Tanya Ott, Mercer University
CCN Faculty Champion
Center for Community News
BIO
Before joining the faculty at Mercer University’s Center for Collaborative Journalism, Tanya Ott was an award-winning reporter, anchor, editor and news manager at public radio stations in Florida, Colorado, Alabama and Georgia. Her stories aired on NPR, Marketplace, The Pulse, BBC, Deutsche Welle, National Native News, Voice of America, and elsewhere. Tanya has trained hundreds of public media journalists and taught journalism at the University of Florida, University of Alabama, and University of Alabama at Birmingham. At Mercer, she teaches newswriting, podcasting, media entrepreneurship, and data journalism. She’s also the faculty advisor for the award-winning Mercer Cluster student newspaper. Tanya hosts a business and technology podcast for Deloitte and was on teams that made podcasts for Allrecipes, Virginia Tourism Corporation, the U.S. Civil Rights Trail and others. Her academic research centers on issues of newsroom diversity.
Bio
Before joining the faculty at Mercer University’s Center for Collaborative Journalism, Tanya Ott was an award-winning reporter, anchor, editor and news manager at public radio stations in Florida, Colorado, Alabama and Georgia. Her stories aired on NPR, Marketplace, The Pulse, BBC, Deutsche Welle, National Native News, Voice of America, and elsewhere. Tanya has trained hundreds of public media journalists and taught journalism at the University of Florida, University of Alabama, and University of Alabama at Birmingham. At Mercer, she teaches newswriting, podcasting, media entrepreneurship, and data journalism. She’s also the faculty advisor for the award-winning Mercer Cluster student newspaper. Tanya hosts a business and technology podcast for Deloitte and was on teams that made podcasts for Allrecipes, Virginia Tourism Corporation, the U.S. Civil Rights Trail and others. Her academic research centers on issues of newsroom diversity.