Jason Manning, Director of Student Media

Jason Manning is director of student media at Arizona State University, where he serves as adviser and publisher of the university's student-run news outlets: The State Press, StatePress.com, State Press Multimedia and State Press Magazine.

Manning also is a faculty member at the Cronkite School, where he teaches Journalism & Technology and co-teaches Latino Issues and Depth Reporting. He also has served as managing editor for the News21 and Southwest Borderlands initiatives.

Prior to joining ASU, Manning was politics editor for washingtonpost.com, where he led the website’s coverage of the federal government and national campaign politics. He also has held positions at PBS NewsHour and U.S. News & World Report.

Manning holds a master’s degree in history from George Mason University and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Florida, where he also earned a certification in Latin American Studies.

He has appeared on numerous Web journalism panels and is the author of a chapter in the journalism textbook "News Now: Visual Storytelling in the Digital Age," available from Pearson Higher Education. In November 2011 Manning was a guest lecturer on multimedia journalism at the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC) in the Dominican Republic.