San Jose State University
Radio/TV News - Broadcast Journalism
Sequence Coordinator, 1990 - to present
Associate Professor of Journalism.
Oversees the budget, technology and broadcast
journalism academic program needs in the SJSU
School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Courses taught include
broadcast news writing and reporting, minorities in the media,
lifestyles and diversity in the media, information gathering for
reporters, and mass media and society classes.
Developed and coordinated the 50th
Anniversary &
Reunion of the Radio & TV Journalism Degree program
in October, 2007. ABC newsman Sam Donaldson gave the
keynote address.
(See Reunion Home Page)
Serve as the JMC School's Internship Program faculty supervisor, and
monitor undergrad student progress
during job placements in professional advertising,
public relations, electronic, print and online journalism organizations.
Also faculty advisor to school's chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha, the
national honor society in mass communications.
University Service: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004
Developed campus partnerships with faculty in Journalism, Political
Science and Communications Studies and presented open campus forums for
students to come together, screen, discuss and evaluate the nationally
televised presidential debates.
1992 appointed by college dean to coordinate diversity appreciation
workshops in ten academic programs.
1994 appointed by the campus president to serve on an Academic
Priorities Committee which reviewed and made recommendations about the
budget and mission of more than 100 SJSU degree programs.
Tenured
in 1996.
University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Local PBS Moderator &
Public Affairs Producer, WILL-TV.
Coordinated, produced, videotape-edited, and moderated
52 half-hour
public affairs discussions
on international,
national and state issues for the second largest
Public Broadcasting Service
affiliate in Illinois.
(Jan.,1987 - June, 1990)
Member, Board of Directors,
Illini Media Company.
Helped supervise the budget and operations of WPGU-FM,
a central
Illinois commercial radio
station with a weekly listening audience of more
than 200,000, and the
DAILY ILLINI, the U of I based local newspaper in
central Illinois.
(Apr.,1986 - June, 1990)
Creator, News Director and Producer, "NEWSLINE"
TV Journalism Lecturer/Assistant
Professor.
Developed innovative approaches and supervised the production of
on-air news content for a half-hour, student produced local television
newscast in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Taught all aspects of radio and
television news writing, editing, producing and reporting on the Big Ten
campus in central Illinois.
Courses taught included advance radio news
reporting and television news staff.
(Aug., 1983 - June, 1990).
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Teaching philosophy:
"Before you shoot off your mouth,
make sure your brains
are loaded."
Students are challenged
to consistently demonstrate
critical thinking skills
through their
understanding of news
&
how it affects people,
ethical standards,
thoroughness,
accuracy,
flexibility and creativity.
Graduates are offered
help
making industry contacts,
and finding jobs.
Post-graduate
career counseling also provided.
Students from diverse
cultures
and backgrounds
are encouraged to draw on
their uniqueness
and
develop innovative approaches
to broadcast assignments.
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@ SJSU
RTVJ Sequence Nationally Ranked
Three first
place
national champions
in radio & television news reporting in
the prestigious
William Randolph
Hearst
competition.
Developed
the audio-streaming advanced
reporting class,
and won first place
in the
Bay Area
for Best
Radio News
Reporting.
1996
reported live on
KCBS
newsradio
San Francisco
on
the Summer
Olympics
bombing incident
while on vacation
in Atlanta.
@ U of I
Interview
Illinois' Governor,
U.S. Senators
&
state lawmakers
on the
Central Illinois
PBS stations.
Produced a
half-hour
video news
documentary,
"AIDS ON TV-
MORE HARM
THAN GOOD?"
Focused on
news stereotyping
of the health
crisis.
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