Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
M.A., University of Southern California, 1989
B.A., Oberlin College, 1977
Background Maier’s 20-year career as a newspaper and wire-service reporter includes covering city hall, the state legislature, Latin America, and a variety of other news beats. He was founder of CAR Northwest, an industry-academic partnership providing training in computer-assisted reporting to newsrooms and journalism classrooms. Research Maier’s research interests include newsroom numeracy, media accuracy, diffusion of new technology and managing newsrooms for technological change.