E-mail this pageJournalism Faculty - Jack Downs
Adjunct Lecturer
Jack Downs is the design and systems editor at the Press-Republican
in Plattsburgh, where he oversees daily production duties, training and newsroom systems. After graduating from Cornell University in 1984, Downs started his journalism career as a general-assignment reporter at the Press-Republican.
Since then he has held a variety of reporting and editing positions. As the newspaper's first-ever design editor, Downs redesigned the paper in 1996 and 2002. He guided the paper into the world of digital production, first in Quark and now in InDesign.
Education
- B.S. in Communication Arts, Cornell University
Course Taught
- Newspaper Design and Layout
- Reporting and News Writing
Experience
- Design and Systems Editor, Press-Republican
Contact Jack Downs
Phone: (518) 564-2134
E-mail: jdown001@plattsburgh.edu