Sreenath Sreenivasan

Sreenath Sreenivasan

Sree Sreenivasan captured on June 9, 2010
Born October 28, 1970
Tokyo, Japan
Education Columbia University
Occupation Chief Digital Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Children 2

Sreenath "Sree" Sreenivasan (born October 28, 1970)[1] is the Chief Digital Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a technology journalist based in New York City.[2] He has also served as an academic administrator and professor in the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the overall chief digital officer of Columbia University.

Early life

Sreenivasan was born in Tokyo, Japan, and grew up in USSR, United States, Fiji, and India. He attended kindergarten in Moscow, P.S. 6 in Manhattan, Marist Brothers High School in Suva, Fiji, and St. Stephen's College in Delhi, India. He graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1991 and received a Master of Science degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1993.[1]

Career

Sreenivasan was on the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1993 as a professor of professional practice. His courses at Columbia focused on new media, web design and social media in the practice of journalism as well as media entrepreneurship. Currently still serving as an adjunct professor, he also regularly runs workshops for working journalists on the advanced use of the Internet and multimedia reporting.

In 2005, Sreenivasan was appointed Dean of Students at the Journalism School,[3] overseeing student-oriented programs. He is the former advisor to the school's chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and won the David Eshelman Award for Outstanding Campus Advisor in 1998.[4] In 2008, he was named Dean of Student Affairs,[5] supervising admissions, student services and career services at the school. On July 11, 2012, Columbia University named Sreenivasan its first Chief Digital Officer.[6][7]

Sreenivasan was appointed the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Chief Digital Officer in August 2013. In this role he supervises 70 employees throughout the museum.[2]

Sreenivasan helped found SAJA, the South Asian Journalists Association, a group of over 1,000 [8] journalists of South Asian origin in the U.S. and Canada and served as its first president and continues to serve on the board and as an editor and writer of SAJAforum, one of the most widely read South Asian news and analysis blogs.

He served as the "Tech Guru" on WABC-TV for six years, before moving to WNBC-TV as technology reporter in January 2007. He appeared twice a week on the air and on WNBC.com until January 2009. From 2009 through 2011, Sreenivasan helped launch and develop DNAinfo.com, a hyperlocal news startup covering Manhattan, founded by Ameritrade founder and Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts.

Accolades

In 2004, Newsweek magazine named him[9] one of the 20 most influential South Asians in the U.S.

In July 2007, India Abroad named him[10] one of the 50 most Influential Indian Americans in the U.S.

In June 2010, Quill magazine, published by the Society of Professional Journalists, named him one of 20 journalists to follow on Twitter [11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 King, Aliya S. (April 7, 2010). "SO WHAT DO YOU DO, SREE SREENIVASAN, COLUMBIA JOURNALISM SCHOOL DEAN?". Mediabistro. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Preston, Jennifer (October 25, 2013). "So Many Stories to Tell for Met’s Digital Chief". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Gopal Raju, pioneer in Indian ethnic press, dies in NY". Associated Press (Malaysia Star). 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  4. ↑ SPJ David Eshelman Outstanding Campus Adviser Award
  5. ↑ Sreenivasan faculty page
  6. ↑ Columbia University Names Sree Sreenivasan Its First Chief Digital Officer, All Things Digital. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Columbia Amps Online Courses, Appoints Sree Sreenivasan First Chief Digital Officer, Fast Company. By Christina Chaey. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  8. ↑ South Asian Journalists Association information page
  9. ↑ Newsweek's Power & Influence list
  10. ↑ India Abroad's 50 Most Influential Indian Americans
  11. ↑ SPJ names four alumni 'journalists to follow' on Twitter

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