Director of the Futures Lab
280-D Gannett Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200
Phone: 573-882-3434
E-mail: mckeanml@missouri.edu
Mike McKean is a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism where he has taught for 22 years. McKean created the Convergence Journalism program at MU and chaired the Convergence Faculty from 2005-2008. He is a leader in teaching with technology at the local, national and international levels, winning MU’s Innovator Award, chairing the campus Information Technology Committee, coordinating partnerships with Apple, Inc., AT&T and Adobe Systems and helping establish convergence curricula at Moscow State University in Russia and Shantou University in China.
McKean also has chaired the Radio-TV News faculty at Missouri; served as Web director at the university’s NBC affiliate, KOMU-TV; and news director of the school’s NPR affiliate, KBIA-FM. Before joining the School of Journalism, Mike was managing editor of KTRH NewsRadio in Houston and assistant news director at Missourinet in Jefferson City.
