Casey Frechette

Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

Casey Frechette is an assistant professor in the journalism and media studies department at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg where he teaches digital media and researches technology, journalism and education.

Casey is a former interactive learning producer with Poynter’s News University and adjunct with Poynter. He also produced multimedia at the University of New Mexico. He has degrees in media arts and computer science, with a concentration in digital audio and video production, and organizational learning and instructional technologies. His dissertation concerns the effects of animated characters in Web-based learning environments.

He is the presenter of several Webinars at NewsU, including Programming for Non-Geeks: Publishing Multimedia on the Web, Programming for Non-Geeks: Easy Interactivity, Programming for Non-Geeks: Essential HTML, Programming for Non-Geeks: The Basics of Using APIs and Programming for Non-Geeks: How to Build and Manage Your Website.