Joe Amditis is the associate director of the Center for Cooperative Media. He graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in Political Science and Criminal Justice, and he recently finished his M.A. from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. He is the cofounder and former director of operations at Muckgers.com, an online, student-focused, hyperlocal publication serving the Rutgers-New Brunswick community. He is a combat veteran of the New Jersey Army National Guard and served in Iraq from 2008-2009. Joe is an avid reader and a mediocre writer. He can be reached at amditisj@mail.montclair.edu and at (551) 265-1429.