SEAN C. DOWNEY

Communications, media, and content wizard linktr.ee/seancdowney

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This profile of Tom Griffiths asks the question: “What if studying artificial intelligence could help us better understand what makes us human?” As director of the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence, Griffiths is helping to shape the future of AI research. Check out the story and video.

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While working on this profile of Princeton electrical and computer engineering professor Andrew Houck, I learned a lot about quantum science and the complex and bizarre set of principles at work in his office. Check it out

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This Princeton alumni profile of Fei-Fei Li, Stanford computer science professor and godmother of AI, also happens to be my first write around. Luckily, she's fascinating. Read on

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I love how this profile of Princeton computer science professor Olga Russakovsky came together. With so much hand-wringing over the evils of AI, she’s actually doing something to fix it. Also, who doesn’t like a good summer camp story? Check it out.

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Profile of New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli for Rutgers Magazine. I also did the video interview with her and she’s a firecracker.

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Article on how the COVID-19 pandemic has informed the Rutgers Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness team’s preparation for future pandemics. I received kudos from David Alland for this one.

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Rutgers Magazine cover story on the Big Ideas initiative—12 major projects with global implications that draw on the university’s academic, health care, and research expertise to make the world better.

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Story on a researcher at Rutgers University–Newark’s School of Criminal Justice who put numbers to a national tragedy, finding that one in every 1,000 black men can expect to die at the hands of police. The findings are helping people make sense of senseless acts of violence.

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Profile of John Herma, former track star at Rutgers, COO at Kohl’s, and impassioned philanthropist. Herma’s special gift is marshalling the talent of people around him to deliver winning results.

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In-depth Real Woman report on the personal impact of the opioid epidemic, examines why women are at particular risk for falling victim to the addictive qualities of prescription pills.

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Real Woman profile of Hope Loves Company’s Jodi O’Donnell-Ames. After suffering the loss of her husband to ALS, she turned her grief into action, creating a network of camps that provide a respite for kids with loved ones suffering from the disease.

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Real Woman feature looks at the rising tide of female activists inserting themselves in hotly contested battles, such as gender equality, climate change, and sexual assault. 

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In this exclusive Lodging magazine cover story, Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta talks about working with Blackstone, taking the company public, and how running the storied American hotel chain is like solving a complex equation.

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Timely article that explores the issues surrounding capturing and sharing the personal information of hotel guests. Ran in Lodging magazine.

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For this Lodging magazine cover story, I embedded with the Red Lion Anaheim's revenue strategist to report on how hotels are using predictive analytics to smartly push rates.

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This Lodging magazine cover story of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust explores CEO Jon Bortz’s extremely effective approach to hotel investment focused on developing properties that deliver a unique experience.

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Lodging magazine profile of Katherine Lugar, president and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, that looks at the group’s advocacy efforts in the face of uncertainty and disruption throughout the industry.