Sandeep Junnarkar

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
219 W. 40th Street
New York, NY 10018

Sandeep Junnarkar is an Associate Professor, Interactive at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Sandeep is the former New York bureau chief of CNET News.com, and has specialized in writing about technologies used in different industries. In April 2003, his three-part report on the security risks of on-line banking entitled "Cracking the Nest Egg" was named "Best in Business Projects among Real-Time Publications" by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Junnarkar entered on-line journalism when it was in its infancy. He helped to create on-line editions of The New York Times, working as breaking news editor, writer and web producer when the paper went live on the Internet as The New York Times on the Web. Junnarkar founder and editorial director of www.livesinfocus.org, a multi-media website that features stories on underreported issues. The website's inaugural project focuses on the impact of India's new patent law on the treatment of the country's HIV and AIDS population. He has been interviewed several times by the BBC's FiveLive for his pioneering multimedia work. In recent years, Sandeep has served as a judge for the National Magazine Awards and Online Journalism Awards. He has given talks or led discussions about Social Media and/or Online Journalism at several organizations and universities, including The Council on Foreign Relations, Columbia University's Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, and the Online News Association. He was elected president of the South Asian Journalists Association in January 2008.