Jim Iovino

Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Innovation at West Virginia University

Covering the Divide

Jim Iovino joined West Virginia University in July 2019 as the Ogden Newspapers Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Innovation. He is leading the NewStart Newspaper Ownership Initiative – a program focused on recruiting, training and supporting the next generation of community newspaper owners and publishers across the country. Prior to joining WVU, Iovino was deputy managing editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting for its Tree of Life massacre coverage.

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