Dave Yanofsky has an extensive background in media and education, operating at the intersection of the two over the bulk of his career. He most recently served as Director of Digital Learning and Media for ConnectED: The National Center for College and Career. Over that time, he designed and oversaw ConnectED Studios, an online platform that helps the organization deliver a blended model of service to their clients. During his 13 year tenure at ConnectEd, Yanofsky also helped to produce over 150 videos for the organization, including the highly successful Day at Work series.
Yanofsky got his start in radio, reporting for and producing “Budapest Day & Night,” the first English language radio program to appear in Eastern Europe after the wall came down. During that time, he also produced freelance feature stories for public radio’s Marketplace and Radio Deutsche Welle. After returning to the US, he embarked on his first feature film, Poetic License. Aired nationally on PBS, the film captures the emergence of spoken word poetry as a powerful form of self-expression for teenage youth. He then went on to become the Executive Director of Just Think, a media literacy nonprofit organization, where he produced a number of innovative curricular projects that focus on youth and storytelling, and that help educators integrate media into their classroom or afterschool workshop. Before coming to ConnectEd, Yanofsky was the Program Director for Uth TV, where he oversaw a staff of youth media makers and helped to produce Grind & Glory, a feature-length film that was shot and edited by a crew of teenagers.