DAMON KIESOW |
| Professor, Journalism Professions Knight Chair in Digital Editing and Producing 216 Reynolds Journalism Institute Missouri School of Journalism Columbia, Missouri 65211 |
| Educator, product leader; UX practitioner; digital media manager and editor; experienced newsroom innovator, trainer and coach. |
EDUCATION |
| Bentley University McCallum Graduate School of Business Waltham, MA M.S. Human Factors in Information Design May 2015 |
| Rivier College, Nashua, NH B.S. Business Administration May 2011 |
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS |
| Missouri School of Journalism University of Missouri, Columbia 2018 – Current Professor of Journalism Practice Knight Chair in Journalism |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| Director of Product McClatchy 2014 – 2018 Grew the newly re-formed Product group from 6 to 20 including McClatchy’s first Product Design and UX Research teams and instituted a systematic approach to human centered design. |
| Senior Product Manager Boston Globe 2011 – 2014 Supported tactics and strategy for Boston.com and BostonGlobe.com mobile experiences. Focused on data driven processes, emerging technologies and mobile-first culture. |
| Digital Media Fellow Poynter Institute 2010 – 2011 Founded the Mobile Media blog at poynter.org offering daily industry news and analysis. Taught classes and webinars in mobile strategy, mobile news gathering and change leadership. Presented at industry conferences and consulted within media organizations. |
| Online Managing Editor Nashua Telegraph 2005 – 2010 Directed the convergence efforts of a small daily newspaper. Developed infrastructure, workflow, staffing and training programs to support Web-first reporting and publishing. |
| Principal Photo Editor America Online 1999 – 2005 Managed a team of 12 photo editors supporting 24/7 news coverage for the period’s leading online news and sports platform. |
| Photojournalist, Community Journalist 1992 – 1999 Worked at a variety of New England media outlets in both writing and photography roles including: The Ellsworth American, Old Town-Orono News, Bangor Daily News, Associated Press, The Biddeford (ME) Journal Tribune, The Laconia (NH) Citizen and The Nashua (NH) Telegraph. |
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS |
| News Product Management |
| Innovation |
| Media Business Models |
| Audience Research |
| Change Management |
| Human Centered Design |
RESEARCH & PUBLICATION |
| Book Under Contract |
| Kiesow, D. (2022). An Introduction to News Product Management: Innovating the Business of Journalism. Routledge. Expected publication, Fall 2022 |
Peer Reviewed Articles |
| Zhou, S. Kiesow, D. Gou, L. (2021) The Values of Print: Affordances and Cognitive Support for Newspaper Consumers. Journalism Practice https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2021.1910984 |
| Royal, C. Kiesow, D. (2021) From Boundary to Bridge and Beyond: The Path to Professionalization of Product Roles in Journalism. Journalism Studies https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2021.1944277 |
| Kiesow, D., Zhou S., Gou, L. (2021) Digital in Dispute: Affordances and Cognitive Support for Online News Consumers. Digital Journalism |
Invited Forum |
| Royal, C., Bright, A., Pellizzaro, K., Belair-Gagnon, V., Holton, A. E., Vincent, S., Heider, D., Zielina, A., & Kiesow, D. (2020). Product Management in Journalism and Academia. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699020933872 |
Book Chapters |
| Kiesow, D. (May 2021) The Business of Digital News: Understanding the Cross-Functional Orchestra. In Belair-Gagnon, V & Usher, N. Journalism Research That Matters, Oxford University Press, London. |
Invited Book Contributions |
| Kiesow, D. (2019) Apps for Journalists. In Briggs, M. Journalism Next: A Practical Guide to Digital Reporting and Publishing. CQ Press. |
Works in Progress |
| Zhou, S. Kiesow D., Gou, L. (2020) Expert Opinions: How News Workers Understand Reader Perceptions of News Affordances. |
Peer-reviewed Conference Papers |
| Kiesow, D., Zhou S., Gou, L. (2019) Digital in Dispute: Affordances and Cognitive Support for Online News Consumers. Presented at International Association of Media and Communication Research. Online Conference, July 2020. |
| Kiesow, D., Zhou S. (2019) Print Newspapers Are Dead, Long Live The Cognitive Support For News Consumers Embodied In The Conventions Of Print Design. Published in Proceedings of HCI for Accurate, Impartial and Transparent Journalism: Challenges and Solutions at CHI 2019, May 3, 2019. |
Citations Received |
| Kiesow, D. Personal Communication cited in Delhauteur, B. How Newspapers Can Get Inspired by The Athletic. (2020) Journal of Sports Media 15(2) 137-144 https://bit.ly/ 10.1353/jsm.2020.0006 |
| Kiesow, D. (2018) “What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenue.” Cited in Brown, C. & Groves, J. (2020). Transforming Newsrooms. Focal Press. |
| Kiesow, D. (2018) “What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenue.” Cited in Gilarranz, P. C. (2020). Los medios ante los modelos de suscripción. Editorial UOC. |
| Kiesow, D. (2018) “What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenue.” Cited in Nelson, J. L., & Kim, S. J. (2020). Improve Trust, Increase Loyalty? Analyzing the Relationship Between News Credibility and Consumption. Journalism Practice, 0(0), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2020.1719874 |
| Kiesow, D. (2018) “What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenue.” Cited in Schmidt, T. R., Nelson, J. L., & Lawrence, R. G. (2020). Conceptualizing the Active Audience: Rhetoric and Practice in “Engaged Journalism.” Journalism, 1464884920934246. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884920934246 |
| Kiesow, D. (2018) “What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenue.” Cited in Nelson, J. L. (2019). The next media regime: The pursuit of ‘audience engagement’in journalism. Journalism, 1464884919862375. |
| Kiesow, D. (2018) “What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenue.” Cited in Sjøvaag, H. (2019). Journalism Between the State and the Market. Routledge. |
| Kiesow, D. (2018) “What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenue.” Nelson, J. L. (2019). Currencies Cannot Change. Social Media + Society, 5(3), 2056305119856707. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119856707 |
| Kiesow, D. (2018) “Google has a local news problem.” Cited in Chen, W., & Thorson, E. (2019). Perceived individual and societal values of news and paying for subscriptions. Journalism, 146488491984779. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884919847792 |
| Kiesow, D. (2018) “Google has a local news problem.” Cited in Usher, N. (2019). Putting “place” in the center of journalism research: A way forward to understand challenges to trust and knowledge in news. Journalism & Communication Monographs, 21(2), 84-146. |
| Kiesow, D. (2015) “The readers we ignore and the news they want.” Cited in Nelson, J. L. (2019). The next media regime: The pursuit of ‘audience engagement’in journalism. Journalism, 1464884919862375. |
| Kiesow, D. (2015) “The readers we ignore and the news they want.” Pavlik, J. V. (2019). Journalism in the age of virtual reality: How experiential media are transforming news. Columbia University Press. |
| Kiesow, D. (2015) “The readers we ignore and the news they want.” Cited in McCollough, K., Crowell, J. K., & Napoli, P. M. (2017). Portrait of the online local news audience. Digital Journalism, 5(1), 100-118. |
| Kiesow, D. (2010) “Portland Press Herald Drops Reader Comments in Response to Vicious Postings.” Cited in Carroll, B. (2013). Anonymous Screech: Protecting anonymous expression and reputation in a digital age. Virtualis, 4(7), 63-98. |
| Kiesow, D. (2010) “iPhone 4 Offers New Tools for Journalists.” poynter.org. Cited in Jenny J. Dean (2019) How Smartphones Have Changed the Job for Better and for Worse—The Experiences of Reporters, Journalism Practice, 13:10, 1222-1237, DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2019.1582353 |
Technical Projects |
| Kiesow, D., Straub, I. (2020) Chatter v1.0 [software] |
| Kiesow, D., Golding, B. (2020) NewsNetrics v0.5 [software] |
Conferences Organized |
| Kiesow, D. (2020) SRCCON: Product. With Open News, co-organized first News Product Management conference in the industry. Philadelphia, PA, February 13-14, 2020. |
| Kiesow, D. (2014) ONA Design Camp NC:Mobile. Chaired for the Online News Association. UNC Chapel Hill, Feb 8, 2014. |
| Kiesow, D. (2001-2002) Flying Short Course. Co-chaired traveling nationwide conference for National Press Photographers Association. |
| Kiesow, D. (2000-2008) Northern Short Course in Photojournalism. Member of board of directors and conference chair for the National Press Photographers Association. |
Conference Panels Organized |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, June 4) Organized and moderated the panel discussion “Consumer Acquisition & Revenue” at the Local Media Consortium annual meeting. McLean, VA. |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, April 3) Organized and moderated the panel discussion “Bundled Pricing, Technology and New Ideas for Subscription Growth” at America East for the Pennsylvania News Media Association. Hershey, PA. |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, February 26) Organized and moderated the panel discussion “Changing the newsroom culture to maximize reader revenue” at MegaConference for the News Association of America. Las Vegas, NV. http://mega-conference.com/stories/mega,4149213 |
Invited Conference Presentations |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, July 31) “Local News for Local Readers – A Shift (back) to Community.” Presented at the Newspaper Association Managers annual meeting. Montreal, QC. |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, June 4) “Fundamental Subscription Strategies.” Presented at the Local Media Consortium national conference. Tyson’s Corner, VA. |
| Kiesow, D. (2016, March 11) “The (Mobile) Readers We Ignore – Audience Not Tech.” Presented at INMA Mobile Strategies. Austin. |
| Vankat, B., Kiesow, D. (2015) “Publishing Mobile-First – CMS is destiny.” Presented at Mobile Me & You Conference. University of Lincoln-NB. |
| Kiesow, D. (2015, September 10) “UX = User + Experience.” Presented at Online News Association. Los Angeles, CA. |
| Kiesow, D. (2015, March 15) “Mobile @ McClatchy.” Presented at Newspaper Association of America. Nashville,TN. |
| Ishmael S., Kiesow, D. (2015, September 14) “The Smartest Kids in the Room: Building a News Apps Team.” Presented at Poynter Mobile News Summit. Columbia University. |
| Kiesow, D. (2014, September 27) “iBeacons and more.” Presented at Online News Association national conference. Chicago, IL. |
| Kiesow, D. (2014, March 22) “Print Optimization is Killing Us (or) Does News Even Work on Mobile?” Presented at SNDMakes. Indianapolis, IN. |
| Kiesow, D. (2013, June 17) “Publishing at the Speed of Mobile.” Presented at American Press Institute Mobile Transformation Tour. Boston, MA. |
| Kiesow, D. (2013, April 10) “Why are We Building an App? Native apps in an HTML5 World.” Presented at IREX. Lyon, France. |
| Kiesow, D. (2012, March 29) “Creating a Product-Focused Culture.” Presented at Poynter Institute. St Petersburg, FL. |
| Kiesow, D. (2012, March 28) “Building and Evolving a Mobile Strategy.” Presented at Poynter Institute. St Petersburg, FL. |
| Kiesow, D. (2012, March 24) “MobileTools.” Presented at SPJ Region One Conference. Stony Brook, NY. |
| Kiesow, D. (2011, September 26) “Mobile Tools for Journalists.” Presented at SPJ/RTNDA national conference. New Orleans, LA . |
| Kiesow, D. (2011, June 21) “Managing Change in the Newsroom.” Presented at Poynter Institute. St Petersburg, FL. |
| Kiesow, D. (2011, June 20) “Building a Mobile Revenue Strategy.” Presented at Poynter Institute. St Petersburg, FL. |
| Kiesow, D. (2010, November 9) “Blogging Best Practices.” Presented at Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist, Poynter Institute. St Petersburg, FL. |
| Kiesow, D. (2010, September) “Managing a Multimedia Newsroom.” Presented at Maine Press Association. Rockland, ME. |
| Kiesow, D. (2008, January 2008) “Leading the 24-7 Newsroom.” Presented at American Press Institute. Reston,VA. |
Online Presentations |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, April 9) “Reader Revenue – The Pivot to Data, Funnels and Readers” Presented to a News Corp Australia Leadership Cohort. |
| Kiesow, D. (2015, April 10) Segment of “NewsU at 10: Top Lessons from a Decade of E-Learning” Presented at NewsU Webinar. St Petersburg, FL. |
| Kiesow, D. (2014, February 2014) “How UX Can Save Journalism.” Presented at NewsU Webinar. |
| Kiesow, D. (2014, August 1) “Mobile Metrics – Truth and Myths.” Presented at NewsU Webinar. St Petersburg, FL. |
| Kiesow, D. (2012, January 19) “Mobile Tools.” Presented at NewsU Webinar. St Petersburg, FL. |
| Kiesow, D. (2010, December 9) “Track Your Traffic: Web Analytics for Journalists.” Presented at NewsU Webinar. St Petersburg, FL. |
| Kiesow, D. (2010, July 16) “10 Things You Can Do For Free on Your Website.” Presented at NewsU Webinar. St Petersburg, FL. |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
| University of Missouri, Columbia |
| Proseminar 1001 (Fall 2020) Freshman Interest Group – News Innovation |
| Journalism 7050 (Spring 2020) Independent Study – News Innovation |
| Journalism 4992 (Fall 2019 – Spring 2021) Convergence Capstone |
| Honors 2100H (Fall 2019 – Spring 2020) Honors Tutorial – Business of News |
| Journalism 1300 (Fall 2019 -Spring 2021) Fundamentals of Written Journalism |
| Journalism 2100 (Fall 2018 – Spring 2019) News Writing Intensive |
SERVICE ACTIVITIES |
| Service to the University of Missouri |
| Appointed Member (2020-2022) University of Missouri Equity and Title IX Hearing Panel |
Service to the School of Journalism |
| Chair (2021-2022) Diversity and Inclusion Committee |
| Faculty Advisor, University of Missouri School of Journalism chapter of the Online News Association (2020-2022) |
| Co-organizer “Beyond Objectivity” public webinar and faculty training sessions. (March, 2021) |
| Appointed Member (2020-2021) Diversity and Inclusion Committee |
| Missouri Information Corps (2020-2021) Co-founded summer fellowship program supporting coverage of statewide issues in Missouri. |
| Knight/INN Nonprofit News Internships (2019-2021) Founded and funded diversity internship program. |
| Dallas Morning News Audience Fellowship (2021) Organized and funded diversity fellowship for recent graduate. |
| Elected Member (2019-2021) Promotion and Tenure Committee |
| Jeremy Gilbert lecture (2020) Organized and sponsored on-campus event with Mizzou ONA |
| Stacie-Marie Ishmael lecture (2020) Organized and sponsored on-campus event with Mizzou NABJ |
| Appointed Member (2020) Hiring Committee for Maxine Gregory Chair in Journalism Research |
| Course Designer (2019) JOURN 1300 – Fundamentals of Writing for News |
| Millie Tran lecture (2019) Organized and sponsored on-campus event with Mizzou Women in Media |
| Appointed Member (2019-2020) Facilities Committee |
| Sally Stapleton visiting professional (2019) Co-organized and funded 3-day visit and teaching. |
| Eric Ulken consulting (2019) Organized and funded review and recommendations for Missourian’s Google Analytics set-up. |
| Appointed Member (2018-2020) Ad Hoc Collaboration Committee |
Student Advising |
| Molly Miller (2020-21) Walter Williams Scholar advisee |
| Annie T.H. Le (2020-2021) Undergraduate advisee |
| Tia Alphonse (2021) Graduate advisee |
| Tran Nguyen (2021) Master’s Committee “The experience of female journalists of color on Twitter” |
| Madison Conte (2020) Master’s Committee “Identity in the Newsroom: Professional Role Conceptions of LGBT Public Radio Journalists” |
| Abby Ivory-Ganja (2020) Master’s Committee “We Can Work It Out: Understanding Local and National Collaborative Reporting Projects” |
| Celia Wu (2020) Master’s Committee “How Can News Publishers Use Micropayments as a Customer Acquisition Tool for the Casual Reader?” |
| Toan Quach (2020) Master’s Committee “Understanding the Prtactive and Attitude of Community Engagement by Journalists at American Nonprofit newsrooms.” |
| Samuel Manas (2019-2020) Graduate advisee |
| Julia Bower (2018-2021) Undergraduate advisee |
Service to Industry |
| External Reviewer (2021) INN Index Annual Report |
| Research Advisory Board Member (2021) Institute for Nonprofit News |
| Contest Judge (2021) International News Media Association annual contest |
| Contest Judge (2021) Local Media Association Innovation Awards |
| Founding Member (2020) News Product Alliance. |
| Contest Judge (2020) LION Local Journalism Awards |
| Contest Judge (2018-2020) Online Journalism Awards. Online News Association. |
| Grant Review Committee (2020, April) LION & Google News Initiative |
| Contest Judge (2019) International News Media Association annual contest |
| Program Committee (2018) Online News Association national conference. |
| Team Lead (2010, October) Poynter Leadership Academy. |
| Board Member (2009) National Press Photographers Association. |
| Board Member (2007) New Hampshire Press Association. |
Creative Contributions |
| Adair et al. (2021, May 20) Statement from the Knight Chairs in Journalism to UNC’s Board of Trustees. https://dkiesow.medium.com/statement-from-the-knight-chairs-in-journalism-to-uncs-board-of-trustees-11023e51560e |
| Kiely et al. (2020, September 14) Letter: On free speech. Columbia Tribune. https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/opinion/2020/09/14/letter-on-free-speech/114016796/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, April 12) Journalism’s Dunbar Number. Editor and Publisher Shoptalk. https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/shoptalk-journalisms-dunbar-number/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2018, February 8) The UX explanation for why you hate your new job after three months. Quartz at Work. http://bit.ly/2H2Jx8Y |
| Kiesow, D. (2016, October 22) Newspapers are failing the product solution stack test. Media Stack. http://bit.ly/2EhxfvR |
| Kiesow, D. (2015, June 29) The readers we ignore and the news they want. Kiesow.net. http://bit.ly/1Ub2is8 |
| Kiesow, D. (2011, January 28) Events in Egypt,Tucson show that media need to build a ‘Flipboard for news.’ Poynter.org. http://bit.ly/2C9Mykb |
| Kiesow, D. (2011, January 13) A first look at The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper. Poynter.org. http://bit.ly/2EhkfpS |
| Kiesow, D. (2010, December 30) In its debut year, the iPad has not saved journalism, but it offers 3 lessons for media companies. Poynter.org. http://bit.ly/2H1kTFE |
| Kiesow, D. (2010, November 22) Why Zuckerberg was right: The iPad is not mobile, but it is leisurely. Poynter.org. http://bit.ly/2nOWs6i |
| Kiesow, D. (2010, November 1) 3 strategies emerge for charging for iPad publications. Poynter.org. http://bit.ly/2CaeunU |
| Kiesow, D. (2010, August 18) How The Seattle Times Is Using Mobile Video,Twitter to Report News Fast. Poynter.org. http://bit.ly/2G2zDmA |
| Kiesow, D. (2010, May 11) Former Newspaper Photographer Becomes Mobile, Social Journalist. Poynter.org. http://bit.ly/2G0Vpaa |
| Kiesow, D. (2010, May 9) How Newspapers Lost Their Mojo. Poynter.org. http://bit.ly/2G1KH3d |
Industry White Papers |
| Kiesow, D. (2018, October 2). What it takes to shift a news organization to reader revenue. American Press Institute. https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/reader-revenue/what-it-takes-to-shift-a-news-organization-to-reader-revenue/ |
| Kiesow, D., Handy T. (2015, October 9) Ad Blocking – Navigating the New Challenges. Local Media Consortium. |
Industry Press Mentions |
| Kiesow, D. (2021, June 11) Quoted in “Update me! The science of news consumption“ Canvas8 https://www.canvas8.com/content/2021/06/11/science-of-news-consumption.html |
| Kiesow, D. (2021, May 14) Quoted in “Study: Newspaper Print Design is misapplied to Digital” MediaPost https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/363307/study-newspaper-print-design-is-misapplied-to-dig.html |
| Kiesow, D. (2021, April 16) Quoted in “Why the Adam Toledo video is causing some news organizations to draw a line” Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/04/16/toledo-video-newsrooms/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2021, April 13) Quoted in “What Pubs And Ad Tech Really Think Of Google’s ‘Project Bernanke” Ad Exchanger https://www.adexchanger.com/platforms/what-pubs-and-ad-tech-really-think-of-googles-project-bernanke/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2021, April 7) Quoted in “Beyond scale: Looking for hope amid the media’s ongoing meltdown” Dan Kennedy’s Media Nation https://dankennedy.net/2021/04/07/beyond-scale-looking-for-hope-amid-the-medias-ongoing-meltdown/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2021, March 19) Facebook Wants To Put News Back On Its Friends List” Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/robpegoraro/2021/03/19/facebook-wants-to-put-news-back-on-its-friends-list/?sh=15268cf42bff |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, December 9) Quoted in “Google Will Pay For Some Paywalled News Stories—Just Not Here” Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/robpegoraro/2020/12/09/google-will-pay-for-some-paywalled-news-stories-just-not-here |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, November 13) Quoted in “The Skills, Experiences and Mindsets that Make Great Product Thinkers and Product Managers” Knight Lab at Northwestern https://knightlab.northwestern.edu/2020/11/13/skills-for-great-product-thinkers/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, November 9) Quoted in “Journalism Has Been Disrupted. Can Product Thinking Save It?” Knight Lab at Northwestern https://knightlab.northwestern.edu/2020/11/09/journalism-disrupted-can-product-thinking-save-it/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, July 27) Quoted in “Editor’s note: Differentiating opinion writing from news coverage” Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/about/ct-editors-note-differentiating-opinion-writing-from-news-coverage-20200727-2mhjdu2jujcfjhl35wnd4td6aq-story.html |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, July 15) Quoted in “To save itself, journalism will need to stop preaching to the choir” CJR.org https://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/to-save-itself-journalism-will-need-to-stop-preaching-to-the-choir.php |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, July 15) Quoted in “Opinion, news or editorial? Readers often can’t tell the difference.” Poynter.org https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2020/opinion-news-or-editorial-readers-often-cant-tell-the-difference/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, June 26) Quoted in “Google Says It Will Pay News Sites For Their Work—But Not Yet Here.” Forbes.com https://www.forbes.com/sites/robpegoraro/2020/06/26/google-says-it-will-pay-news-sites-for-their-work-but-not-yet-here/#651dda0a59bc |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, June 11) Quoted in “10 internship alternatives for the COVID-19 era.” International Journalists’ Network https://ijnet.org/en/story/10-internship-alternatives-covid-19-era |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, April 23) Quoted in “Mizzou is funding internships — what’s your school doing?” Poynter.org. https://www.poynter.org/educators-students/2020/mizzou-is-funding-internships-whats-your-school-doing-plus-job-hunting-skills-and-mentoring-help/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, April 21) Quoted in “Redeploy Journalism Students to Support Local News .” Chronicle of Higher Education https://www.chronicle.com/article/redeploy-journalism-students-to-support-local-news/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, February 5) Quoted in “Here’s what you need to know before moving to a new CMS.” Poynter.org. https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2020/heres-what-you-need-to-know-before-moving-to-a-new-cms/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2020, January 22) Quoted in “2020 – The Year of the Edition.” Twipe Digital Publishing. https://www.twipemobile.com/why-2020-will-be-the-year-of-the-edition/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, July 21) Quoted in “Jeffrey Epstein Pitched a New Narrative. These Sites Published It.” New York Times.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/business/media/jeffrey-epstein-media.html |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, July 17) Quoted in “How Bloomberg Media takes a test-and-learn approach to product development.” DigiDay. https://digiday.com/media/bloomberg-media-takes-test-learn-approach-product-development/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, June 10) Quoted in “‘Tying together two rocks doesn’t make them float’: Why newspapers are facing the end of scale.” What’s New in Publishing. https://whatsnewinpublishing.com/2019/06/tying-together-two-rocks-doesnt-make-them-float-why-newspapers-are-facing-the-end-of-scale/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, June 10) Quoted in “NYT promotes questionable study on Google and the media.” Columbia Journalism Review.https://www.cjr.org/the_new_gatekeepers/nyt-google-media.php |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, May 6) Quoted in “How Publishers are Creating the Right Membership Model for Their Readers.” Editor and Publisher. https://www.editorandpublisher.com/feature/how-publishers-are-creating-the-right-membership-model-for-their-readers/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, April 30) Quoted in “After 10,000 ‘false or misleading claims,’ are we any better at calling out Trump’s lies?” Columbia Journalism Review. https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/trump_fact-check_washington_post.php |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, March 25) Quoted in “Apple is trying to be the future of news. Again.” Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/03/25/apple-is-trying-be-future-news-again/ |
| Kiesow, D. (2019, March 21) Quoted in “Industry Insight: Trust and Transparency Could Bring Ad Dollars Back to Local News.” Editor and Publisher. https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/industry-insight-trust-and-transparency-could-bring-ad-dollars-back-to-local-news/ |
Honors and Awards |
| Knight-McCormick Leadership Fellow (2011) Knight Digital Media Center and the Annenberg School at USC. |
| Poynter-McCormick Change Leadership Fellow (2009) Poynter Institute. |
| Morris Berman Citation (2002) National Press Photographers Association |
| Presidents Award (2000) National Press Photographers Association |
| First Place, Sports Feature Photo (1999) New England Associated Press News Editors Association |