Thread by @jeffjarvis

My boss, partner, & friend Dean @sarah__bartlett just announced her retirement. She has done so much for our wonderful @newmarkjschool from its founding. Sarah & I were the first profs hired by Dean @stephenshephard. We’ve been a team ever since. 1/
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.@sarah__bartlett created our urban and business reporting programs and founded @CCMNewmarkJ to help community media. It is now headed by the brilliant @graciela, who has started initiatives for Latino and Black media. 2/

From the moment she became dean, Sarah welcomed me into her planning & strategy & supported my work. She inspired me to start our Engagement Journalism degree, directed by the brilliant @brizzyc. This is my proudest accomplishment. Sarah made it possible. I am so grateful. 3/

.@sarah__bartlett also sheparded the News Innovation & Leadership program I dreamed of. It is headed by the brilliant @zielina. Note the theme: She encouraged & supported the start of innovative programs, helped get them resources, & brought in brilliant talent to run them. 4/

.@sarah__bartlett has raised untold millions to support scholarships and programs. I’ve watched her in action. She is masterful at telling our story & exciting donors about our important work. I learned so much from her about raising support. 5/

I was in the room when @sarah__bartlett had the foresight & gumption I did not have to tell our friend @craignewmark about the opportunity to support our school. We are now the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism thanks to his profoundly changing gift. 6/

Similarly, I watched @sarah__bartlett work with @TowFdn, @knightfdn, @Revson_Fdn, @FordFoundation and so many more to support our students and our work with them as well as new programs and centers. She added so very much. 7/

In her time here, @sarah__bartlett's highest priority was to make our student body beautifully diverse, with over half of students people of color. We have more work to do with faculty (as old farts like me make way). Of course, this work will never end. 8/

Then, on top of everything, @sarah__bartlett captained us through the pandemic. As I write this, we are starting a new term with a great class of students. We survived the crisis and prospered thanks to her leadership. 9/

.@sarah__bartlett has led our school through crisis & opportunity with intelligence, grace, generosity, tireless energy, & vision. Again, I am grateful to her and for the chance to have learned from and worked with her. 10/

I would say that I will miss @sarah__bartlett. But she will be dean through a transition in the spring. And she will be around as much as a wise successor would wish to continue to tell our story, raise resources, & support our work. 11/

So with this, I don’t say farewell to @sarah__bartlett. I just say thank you to her for work so well done, for such dedication, for all that she has given our school. Thanks, boss. /fin

In Tweet #2 make that the brilliant @gmochkofsky.

And I screwed up the threading. Add this: She reconceived of our Entrepreneurial Journalism program so it now helps independent journalists sustain their work. It is headed still by the brilliant @jeremycaplan.