Rich Gordon

Rich Gordon is the New Media Department chair and an associate professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Gordon spent 15 years as a reporter and editor at The Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post and The Miami Herald. Along the way, he discovered the joys of computer-assisted reporting and helped spread the gospel of CAR tools to journalists through Investigative Reporters and Editors seminars and conferences. In 1995, he became employee No. 1 for The Herald's new media division, which he led for four years. He joined the Medill faculty in January 2000.

Rich continues our conversation regarding DIY online journalism, laying out what the revolution in blogging means for the established journalism field. He discusses the way new media tools and delivery systems radically alter our relationship with the news.