Founder and Director
Next Gen Journalism
Doug is the Founder and Director of "Next Gen Journalism," a locally focused professional digital media skill development program funded by public media stations, colleges, and universities across the United States. Since 2013, we have more than 500 program alumni working across media, journalism, and communications. My role has evolved. While I build and manage the staff for each project (they are never exactly the same), I also guide the Next Gen curated community of more than 600 people, helping to dissect the nuanced ups and downs that come with life and work. I have been awarded four international fellowships. They were in 1997, 2003, and twice in 2007, bringing public radio journalism and values to a university in Santiago, Chile, and I was selected for a fellowship working with exiled journalists in Dakar, Senegal.I am a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Press Institute (API), Chair of the Board of the Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and a new Board member of KALW Public Media in San Francisco. Finally, I'm an advisor to the Institute for Independent Journalists."​Often, Doug can be heard saying, "Don't listen to what people say. Watch what they do."
Getting Your New Project off the Ground: An Interactive Workshop
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT