Andrew Nachison

In June 2000, Mr. Nachison became director of The Media Center, a nonprofit think tank committed to building a better-informed society in a connected world. He is a writer and online publishing veteran who learned from remarkable teachers: the art of fiction from novelist Frank McCourt and computer programming from BASIC creator John Kemeney. Mr. Nachison has reported and edited for The Associated Press; written for The New York Times, Infoworld, Audubon and other magazines; managed one of the world's most ambitious small-market newspaper Web sites, lawrence.com; played clarinet at Tanglewood and Carnegie Hall; studied wildlife, development and environmental policy in Kenya; spoken on media convergence and business strategies in Asia and Europe; and currently serves on the board of the World Editors' Forum in Paris. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, and as an online news editor and general manager. He founded the interactive media consultancy Nach Media, and taught journalism and new media at Indiana University. He's published one piece of short fiction, written many others (at nach.com) and swears there’s more to come. Really. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy at Dartmouth College.