FORA.tv Speaker - Sree Sreenivasan

Sree is a journalism educator at Columbia University, freelance technology reporter and an expert on convergence journalism - teaching journalists to work in multiple media formats such as print, TV, radio and online. Since July 2005, he has been Dean of Students at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, overseeing student affairs for the school's 400ish students. In this, his 13th year of teaching, he continues to run, and teach in, the new media/Web journalism program. In July 2007, he was promoted to Professor of Professional Practice. He also teaches workshops in "Smarter Surfing: Better Use of Your Web Time", Figuring Out Blogs & Whatever's Next, along with other topics, in newsrooms and educational institutions around the US and abroad. Sree has been a fixture on NYC-area television for almost seven years. He is WNBC's tech reporter, covering all kinds of technology issues, gadgets and trends. He appears twice a week, on Thursday mornings at 6:45 and Monday evenings at 5:45 on NBC-4. He also blogs ("New to Sree") and does other web work for WNBC.com (samples). He had previously served for six years as the "Tech Guru" on WABC-TV (he made 500+ appearances there). In April 2002, he hosted and co-produced a half-hour WABC documentary about technology called "Computers 101." He has also guest hosted segments of "Asian America" on PBS, a nationally syndicated English program about Asian American affairs.