John-Erik Koslosky, Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
CCN Faculty Champion
Center for Community News
BIO
John-Erik Koslosky is an assistant professor of journalism and student news media advisor at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania. Prior to his shift into academia, he spent two decades in the news business as a reporter and editor at newspapers and websites. His local newspaper journalism work over the years won multiple awards for investigative reporting, news beat coverage, enterprise reporting and business/consumer reporting. At Commonwealth U of PA, he oversees the journalism program delivered across four campuses in Northeastern and North-central Pennsylvania. Since coming into the university's tenure track, he has redesigned Commonwealth's journalism program to center democracy in students' study and promote responsible accountability journalism and compelling fact-based storytelling. He's excited to expand possibilities for his students and strengthen partnerships with local media to better serve our communities' informational needs.
He is also completing work on his doctoral degree in mass communications at Penn State University. His research explores the influence of economic factors such as ownership, profit orientation and newsroom union representation on the production of accountability journalism.
Bio
John-Erik Koslosky is an assistant professor of journalism and student news media advisor at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania. Prior to his shift into academia, he spent two decades in the news business as a reporter and editor at newspapers and websites. His local newspaper journalism work over the years won multiple awards for investigative reporting, news beat coverage, enterprise reporting and business/consumer reporting. At Commonwealth U of PA, he oversees the journalism program delivered across four campuses in Northeastern and North-central Pennsylvania. Since coming into the university's tenure track, he has redesigned Commonwealth's journalism program to center democracy in students' study and promote responsible accountability journalism and compelling fact-based storytelling. He's excited to expand possibilities for his students and strengthen partnerships with local media to better serve our communities' informational needs.
He is also completing work on his doctoral degree in mass communications at Penn State University. His research explores the influence of economic factors such as ownership, profit orientation and newsroom union representation on the production of accountability journalism.