Teaching
Teaching is in Yukari Kane's blood. Her mother was a teacher, as were her mother’s parents. Even after she became a journalist, Kane always hoped for an opportunity to combine the two, and she loves being able to pass on her knowledge to the next generation of writers.
Yukari is an adjunct professor at Medill, where she teaches introductory journalism and investigative reporting to undergraduate and graduate students. She was one of the last professors to teach the Medill Justice Project investigative reporting class, which examined potential wrongful convictions and probed systemic criminal justice issues.
Yukari taught the graduate journalism school’s first year, first semester introductory class called “Reporting the News,” with a focus on the tech industry. During the semester, her students produced 10 to 15 stories, which were primarily published on the class news site Bay Area Bandwidth, which she created and ran like a newsroom for instructional purposes. Student work was also published by CNET, Fast Company, Gamesbeat, Hoodline and Berkeleyside.
Yukari is a proud member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, a collective workspace and community for working writers across genres. She taught intro to journalism and interviewing as part of its class offerings to the public.
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