Lime Twigs: On the Strange Tangle of Power and Authority in Media Research.” Paper Presented at the International Communications Association Conference, Montreal, Quebec, May 22-26 2008.

“Inside the Exploding Newsroom: Towards The New Newsroom Ethnography,” Paper presented at Media Sociology Forum, New York University, November 2 2007.

“The Complex Core: Perspectives on Journalistic Knowledge and Higher Education,” Paper Presented at Higher Education and Social Change at the Beginning of the 21st Century, European Science Foundation, Vadstena, Sweden, September 15-19, 2007.

Journalistic Professionalism, Knowledge, and Cultural Authority,” Paper Presented at the International Communications Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 24-28 2007.

“Anarchism and Civil society: Fragmentation and the Public Sphere in an Age of Online Media,” Paper Presented at the Conscientious Objections: Communicating Dissent, Conference of the New York State Communications Association. October 2006.

Journalism: Authority, Power and Democracy,” Paper presented at the Media Change and Social Theory conference, ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, September 7-9, 2006

Sketches of a Sociological Inquiry into Blogging Ethics,” Paper presented at the Blogging and Online Journalism: New Media, New Challenges, New Ethics conference, University of Ohio Institute For Applied Ethics, Athens, OH, 6-9 April, 2006

Invited Lectures, Book Events, Panel Presentations, Workshops, and Brown Bag DiscussionsModerator for panel, “Changes in Large Newsrooms: The Ethnographic Challenge.” Tow Center Conference, May 22, 2012. Columbia University, New York City, NY.

“The Long History of Data Journalism: Reporting, Social Science, and Document Analysis in 1912 and 2012 (With a Brief Stop in 1979).” Paper presented at the Mary Junck Research Colloquium Series, April 5, 2012. University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill, North Carolina.

Moderator for panel, “The Influence of Data on News Work” at the Data Journalism: New Tools and New Challenges for Accessing Information Conference, March 9, 2012. Yale University, New Haven, CT

Moderator for panel, “Journalism in Social and Political Context,” at the Media Sociology Forum, March 2, 2012. Columbia University, New York City, NY.

“Understanding the Role Played By Algorithms and Computational Practices in the Collection, Evaluation, Presentation, and Dissemination of Journalistic Evidence.” Paper presented at the First Symposium of the Berlin Institute on the Internet and Society, October 25-27, 2011. Berlin, Germany.

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“Media Ecosystems in Historical Context,” from panel, “Mapping Your Local Media Ecosystem.” National Conference on Media Reform. April 8-10, 2011. Boston, MA.

“What Aggregators Do: Rhetoric, Practice, and Cultures of Digital and Analog Evidence in Web-Era Journalism.” Paper Presented at the International Symposium on Online Journalism, Austin, TX, April 1-2 2011

“What Aggregators Do: Rhetoric, Practice, and Cultures of Digital and Analog Evidence in Web-Era Journalism.” Social Media as Politics by Other Means. April 11-12. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Moderator: “The New World of Digital Advertising: Technologies and Business Models.” From Madmen to Madbots: Advertising in the Digital Age. March 25-26, 2011. Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.

Discussant: “The People Formerly Known as the Audience: Five Years Later.” CUNY Graduate Center Digital Humanities Working Group. March 23, 2011. New York, NY.

“Networking the News: Digital Journalism in Philadelphia.” Temple University Philadelphia Journalism Initiative. March 1, 2011. Philadelphia , PA.

Wikileaks, Journalism, and the Law.” New York County Lawyers Association panel, WikiLeaks? WikiWhat? WikiWho? WikiWhy? February 17, 2011. New York, NY.

Textual Tunnel-Hops and Narrative Chutes-and-Ladders”: The HTML Link as an Uncertain Object of Journalistic Evidence.” Yale-Harvard-MIT Cyberscholars Working Group. November 17, 2010. New Haven, CT.

“From Indymedia to Demand Media: Participation, Surveillance, and the Transformation of Journalism.” Hackers on Planet Earth Conference. July 16-18, 2010. New York, NY.

“The Battle Between Crafted and Machine-Driven Content.” Invited speaker at the Media Mesh Conference. May 18-19, 2010. Toronto, Canada.

“Unpacking: We Are All Journalists Now.” Invited panelist at The Future of Journalism: Unpacking the Rhetoric. April 30, 2010. Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA

“Getting Inside (And Outside) The Exploding Newsroom.” Invited talk at Northwestern University Media, Technology, and Society Graduate Methodology Seminar. February 26, 2010. Evanston, IL.The Future of Journalism Education.” Invited speaker at the Gelf Magazine forum on the future of journalism school. July 1, 2009. Brooklyn, NY

“Precarity, Fragility, and Network Stabilization in the New Metropolitan Journalism.” Paper presented at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information. New Brunswick, NJ, December 16, 2008.

“Rebooting the News: Reconsidering An Agenda for 21st Century Civic Education,” Workshop Participant, Oct. 23-25, 2008. Philadelphia, PA

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“Stabilizing the News Network: Precariousness, Autonomy, and the Rationality Crisis in the New Metropolitan Journalism.” Paper presented at the Yale Information Society Project, New Haven, CT, October 14 2008.

“Borderlines and Boundary Zones: Professional Rhetoric and the Drafting of a Journalistic ‘Shield Law,” Paper accepted for presentation at Politics 2.0: An International Conference, University of London, UK, April 17-18, 2008.

Journalism that Matters: The DC Sessions, Workshop Participant, July 2007.

“Dead Tress: Small Magazines and Newspapers in the Digital Age,” Presentation and panel organizer, Grassroots Media Conference, The New School, New York, NY, 24 February, 2007

“Blogging and College Newspapers,” Workshop participant, College Media Advisors 2006 National Conference, New York, NY, 16 March 2006

“Legal and Political Challenges to Grassroots Journalism,” Presentation and panel organizer, Grassroots Media Conference, The New School, New York, NY, 15 April 2005

“Guerilla Journalism Ethics? A Path Towards Understanding.” Presentation and panel discussion, Conference on Independent Media, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Radio, Television and Film, 18 February 2005.

“Blogging Truth to Power? Weblogs, Disinformation, and the Mainstream News Media.” Paper presentation, Halifax International Symposium on Media and Disinformation, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1-4 July 2004

“Indymedia and the Open Source Movement.” Presentation and panel discussion, Spectropolis: Mobile Media, Art and the City, PACE University, New York City, 27 September 2004

“Radical Media at the 2004 Republican National Convention.” Presentation and panel discussion, Independent Media at the Republican National Convention and Beyond, New York University September 10, 2004

“Brad Will and the Independent Reporting Movement: Lessons and Victories Presentation at The Left Forum, Cooper Union, New York, NY, 10 March 2004

“Alternative Media in New York City: The 1940’s.” Presentation and panel discussion, Grassroots Media Conference, The New School, New York, NY, 28-29 February 2004

Media CoveragePrintInterviewed in Beste Avtur, “Christopher W. Anderson ile OWS Uzerine Fotoroportaj.” Film 2012 (26-27): 138-144.

Interviewed and quoted in Cristina Fernández Pereda, “Agregador: ¿amigo o enemigo?” El Pais April 27, 2011. Online at http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Agregador/amigo/enemigo/elpepusoc/20110427elpepisoc_1/Tes

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Interviewed and quoted in Jayshree Bajoria, “How WikiLeaks Affects Journalism,” Council on Foreign Relations, December 29, 2010. Online at http://www.cfr.org/terrorism/wikileaks-affects-journalism/p23696 TelevisionInterviewed by France 4 reporter Etienne Rouillon for documentary Piratage, regarding therelationship between hackers, Wikileaks, and digital journalism, November 12, 2010. Online at http://www.france4.fr/piratage/index.php?page=article&numsite=6740&id_rubrique=6788&id_article=22226

Interviewed on CUNY.-TV program Independent Sources by Michaelle Garcia, a public TV program covering the ethnic/immigrant/community press, on the origins of the hyperlocal journalism movement, July 9, 2009

Radio Interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio public affairs program Midmorning to discuss James O'Keefe, ambush journalism, and partisan media, March 14, 2011. Online at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2011/03/live-blogging_midmorning_is_pa.shtml

Interviewed on national radio program Democracy Now by Amy Goodman to discuss relationship between the Arab Spring, Twitter, and TXTMob, February 1, 2011. Online at http://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/1/digital_darkness_us_uk_companies_help

Interviewed on national news program Weekend Edition by Tom Gjelten to discuss the latest developments in the saga of Wikileaks, September 3, 2011. Online at http://m.npr.org/news/Technology/140154900

Digital MediaInterviewed and quoted in Carol Marie Cropper, “Philly locals take on new digital challengers,” NetNewsCheck. February 23, 2011. Online at http://www.netnewscheck.com/article/2011/02/23/9357/phillylocals-take-on-new-digital-challengers

Interviewed by Michael Cervieri of the Future of Journalism Project for four web clips: “Journalists and Linking,” “C.W. Anderson on New Ways of Reporting,” “Teaching Entrepreneurial Journalism,” and “Alternative Funding for Journalism Organizations.” Online at http://tumblr.thefjp.org/tagged/cw-anderson

Scholarly and Professional ServicesConferences and Symposia Organized

Columbia Univetsity Tow Center, Graduate School of Journalism, Convener, The Future of Journalism

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Organizing Committee, The Changing Dynamics of Public Controversies. February 7, 2008

“Journalism and Education,” Panel organizer and moderator, Conversations and Communications: A Conference in Memory of James Carey, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, October 5 2007.

Departmental ServiceCommittee Work

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Member, Graduate Studies Committee (2010-) Member, Grade Appeals Committee (ad hoc) (2010) Dept. of Media Culture, Faculty Search Committee (2010)

Curriculum Development Completed curricular review and redesign of College of Staten Island Media Culture Department journalism concentration. Led revamping of concentration in order to provide more emphasis on media history, media ethics, media policy, and digital newsroom skills (Fall 2011) New Course- “Introduction to Online Journalism.” (approved, first offered Fall 2010) New Course- “Digital Design For Journalists.” (approved, will be offered in the Spring of 2013)

Events-related Work Participant, CSI news student open house (2010, 2011, 2012) Participant, CSI prospective student orientation (2009, 2011)

University Service Member, General Education Committee (2012-) Member, Department of English Search Committee (2012) Member, Committee on Outcomes Assessment (2011-2012) Member, University Faculty Senate (2010-2011) Member, Verazzano Honors College Committee (2009-2010)

Community Service Organizing Committee, Grassroots Media Conference, New York, NY (2004-2008) Editorial Board, New York City Indypendent, (2001-2008) Americorps-VISTA Volunteer, Communities in Schools, Houston, TX. (1999-2000)

Professional Service Program Committee, Online News Association Conference (2012) Invited Judge, Online News Association Awards (2011) Invited participant, Aspen-Knight Commission “Critique Session for White Paper on Local

Journalism.” (June 16, 2010)

Graduate Student Supervision

College of Staten Island (CUNY) Master’s thesis advising: Brian Spach (2011). “Local Accountability Journalism on Staten Island: An Overview.”

Editorial Board MembershipsJOMECjournal

Invited Journal Article ReviewingCommunication Theory (2012)Journal of Communication (2011)Sociology Compass (2011)Journalism: Theory, Practice, Criticism (2011, 2012)Political Communication (2010)International Journal of Communication (2011, 2012)The Communication Review (2010)Current Sociology (2008)

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New Media and Society (2011)

Book/Book Chapter ReviewingMcGill University Press (March 8, 2012)Northwestern University Press (June 2, 2010)Routledge Communication Studies (February 23, 2010)Polity (July 4, 2011; November 1, 2011)Oxford University Press (July 25, 2011) Conference Paper ReviewingICA Communication History Interest Group, 2010-presentICA Journalism Studies Division, 2010-present

Professional MembershipsAmerican Political Science Association (2012-present)Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (2011-present)International Communication Association (2005-present)Society for Social Studies of Science (2011-present)Social Science History Association (2011-present)