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Michael Riley

Mike Riley, a 1995 Nieman Fellow, is the CEO and editor in chief of The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc. Previously, he served as managing editor of Bloomberg Government.

In the Transformation to an Information Company, Bringing in Substantial Revenue: Chronicle of Higher Education editor in chief Michael Riley, NF ’95, leads a team creating in-depth reports that are a new revenue stream

I spend many of my waking hours—and some of my sleeping hours, too—thinking about how best to ensure the health and long-term growth of The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc.,…
March 2, 2018

It’s Expertise That Matters

‘The next wave of journalistic progress will channel its power from the underlying principle of the reporter’s beat …’
January 10, 2011

Newspapers and Their Quest for the Holy Grail

Putting the Web first might be ‘the most difficult transformation in our mindset, but we should go ahead and flip our world on its head.’
December 15, 2006

Lessons From a Newsroom’s Digital Frontline

In Roanoke, Virginia, a midsized newspaper has had ‘the freedom to run some experiments, fail, try again, and along the way discover some meaningful success.’
March 15, 2006

Challenging the Charge of Liberal Bias in the Media

An editor’s response: Understand our biases, act as journalists, be a watchdog of the powerful.
June 15, 2003

Connecting Political Coverage to Readers’ Concerns

In local reporting, entertainment is a distant second to issues that touch people’s lives.
June 15, 2000