Zachary Dowdy, a journalism faculty member at Stony Brook’s School of Journalism, was recently awarded a fellowship for educators of color to attend a Data Bootcamp for Educators program, offered by the Investigative Reporters and Editors.
In today’s highly networked society, journalists increasingly need to know how to obtain, understand and use data effectively in their reporting. In participating in the bootcamp program, Dowdy will learn more about how to ensure that his students are prepared for this relatively new and important aspect of journalism.
“Zack has a distinguished career as a journalism and educator, and has covered investigative, breaking, enterprise, national and international stories for three major newspapers,” said Laura Lindenfeld, dean of the School of Journalism, executive director of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, and vice provost for academic strategy and planning at Stony Brook. “He is one of our foundational instructors teaching the fundamentals of journalism, and is well-positioned to introduce data journalism and the discipline it requires at the start of our students’ careers.”
The data bootcamp program is one of dozens of journalism training programs the IRE hosts every year. IRE works to educate journalists and journalism instructors in the latest techniques of finding, understanding and reporting on stories. The organization was founded in 1975 and offers trainings around the world.
Hello, I am thrilled to hear of Zack Dowdy’s high achievement!
I connected with him two years ago for a Newsday article he wrote about gang-related youth on Long Island. I would like to connect with Zack for an update of the work / photo workshops with these teens from STRONG Youth. Would you be able to give me a contact email for him? Thank you.
Best,
Saskia Keeley
Zack was my roommate at Stony Brook during our undergraduate years. We lived in the Hand dorm in the Tabler quad (room 321, lol). We also grew up a block away from each other in the Bronx although we didn’t meet until Stony Brook. Anyone who knew Zack then would not be surprised at his continued success.