Mark Jurkowitz became The Boston Globe media writer in 1997, after spending two years as the paper's ombudsman. Prior to that, he spent seven years as media critic for The Boston Phoenix and author of its "Don't Quote Me" column. Jurkowitz began his journalism career at the Tab Newspapers where he served a two-year stint as editor. He spent a number of years as a talk radio host, appearing on WRKO, WHDH, and WBZ and is a regular panelist on the weekly “Beat the Press” program on Boston's PBS outlet, WGBH-TV. Jurkowitz teaches media ethics at Northeastern University and Tufts University.