News Division
The News division's goals are to provide the scholar, the media practitioner and the citizen with a better understanding of the role and functions of the broadcast journalist in a free society. They seek to improve communication and understanding among working professionals, scholars and the public concerning broadcast journalism. These goals are achieved through sponsorship and encouragement of scholarly teaching and inquiry in the areas of radio and television journalism and through support of teaching and public service activities supporting free expression as stated by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Division Bylaws | Division Website
Leadership
Jared L. Johnson, Chair
Brigham Young University
306 BRMB
Provo, UT 84602
Office: 801-422-1528 | jared.johnson@byu.edu
Lurene Kelley, Vice Chair
University of Memphis
3711 Veterans
Memphis, TN 38152
Office: 901-246-3368 | LKelley@memphis.edu
Mary Blue, Research Chair
Tulane University
219 Newcomb Hall
New Orleans, LA 70115
Office: 504-862-3039
Email: mblue@tulane.edu
Tom Hallaq, Newsletter Editor/Webmaster
Idaho State University
1800 S Grant AveApt B35
Pocatello, ID 83204-3566
Office: 208-282-6453 | halltom@isu.edu
Trina T. Creighton, Faculty News Chair
University of Nebraska @ Lincoln
Journalism Sequence
140 Andersen Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0466
Office: (402) 472-4796 | tcreighton2@unl.edu
Brent M. Foster, Student Radio Chair
California State University-Fullerton
Department of Communications
CP 460-18
PO Box 6846
Fullerton, CA 92834-6846
Office: (657) 278-3958 | Fax: (657) 278-2209 | bfoster@Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU
Sara Magee, Student TV Feature News Chair
Assistant Professor
Loyola University Maryland
4501 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21210
Office: (410) 617-2242 | scmagee@loyola.edu
Diane Guerrazzi, Student Television Hard News Chair
San Jose State University
School of Journalism & Mass Communications
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0055
Phone: (408) 924-3289 | Fax (408) 924-3229 | diane.guerrazzi@sjsu.edu
G. Stuart Smith, Student Television Talent Chair
121 Dempster Hall
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11544
Office: 516-463-4270 | jrngss@hofstra.edu
Rick Sykes, Student Television Newscast Chair (airing 4 or 5 days per week)
340 Moore Hall
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
Office: 989-774-3894 | sykes1wr@cmich.edu
Rick Ricioppo, Student Television Newscast Chair (airing 3 days or less per week)
Stony Brook University
School of Journalism
3384 SUNY
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3384
Office: (631) 632-1073 | Fax: (631) 632-7550 | richard.ricioppo@stonybrook.edu