Steve Layton
stlayton@iu.edu

Tuesday/Thursday lectures

An Englishman who has lived most of his life as an American, Steve has for the past 12 years taught design and graphics courses at Indiana University. Before this, he worked for almost two decades in newspaper graphics departments, including 16 years at the Chicago Tribune, where he was Graphics Editor and later Senior Artist.

Steve has won numerous awards for his graphics and design work, which he keeps in a drawer somewhere, and in 2001 he was a small part of a large project on airline gridlock that was awarded that year’s Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism.

During his time at the Tribune, Steve took part in three major redesigns and witnessed firsthand and on a day-by-day basis the accelerating pace of change that continues to transform the world’s media companies.

He is a graduate of the University of Florida.

Jared Meisinger
jameis@iu.edu

Friday labs ( 8:00 / 11:30 / 4:45 )

Jared Meisinger is a PhD student in the Media School interested in journalism, sports journalism, framing of political issues, and media effects such as the news media’s influence on public opinion. His previous research was focused on community journalism and community journalists’ use of social media for story content generation. Jared received a bachelor’s and master’s from Iowa State University, both in journalism and mass communication. He later worked as a staff writer for outlets in Austin and New Braunfels, Texas, and eventually shifted to copy/assignments editor at a newspaper. In Jared’s spare time, he can be found inadvisably letting Arsenal FC affect his general outlook on life. He has 600+ records on vinyl, including 45s, 78s and LPs, ranging widely in genre. Jared also enjoys cooking, wandering around beautiful Bloomington (in warm weather), and reading some good fiction.

Lindsey Jackson
limajack@indiana.edu

Friday labs ( 8:00 / 9:45 )

Lindsey Jackson is a second-year Master’s student in the Media School, where she is working toward obtaining an M.S. in Media with a Management concentration. Lindsey was born and raised in Michigan City, Indiana, and most recently became a Texas transplant after her family moved to Dallas in 2018. She received her B.A. in Journalism with a concentration in News Reporting and Editing with a Broadcast specialization and a minor in African American studies from IU in 2019. Lindsey worked as a weekend anchor and weekday reporter for WTWO-WAWV TV in Terre Haute for two years. Upon graduation this upcoming Spring, she hopes to begin her career in Marketing and Brand Strategy. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, tasting new wines and finding binge-worthy series on Netflix and Hulu. Lindsey is also a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

Gillian Paxton
gpaxton@iu.edu

Friday labs ( 11:30 / 4:45 )

Gillian Paxton is a first-year master’s student in Journalism from Carmel, Indiana. She graduated from the Media School with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism in 2021 and received her teaching license in 2022 after student-teaching yearbook and newspaper classes at North Central High School in Indianapolis. She hopes to focus her research on media literacy education. In her free time, she likes to knit, play video games, and listen to music.

Cole Nelson
cownelso@iu.edu

Friday labs ( 11:30 / 4:45 )

Cole Nelson is a PhD student in the Media School, studying the 20th Century history of Black radical newspapers in the United States. Cole also works as an Assistant Editor for Black Camera: An International Film Journal.

Andrew Briggs
andbrigg@iu.edu

Friday labs ( 11:30 / 4:45 )

Andrew Briggs is a second-year grad student pursuing a Master of Science degree in Media with a concentration in Management. He completed his undergrad at IU and earned Bachelor's degrees in Media and Theatre & Drama with minors in Music Studies and Music Scoring for Visual Media. Andrew has been the Executive Director of IU Student Television for the past three years and enjoys helping other students learn and grow as media professionals.

Jennifer Hwang
jiyhwang@iu.edu

Friday labs (3:00 / 4:45 )

Jennifer Jiyoung Hwang is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Science in Strategic Communication in The Media School at Indiana University Bloomington. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and before graduate school, Jennifer worked for Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. She was originally born in South Korea, but Jennifer also calls Singapore, Indonesia and Shanghai home. She enjoys long bike rides in nature and going to the farmer's market with her friends.