Frank Michael Russell's Profile

FRANK RUSSELL is the Knight visiting editor and visiting assistant professor at the Columbia Missourian and Missouri School of Journalism.

Email: russellf@missouri.edu
Office phone: 573-882-5739

WHAT DO YOU DO AT THE MISSOURIAN? I work as a news editor on the Missourian's interactive copy editing desk.

WHAT KIND OF JOURNALISM KEEPS YOU GOING? I love journalism that gives readers a better understanding of their communities and their world. I also have a strong interest in technology, both as news topic and in its use to connect with readers.

WHAT IS YOUR WORK AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND? I'm currently on a leave of absence from the San Jose Mercury News, where I have been an online editor and writer specializing in business and technology news, chief of copy desks, deputy business copy chief, assistant business editor and a business copy editor. Previously, I worked at The Seattle Times, Puget Sound Business Journal and Los Angeles Daily News.

I'm a master's degree candidate in mass communications at San Jose State University, where I earned a bachelor's degree in journalism. I'm also taking journalism and management classes toward a Center for the Digital Globe graduate certificate at MU.

Although most of my career has been on the West Coast, I grew up in St. Louis.