Rachele Kanigel is a journalist and educator who taught journalism at San Francisco State University for more than 20 years, including three as department chair. Before moving into journalism education, she was a daily newspaper reporter and worked as a freelance correspondent for TIME Magazine. Her writing has appeared in U.S. News & World Report, Health, Reader’s Digest, San Francisco Magazine and other publications.
She is the author of The Student Newspaper Survival Guide and The Diversity Style Guide. A Fulbright Specialist, she spent 10 weeks in Bhutan in 2019 teaching students and training faculty at Royal Thimphu College.
She has directed ieiMedia programs in Urbino, Perpignan, Arles, Jerusalem and Kyoto and enjoys helping students discover new places and cultures through journalism.