She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in advanced online journalism, and is the faculty advisor of Hofstra’s award-winning student-run news website, LongIslandReport.org. Professor Fincham has more than 25 years of experience as both a print and online journalist in Ireland, Australia, and New York, and is the founding editor of IrishCentral.com, the leading Irish-American website. She came to the United States for a year-long break in 2000, and decided to stay.