Jordan Howell
As digital editor-in-chief, Jordan works with a staff of writers to edit and publish content for FIRE's award-winning Newsdesk and optimizes the website to improve overall search result performance.
Before joining FIRE, Jordan was an award-winning journalist and professional writer in Delaware with ten years of experience teaching English in higher education. He graduated from Armstrong Atlantic State University in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in English, and the University of Delaware in 2011 with a master’s in English. He also has extensive political experience, having served as communications manager and press secretary for numerous electoral and issue campaigns. In his spare time, Jordan enjoys watching Bob’s Burgers and playing folk standards on the ukulele. He lives in Wilmington, Delaware.
Recent Writings
- College presidents launching free speech initiatives: The buck stops with you,
- FIRE welcomes Kurt Jaggers to board of directors,
- New York Times bestselling author James Kirchick joins FIRE as senior fellow,
- Majority of Americans want government and social media companies to police misinformation and disinformation,
- FIRE welcomes Jack Henneman to board of directors,
- Yale shreds faculty rights to rid itself of professor who called Trump mentally unstable,
- Campus free speech champion Robert Zimmer dies at age 75,
- In this small Illinois town, beware the book police,
- UChicago president: ‘Culture of free expression’ vital to the future of higher ed,
- Here’s why Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot can’t ask teachers to help her reelection campaign,
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