
Male or Female UsersJournalist, poet and pilgrim (not necessarily in that order...) I am a retired broadcast journalists with more than fifty years experience. I started in radio in 1948 as an announcer. That was when announcers did everything: newscasts, commercials, record shows (DJ work). Over the years I gravitated to news and ended up as a news director, reporter, and anchor, working in Georgia and South Carolina. I retired in 2000 and have been freelance writing since. I just started blogging. I completed my journalism degree at Thompson Rivers University in 2005 and have a couple years of experience under my belt. Journalist and new media consutant, focusing on network journalism and distributed reporting. I also blog at NewAssignment.Net Really can't say much here-I am quite sure there are people who will want to read about my thought process. Co-owner and Managing Editor of Fulton Daily News.com and Oswego Daily News.com, among America's first independent, web-only community journalism websites. In 1999, we opened the Fulton publication with a reporter, a salesperson and several owners to serve a city of about 11,000 which lacked a daily print newspaper. A year later, we opened the Oswego publication to serve the nearby sister city to the north. Soon, we'll begin to cover our entire county with a site that will embrace interactivity and multimedia. The publications feature top stories written by our three news and sports journalists, along with massive contributions from community agencies. Blogger at Innovation in College Media. I have worked in public relations for 12+ years; worked for two daily and one weekly newspaper in Northwest Ohio for 4+ years before that. Freelanced for a few years after the change to PR. I blog at www.mikespoints.com on PR, journalism and related topics. Radio reporter, photo-journalist, newspaper columnist, teacher, Lover I am a former journalist, author and freelance writer who publishes and speaks on modern media and new journalism trends -- specifically the changing role of the news media and what it means for both consumers and creators of news. I worked as a journalist for the Associated Press, United Press International, the Ventura County Star and Thompson Newspapers, among others. I am the author of a non-fiction book on the death penalty, and my articles and commentary are published in the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and in numerous Internet publications. I graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1989. Today I live in Orange County, Calif., with my wife, Christine, and seven-year-old daughter, Alexandra. |
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