Tony Rogers, About.com guide to journalism, has more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, author, editor and journalism professor.
Experience:
Tony Rogers has worked for the largest news organization in the world and one of the largest newspapers in the country, but he started his journalism career on his high school paper. He lived in various student newspaper newsrooms throughout college, eating cold pizza, banging out stories and occasionally attending class. In his first professional newspaper job, at the Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin, he covered cops and worked on the copy desk. Later, while living in New Zealand on a Rotary scholarship, he was a reporter at the now-defunct Auckland Star. After grad school he went to work for The Associated Press, where he covered the infamous Charles Stuart murder case and Hurricane Andrew. After four years at the AP he joined the New York Daily News, where he was Long Island bureau chief and later the deputy national news editor. For the past decade he has run the journalism program at Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania. He's the author of Newswriting on Deadline.
Education:
B.A. in journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison. M.S. in journalism, Columbia University. Rotary International Scholar, Auckland, New Zealand.
From Tony Rogers:
"I've worked as a reporter, editor and journalism professor, and am very enthusiastic about bringing what I've learned to this site. I love the news business and hope that I can convey that excitement to About.com users."