Jeff Howe

Jeff Howe teaches multimedia journalism courses.  Prof. Howe is an assistant professor on the tenure track with a research interest in multimedia.

He is a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.  He is a contributing editor at Wired magazine, where he has covered the media and entertainment industry, among other subjects. Prof. Howe previously was a senior editor at Inside.com and a writer at the Village Voice. In 2008, he published the book, "Crowdsourcing: How the Power of Crowds is Driving the Future of Business," and writes the blog Crowdsourcing.com. In his 15 years as a journalist, Prof. Howe has traveled around the world working on stories ranging from the impending water crisis in Central Asia to the implications of gene patenting. He has written for U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post and Mother Jones.

He lives in Cambridge with his wife and two children.  Prof. Howe can be reached by email at j.howe@neu.edu.