Andrew Lih is an associate professor of journalism at American University, and the author of "The Wikipedia Revolution: How a bunch of nobodies created the world’s greatest encyclopedia", the only nonfiction narrative account about the influential online community. After founding one of the first dot-com companies in New York in 1994, he created the new media program at the Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he served as adjunct professor and director of technology for their Center for New Media. During that time, he taught new media journalists and advised New York media companies on content strategy and website design. He also developed the first guidelines for the Pulitzer Prizes to accept digital multimedia submissions.