John Vitti has been in journalism for 35+ years, since graduating from Ithaca College as a philosophy and religion major. Since 1999, he has worked in the Boston Globe newsroom as a copy editor, reporter, and print and web layout designer — the majority of the time working nights under deadline in the sports department. In 2007, he began volunteering in the Watertown (Mass.) schools, helping build and grow journalism programs in all five schools. In 2017, he earned his licensure and began as an English teacher at Watertown High. In 2020, he founded Headliners in Education, a 501c3 nonprofit focused on promoting the educational wonderfulness that having journalism in schools brings. Headliners has grown to include 1,400+ students (pre-K through post-college) and teachers in 35 states and six countries. John has been published in 100+ outlets, appeared on dozens of podcasts/TV/radio programs, twice presented at SXSW Edu, was recognized in Best Sports Writing in America, and was part of the Globe's Pulitzer Prize winning-coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing.