EXPERIENCE
Visiting
Assistant Professor (2006- )
Journalism &
Broadcast Electronic Media majors
Gaylord College of
Journalism & Mass Communication
University of
Oklahoma
Instructor for
courses in Survey of Electronic Media, Video Production, Television Reporting
and Television Field Production & Post-Production. Supervise student television production
crew and sports staff at Gaylord College.
Programs air on the Oklahoma University Television Channel (TV4OU). Serve as Faculty Advisor to University
of Oklahoma student chapter, National Broadcasting Society. Serve on academic committees. Other duties as assigned.
Media Trainer, U.S.
State Department: Bangladesh
& Nepal-January 2008
Macedonia-October
2007
Bangladesh-June
2007
Field Producer,
World Journalism Congress: Singapore-June
2007
Visiting Instructor (2005-2006)
Radio-Television
Division
Nicholson School of
Communication
University of
Central Florida; Orlando, Florida
Taught courses in
broadcast journalism, single camera video production and media writing. Served as Supervising Faculty for
Nicholson School productions including Knightly News (weekly student-produced
newscast), Knight Effect (Talk/Variety show), and multi-camera Homecoming
Parade remote coverage. The
programs air on the UCF digital television channel. Served as Faculty Advisor to UCF student chapter, National
Broadcasting Society.
Media Consultant,
U.S. State Department: Bulgaria-July 2006
Assistant Professor (2000-2005)
Radio-Television Department
WSIU-TV (PBS) & WSIU-FM (NPR)
Southern Illinois University; Carbondale, Illinois
As Instructor: taught courses in field production, video editing, news writing,
television reporting & producing, sports broadcasting, law & policy,
performance and technology.
Served as advisor to SIUC
chapter, Students of Illinois News Broadcasters Association and
Radio-Television News Directors Association. Developed new courses and television
projects. Served on
academic committees. Chaired
MasterÕs projects.
As Executive Editor: supervised
student-produced news and sports programs, River Region Evening Edition and
Saluki Sportsview. The programs air on WSIU-TV and have been honored in
national and regional competitions. Supervised WSIU on-line news
site. Assisted WSIU with pledge
drives and radio news.
Information Technology Curriculum Team, Summer
2001
Journalism Convergence Curriculum Team,
2004-2005
Chair, SIUC RT Week, 2002
Chair, RT Equipment Committee, 2003-2005
Media Trainer, U.S. State Department:
Kosovo-Summer 2002, Nigeria-Fall 2003
Supervisor, ÒAging with Dignity
Convergence Project,Ó Spring 2004
Producer-Host, ÒOne on One with Richard
Peterson,Ó Spring 2004 and Spring 2005
Co-Acting News Director, WSIU-TV, Fall
2004
News Director/Instructor (1996-2000)
WOUB-TV (PBS) & WOUB-AM/FM (NPR)
E.W.Scripps School of Journalism
Ohio University; Athens, Ohio
As Department Head: supervised the daily news operations of the radio and television stations. The overall coverage area reaches parts of Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. The newsroom has three full-time staff and up to 120 student staff. Radio newscasts and sports reports are heard throughout the day (seven days a week) and a half-hour television newscast, Newswatch, airs weeknights at 6:30pm. The sports staff produces a weekly 1-hour radio program, SportsBeat and during high school football season produces a weekly half-hour television program, Gridiron Glory. The newsroom maintains a news page for the station web site at woub.org/news and produces radio and television election specials. Served as talent, director, studio crew and phone volunteer for television and radio station fund drives.
Nominee for
Outstanding OhioUniversity Administrator, 1999.
Above and Beyond Award, Outstanding WOUB Staff Volunteer, 2000.
As Instructor: taught broadcast journalism
courses in news producing that included components in electronic news
gathering, broadcast news writing, and on-air performance. Faculty Advisor of student chapter, Radio-Television News Directors
Association. Served on academic
committees and as student advisor.
Coordinated award contests. Institution placed in Top 10;
Hearst Foundation Broadcast News competition, '98 - '00. Newswatch won 1st Place for Daily Television Newscast;
Society of Professional Journalists Region 4 competition, '99 & '00.
Assistant News Director (1994-1996)
WUFT-TV (PBS)/ University of Florida; Gainesville, FL
With the News Director, supervised production of daily half hour newscast, News
Five. Supervised producers and reporters of two daily
five minute newscasts, First Edition (noon) and Local Headline News (evening
newscast on local cable system). Coordinated videographers, editors, and sports unit. Supervised broadcast journalism
lab students, paid staff and volunteers. Served on
station and academic strategy committees. Arizona field producer for
half hour special, "Gators' Dozen: The Road to the Fiesta Bowl,"
January 1996. Students placed in top five nationally in Hearst Foundation
Broadcast News competition.
Production Supervisor/Instructor (1988-1994)
KRWG-TV (PBS)/New Mexico State
University; Las Cruces, NM
Coordinated
twenty-five person staff including training, scheduling and payroll. Directed multi-camera productions, served as videographer/editor and responsible for
studio set-up and operations.
Productions included "Newsview 22"
(a nightly newscast), a weekly community affairs series, on-air promotions and
station fundraisers. Producer of "Sportsview 22" series and
documentary specials. Instructor
for two television courses including field and studio production and
post-production. On-air talent for sports program and pledge drives.
1st Place Documentary for Sportsview
22: Baseball Southwest Style; New Mexico Associated Press, 1994
Trainer, Lighting Workshop for Sandia Labs, 1993
Videotape Editor (1987)
DICS/ACES; Burbank, CA
Videotape editor
for Animation City Editorial Services (a division of DIC Enterprises,
Inc.).Evaluated overseas retakes for "The Real Ghostbusters" and "The
Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin."Edited sales promos for development department. Other duties as assigned.
Free Lance Production/Instructor (1983-1986)
Orange County, CA
Producer/Director
and videographer/editor
for commercial and public video productions. Adjunct
faculty, Fullerton Community College, 1985.
Group W
Cable; Fullerton, CA
Producer
and director of community programming including electronic field production,
multi-camera remotes and studio productions. Programming included public
affairs, cultural events, sports and corporate promotions. Taught public
access workshops for field photographers/editors and on-air talent.
Supervised college interns, community volunteers and staff employees.
Manager/Producer (1979-1982)
Brigham
Young University Media Services; Provo, UT
1981-1982:
Institutional Support Services. Manager, Cougar Cable Channel. Responsible for all aspects of production, programming, promotion,
news, and sales. With Communications Department faculty developed
curriculum to utilize the cable channel. Producer of
half hour KBYU-TV documentary on coal tax severance issue, "Utah's Black
Gold," January, 1982.
1979-1980: KBYU-TV
(PBS)/KBYU-FM (NPR). Assistant News Director. Served
as managing editor of KBYU newsroom.
Coordinated two daily television newscasts, Weeknight (KBYU-TV) and
Newsroom (BYU Cable) and drive-time radio newscasts. Executive Producer
of week-long remote broadcast of nightly news-magazine from the Utah State Fair
in Salt Lake City, "Weeknight at the State Fair," September, 1980.
1979-1982: Broadcast Lab Coordinator and Instructor. As Graduate
Assistant (& part of above duties) coordinated and instructed broadcast lab
courses in electronic news gathering and announcing. "Golden
Microphone Award" winner for the most outstanding contribution to BYU
broadcasting, 1981.Served as personal assistant to Academic Support Manager,
1982.
Announcer (1979)
KUCI; Irvine, CA
On-air disc jockey for overnight shift. Free-form rock music format.
Production Assistant (1976-1978)
California State University; Fullerton, CA
Production and Teaching
Assistant in Theatre Department radio and television studios. Assisted instructors, graduate assistant and studio technician with production and
instructional activities.
EDUCATION
M.A. Communications (Journalism &
Management)/ Brigham Young University, 1982.
B.A. Theatre Arts (RTV
Production)/ California State University, Fullerton, 1978.
A.A. Liberal Arts/ Santa Ana College, 1974.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Present: Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association, Broadcast Education Association (Division Board Member 1997-2002), Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Society of Professional Journalists, Radio Television News Directors Association, Alliance for Community Media
Former: Illinois News Broadcasters Association (Board Member
2003-2004), Orange County Cable Association (founding member).
CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
University of Oklahoma (7
preparationsÉlectures and labs)
Electronic News Gathering Techniques: The history, theory and application of
electronic news gathering techniques. Students learn to gather audiovisual
information, evaluate it, edit it, and prepare the data for distribution
through traditional and emerging news media.
Television News: Television news principles and practice in
use of ENG (electronic news gathering), editing of video tape stories and
preparation of television news programs.
Introduction
to Video Production: Provides
an overview of both studio and location video production. Lecture, labs and
self-paced study will examine production, writing and performance concepts and
applications.
Survey of Electronic Media: Survey of radio, television and other
electronic media: units of technology, history, regulation, programming,
advertising, management and production.
The Media and the Hollywood Blacklist: Survey of how the media was affected by the blacklist of the 1950s. Topics include the post-World War II Red Scare, the HUAC hearings, the mechanics of the blacklist, press coverage of the blacklist and how the blacklist spread from the film industry to television and radio.
Mass Media Practices (Crew & Sports): Production crew assignments for OUNightly,
the University of Oklahoma daily student newscast. Sport Staff for Our Sports Pad, student-produced sports
program. Productions air on 4OUTV.
University
of Central Florida (5
preparationsÉlectures and labs)
Beginning Electronic Journalism: Newswriting and newsgathering skills and strategies and their accompanying ethical considerations for analog and digital delivery of broadcast journalism.
Advanced Electronic Journalism: Newswriting and newsgathering strategies learned in beginning course are integrated into a newsgathering context for actual production of analog and digital radio and television news packages.
Television News: Production of weekly campus newscast. Daily newsgathering and production decisions are conducted by students under the advisement of the instructor functioning as news director.
Single Camera Video Production and Editing: Technical and aesthetic requirements of analog and digital single-camera video production and editing, including techniques for electronic news gathering (ENG) and electronic field production (EFP).
Writing for the Electronic Media: Practical experience in writing for various electronic media including radio, television, corporate, and digital media. Scripting requirements, writing styles and creative applications.
Electronic
News Gathering (ENG) and Electronic Field Production (EFP). Electronic
News Gathering (ENG) and Electronic Field Production (EFP) are the two primary
methods used to collect and process video for the production of television
programs. The course focuses on visual storytelling using both production
methods.
Radio-Television News Writing. Selecting, writing and editing news material for presentation on
radio and television news programs.
Overview of broadcast journalism field.
Radio-Television
Policies, Laws, and Regulations. Development
of American radio and television policies from their constitutional base
through federal law, regulatory agencies and the judicial system. Rights and responsibilities of media
producers, radio and television organizations and the public.
Radio-Television
Performance. The development of disciplines
controlling vocal and visual mechanics and interpretative performances
for announcers, newscasters, interviewers and narrators of media presentations.
Broadcast News
Producing. Cover the practice
of broadcast news producing.
Responsibilities of the producer as journalists and managers. Coordination with production and
engineering staff. Ethics for news managers.
Sports
Broadcasting. Overview of
sports broadcasting business.
Multi-camera production practice as directors, crew and play-by-play announcers. Students serve as anchors, producers,
reporters and videographer/editors for WSIU-TV newscasts and sports specials.
Ohio University (3 preparationsÉlecture
& lab)
Broadcast News Producing. Principles and practices of radio and television news production. Emphasis on blending news judgment with production techniques and tools.
Broadcast News
Practice. Preparation of news
for broadcast. Students serve as producers,
reporters, videographers, video editors and anchors at the WOUB radio & television
newsroom.
TV News
Practicum. Practicum in
preparation and presentation of TV newscasts at WOUB-TV. Students produce news material including
video, format and scripting for newscasts. They also deliver scripts on air and assume management responsibilities. Students will rotate through various
newsroom positions.
University of Florida (2 preparationsÉlabs only)
Electronic News and Reporting. Basic writing, reporting and
production of television news stories and newscasts. A 3 hour a week lab in WUFT-TV newsroom is required.
Advanced TV Reporting. News reporting, videography,
writing and editing for television newscasts on deadline. One day-long lab in WUFT-TV
newsroom required.
New
Mexico State University (3
preparationsÉlecture & labs)
Beginning
Radio-Television Production. Basic studio, field and post-production
techniques in TV and radio production.
Designed for students with a broadcast production emphasis.
Beginning
Radio-Television Production for Advertisers. Basic studio, field and post-production techniques in TV
and radio production. Designed for
students with an advertising emphasis.
Broadcast Studio Operations. Workshop instruction on broadcast television studio equipment, with practical experience through crew assignments at KRWG-TV. Includes introduction to waveform monitors, vectorscopes and video systems.
Fullerton
College (2 preparationsÉlecture
& lab)
Single-Camera
Field Production. Techniques in use of field cameras, field video
recorders and cuts-only editing.
Radio
News. Instruction and practice in gathering news for radio, with
attention to writing copy and familiarization with professional practices of
radio news teams and their use of local, wire and syndicated news
material. Activities will include
radio news presentation on KBPK-FM.
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