Janine Warner is a pioneer in digital journalism and online learning.\u00a0Her work with journalists and entrepreneurs led her to launch SembraMedia in the fall of 2015.<\/p>\n
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SembraMedia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the diversity of voices in Spanish by helping digital media entrepreneurs become more sustainable.\u00a0In 2016, she won a Knight Fellowship from the International Center for Journalists, which supports her work on SembraMedia.<\/p>\n
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Janine began her career as a reporter and editor in Northern California. In 1998, she went to The Miami Herald as the Online Managing Editor. A year later, she was promoted to Director of New Media. She left to serve as Director of Latin American Operations for CNET Networks.<\/p>\n
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For the next decade, Janine ran a digital design and training agency where she worked with a variety of clients, including The CAF Latin American Development Bank, The U.S. State Department, Entravision Communications, University of Southern California, and an extensive list of newspapers and media organizations. Her experience in media, technology, and business has brought her to more than 40 countries as a consultant and speaker.<\/p>\n
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Janine has written or coauthored 25 books, including Web Sites For Dummies, Social Media Design For Dummies, and Global Mobile. She\u2019s also created more than 250 hours of training videos for leading online training companies Lynda.com and CreativeLive.<\/p>\n
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Janine taught online journalism at the University of Miami and University of Southern California. She’s been a guest lecturer at more than 30 universities in the U.S., Latin America, and Europe; and she developed a series of MOOCs for the University of Texas.<\/p>\n
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She has served as a judge in the Interactive Emmy Awards for the TV Academy\u2019s Interactive Media Group, the\u00a0World Summit Awards, the\u00a0Knight News Challenge, and the Arroba de Oro Internet Awards.<\/p>\n
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