Professor and Department Chair

About

Biography

Positions:  Professor and Chair, Journalism and Media Communication, CSU;  Senior Fellow, Institute for Education in International Media (ieiMedia); Immediate Past President, Broadcast Education Association; Semester at Sea Academic Dean, spring 2019; Board of Directors, Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation; Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (ASJMC) Representative to the National ACEJMC Accrediting Council, 2019-2020.

 

Education: M.A., Broadcast Journalism/Public Affairs, The American University; B.A., Technical Journalism, Colorado State University; Scripps Howard Leadership Adacemy, Louisiana State University.

 

Professional experience: Reporter, photojournalist, producer and anchor for television; independent producer of documentaries, educational and corporate videos.

 

Specialty areas: News coverage and journalist behavior in coverage of significant events, especially as it relates to coverage of sensitive issues involving victims of crime and tragedy. Also, production techniques and practices in television news, documentary and corporate video production.

 

Publications

Select Projects:

Semester at Sea Advanced Documentary Photography Class Final Projects (2019): Portfolio Video

Urbino, Italy Study Abroad Multimedia Stories (2018):  Urbino Project

Historical Documentary (2006):  Stand Out, Step Up, Get Down!

Documentary Production Class Project (Will Baker, Ben Ward, Alex Huff):  Subdermal

Documentary Production Class Project (Kyle Rasmussen, Emily Luft, Karen Du):  Awake

Oklahoma City Bombing Trials Legacy Documentary (1998):  Media on Trial

Educational Video:  Creating an Effective Television Story

Legacy Documentary Series, Florida's toughest prison (WINK-TV, 1985):  No Place Like Home

Journalists and Coverage of Tragedy (2005):  How Do You Feel?

Legacy Documentary Series:  Extraterrestrial Believers