{"id":85,"date":"2023-12-12T23:58:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T23:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/introtojournalism\/back-matter\/about-the-author\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T23:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T23:58:59","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palomar.edu\/introtojournalism\/back-matter\/about-the-author\/","title":{"raw":"About the author","rendered":"About the author"},"content":{"raw":"\"Professor\n\nErin Massey Hiro is a tenured journalism professor at Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif. She teaches all levels of journalism courses and advises both the award-winning campus newspaper, The Telescope<\/a>, and the campus magazine, IMPACT<\/a>. She loves being a teacher and adores her students.\n\nBefore securing the full-time job at Palomar, Hiro taught journalism, advertising and communications at San Diego State University and the University of Phoenix. She previously worked for a decade as a reporter at local and national newspapers, writing news, business and feature stories on government, schools and social issues.\n\nHiro earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and a master's in newspaper management from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Now that her first textbook is finished, she's heading back to school to earn a second master's degree in instructional design because she always wants to be a better teacher.\n\nFeel free to contact her at ehiro@palomar.edu.","rendered":"

\"Professor<\/p>\n

Erin Massey Hiro is a tenured journalism professor at Palomar College in San Marcos, Calif. She teaches all levels of journalism courses and advises both the award-winning campus newspaper, The Telescope<\/a>, and the campus magazine, IMPACT<\/a>. She loves being a teacher and adores her students.<\/p>\n

Before securing the full-time job at Palomar, Hiro taught journalism, advertising and communications at San Diego State University and the University of Phoenix. She previously worked for a decade as a reporter at local and national newspapers, writing news, business and feature stories on government, schools and social issues.<\/p>\n

Hiro earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and a master’s in newspaper management from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Now that her first textbook is finished, she’s heading back to school to earn a second master’s degree in instructional design because she always wants to be a better teacher.<\/p>\n

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