"Transferring to MCLA was one of the greatest decisions I ever made. Being able to learn from and connect with the faculty and staff equipped me with greater networking capabilities/skills and the opportunity to use them outside of the institution, preparing me for the road ahead. Taking part and engaging in different clubs and organizations on campus helped to shape and guide me for countless opportunities."
Brandon Pender ’07 Research Analyst, Office of State Rep. Daniel E. Bosley ’76
Bill Densmore Office: Berkshire Towers A-71L Hours: Tues. Thurs.: 9:15 - 9:45; and by appointment. Phone:
Bill Densmore is a visiting lecturer in journalism at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Holding degrees in journalism and environment policy, he is an expert on Internet information technologies and business models. He is also director and editor of the Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst The MGP, launched in March, 2005, is a three-year effort to find and spotlight individuals making sustainable, innovative use of media (old and new) to foster participatory democracy and community. A career journalist, he has been an editor/writer for The Associated Press in Boston, Chicago and San Francisco and for trade publications in business, law, insurance and information-technology in Boston, Chicago and New York,. He co-owned and published the Advocate newsweeklies of Williamstown, Mass., from 1983-1992. He freelanced for general circulation dailies including The Boston Globe and, while in Chicago, for National Public Radio. He has worked for public-radio stations in Worcester and Amherst while a college student. In 1994, Densmore formed what became Clickshare Service Corp., which provides user registration, authentication and transaction-handling for Internet web content sites. Since 1995, he has been quoted and cited in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other publications on Internet topics and has lectured occasionally on journalism topics at both UMass and Williams College. Densmore has also served as advertising director for a small, group-owned daily, editorial director for a chain of central Massachusetts weeklies; and as an interim director of the not-for-profit Hancock Shaker Village, a living-history museum.
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