Senior Writer, Technology
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Expertise: Technology | Student life | Teaching | Media
Background: Jeffrey R. Young, who joined The Chronicle of Higher Education in 1995, covers technology and its impact on teaching, research, and student life. He has written about e-textbooks, Twitter, Facebook, smartphones, and research ethics, among many other subjects. He contributes to and oversees content for the Wired Campus blog, and has helped organize Chronicle conferences on campus technology. He writes a technology column called College 2.0. And he files video reports about new technologies as part of The Chronicle's Wired Campus TV series.
In 2007, Young took a yearlong break from writing to become The Chronicle’s first Web editor, helping start blogs, podcasts, and multimedia features. From 2004 to 2007 he served as a senior editor of technology coverage, and from 2002 to 2004 he edited the paper’s Students section. During his first seven years at The Chronicle, he covered technology.
He has written for national publications including The New York Times and The Industry Standard. An article he wrote appeared in the anthology The Best of Technology Writing 2007.
Young is a frequent speaker at conferences across the country, discussing technology trends, computer security, and technology journalism. He received a bachelor’s degree in English from Princeton University in 1995, focusing on hypertext literature, and a master's in communication, culture, and technology from Georgetown University in 2001.
Honors: Science Laureate award for science-and-technology journalism, Purdue University, 2006 |Second-place award, National Education Writers Association, for special-interest reporting, 1998.
Media appearances: Young’s radio appearances include National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation, NPR’s Tech Nation, and Inside Mac Radio. He has been quoted by Business Week, the Associated Press, and other national news media.
Online features: College 2.0 column, Wired Campus blog, Wired Campus TV
