Ed Madison

About Ed Madison

Ed Madison is an innovative educator, seasoned media professional, public speaker/author and entrepreneur. His multi-faceted career in media and journalism began as a high school intern at the Washington Post-owned CBS television affiliate in Washington, D.C. during the height of Watergate. Shortly after graduating from Emerson College in Boston he became a founding producer at CNN. His own subsequent companies have produced projects for most of the major networks, studios and record companies in Hollywood, including Paramount, MGM, Disney, CBS, ABC, Discovery Networks, and A&E. Ed earned his Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication in 2012, where he continues to teach multimedia journalism, media entrepreneurship, and digital publishing. He also holds the faculty seat on the UO Board of Trustees. Ed is also a co-founder and executive director of the Journalistic Learning Initiative (JLI)(previously Media Arts Institute), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to empower students to discover their voice, improve academic outcomes, and engage in self-directed learning through project-based storytelling. JLI partners with the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication and College of Education. Since 2016, the organization has served nearly students in 18 states.JLI is the centerpiece of Ed’s research agenda. It informs his work with College of Education colleagues Jenefer Husman, Ross Anderson, and Matthew Kim who collaborated to develop “My STEM Story,” a $1.2 million federal grant project funded by the National Science Foundation. Ed is the 2020 recipient of the Robert P. Knight Multicultural Recruitment Award, from the Scholastic Journalism Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The award acknowledges his efforts to advance the Journalistic Learning Initiative (JLI). He is also an Apple Distinguished Educator and an Adobe Education Leader. Ed is also the author of four books: Newsworthy: Cultivating Critical Thinkers, Readers and Writers in English Language Arts Classrooms (2015 - Teachers College Press/Columbia University), Reimagining Journalism in a Post-Truth World (2018 - Praeger Books), with co-author Ben DeJarnette, Language Arts in Action: Engaging Secondary Students with Journalistic Strategies, with co-authors Melissa Wantz and Rachel Guldin (2023 - W.W. Norton), and Raising Empowered Learners: Cultivating Students’ Curiosity, Confidence, and Character (2024 -Rowman and Littlefield).

Experience

1. Co-founder & Executive Director

   Journalistic Learning Initiative

   Jan 2011 — Present · US

   JLI uses journalistic strategies to empower student voice and academic success through a collaboration between UO’s School of Journalism and Communication and College of Education. It is a coalition of researchers, educators, community members, philanthropists, nonprofit organizations, corporate partners, government agencies, and allied stakeholders working together.

Education

• University of Oregon

  Ph.D., Mass Communication & Society

  2009 — 2012

• Emerson College

  Bachelors, Mass Communication & Society

  1976 — 1979

Skills

• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Press Releases
• Digital Media
• Public Relations
• Mac
• Facebook
• New Media
• Video
• Publications
• Music
• Creative Writing
• Community Outreach
• Photography
• Teaching
• Entrepreneurship
• Qualitative Research
• Curriculum Design
• Non-Profits
• Public Speaking
• Grant Writing
• Blogging
• Research
• Final Cut Pro
• Broadcast Journalism
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Storytelling
• Media Production
• Social Media
• Film
• Curriculum Development
• Editing
• Television
• Multimedia Journalism
• Documentaries
• Higher Education
• Social Networking
• Multimedia
• Nonprofits