We are working on building out our schedule and finding the right presenters for the Journalism Educators Institute and will continue to add to this list.
Nicole Kraft
Professor of Journalism Practice, The Ohio State University
Nicole Kraft is a professor of journalism practice at Ohio State University and director of the Sports & Society Initiative. She teaches news, sports and feature writing; and media law and ethics. Nicole is author of “Always Get the Name of the Dog: A Guide to Media Interviewing” and “Writing Fabulous Features.” She and Kathleen Culver edited “Teaching Media Ethics,” released in 2024. An award-winning sports writer, she covers the Columbus Blue Jackets and Ohio State sports for the Associated Press, sports media for Forbes.com, and horseracing for the Columbus Dispatch. Nicole was the 2024 Scripps-Howard Teacher of the Year. In 2022 she earned Ohio State’s Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Journalism Educators of America’s Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration Award.
Katy Culver
School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Professor; James E. Burgess Chair in Journalism Ethics; Director, Center for Journalism Ethics, University of Wisconsin
Long interested in the implications of digital media on journalism and public communication, Culver focuses on the ethical dimensions of social tools, technological advances and networked information. She combines these interests with a background in law and free expression. She also serves as visiting faculty for the Poynter Institute for Media Studies and was the founding editor of PBS MediaShift’s education section. Culver’s current work explores emerging technologies, such as virtual reality, drones and sensors, and how their use in news affects both ethics and journalism’s relationship with the public. She has examined journalism ethics during the Trump presidency and ideologically driven free expression controversies on college campuses.
Mark E. Johnson
John G. Alston, Sr., Professor of Sports Media, Clinical Professor of Photojournalism and Chief Technology Officer, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
Mark E. Johnson is the principal lecturer of photojournalism and chief technology officer at the University of Georgia’s College of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he has taught since 2005. Johnson directs multiple experiential workshops, including the Woodall Weekend Workshop which brings students into rural Georgia counties to work on in depth photo stories and has lead student reporting trips at the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia, the 2018 Department of Defense Warrior Games and the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He has been on the visiting faculty at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, directs the National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism competition and oversees renovation projects for the college.