Education Leaders Program / Keith Politte
Keith Politte
Columbia, Missouri
School affiliations
"Students can't afford the timeline of a bureaucrat."
Keith Politte is the manager of the Reynolds Journalism Institute's Technology Testing Center at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, where he works to build interdisciplinary industry collaborations that advance journalism and the advertising that supports it. Focusing on the technology sector, Politte works to leverage emerging products and trends for curriculum innovation and initiates projects designed to engage both students and the public at large.
Currently Politte is working on several projects, including collaborations with Adobe, Apple, Google, and the Hearst Corporation. In addition, he has focused on advancing economic development efforts between the university, the state, and the private sector, including the integration of a private startup, Newsy.com, into the educational choices offered students at the University of Missouri.
He earned his BA from Boston University and his JD from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco. He also has done extensive course work in Internet design and development in the Multimedia Studies Program at San Francisco State University. Politte's career spans a wide range of experiences in law, politics, and strategic communications.
