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LEE HOOD, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor
School of
Journalism and Mass Communication
University of
Colorado
Boulder, CO
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EDUCATION
Ph.D.,
Communication, University of Colorado, 2001
Dissertation: "The Local News Audience and Sense of
Place:
A Home in the
Global Village"
Completed under
the supervision of Dr. Stewart Hoover
Master
of Arts in Journalism, University of Colorado, 1997
Bachelor of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1982
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
University of Colorado
School
of Journalism and Mass Communication
Assistant Professor, beginning Fall
2001
Full-time
Instructor, Jan. 2000-Summer 2001
Graduate Part-time Instructor, 1992 to 1999
Lead Graduate Teacher, 1998-99 academic year
Adjunct Faculty, 1990
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Department of Speech Communication, Radio, Television and Film
Adjunct Faculty, 1991-1994
COURSES TAUGHT
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO:
Jour 5514, Newsgathering for TV
Jour 4624/5624,
News Team Boulder
Jour 4354, TV Reporting
Jour 3604, Radio and TV News
Jour 3001, Reporting I
Guest Lectures:
Jour 1001, Contemporary Mass Media
Jour 2001, Mass Media Writing
Jour 3771, Mass Communication History
Jour 4321, Media Institutions and Economics
Jour 4791, Mass Communication and Public Opinion
Metropolitan State
College, Denver, CO:
Speech 445, Television News Writing
Speech 449,
Effects of Radio and TV on Contemporary Life
Speech 190,
Emerging Role of Women and People of Color in TV/Radio
OTHER TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
TV
Writing Workshop, conducted with Ed Sardella
Metropolitan State College of Denver, March 1994
JOURNALISM
EXPERIENCE
Freelance News
Producer/Writer
KCNC-TV,
Denver, 1994 to 2000;
KUSA-TV,
Denver, 1992-1994;
KWGN-TV,
Denver, 1992-1993
News Producer
KUSA-TV,
Denver, CO, 1988-1992
Produced 10 p.m. (1988-91) & 5 p.m. (1991-92) weeknight
newscasts. Special projects included 1990
Orange Bowl coverage in Miami, 1990, "9Cares,
Colorado Shares" Special, 1988 Airport Annexation Debate.
KMGH-TV,
Denver, CO, 1984-1988
Produced weekday 5
p.m., weekend 5 & 10 p.m., noon and morning newscasts, as well as weekly public
affairs program at various times during my tenure. Produced 1986 Gubernatorial
Debate and U.S. Congressional Candidate Debates.
WHNT-TV,
Huntsville, AL, 1982-84
Executive News
Producer. Oversaw production of 6 p.m. newscasts and had sole responsibility
for 10 p.m. newscasts; also anchored weekend newscasts.
KOMU-TV
(NBC), Columbia, MO, 1981-82
Producer/Reporter/Anchor. Produced 6 & 10 p.m. newscasts, anchored weekends and
noon, anchored and produced sportscasts, general assignment reporting.
Other Media
Experience
KBIA-FM
(NPR), Columbia, MO, 1981-82
Reporter/Anchor. Education beat & general assignment
reporting, sports anchoring and producing.
KGNU-FM
(NPR), Boulder, CO, 1979-80
Assistant Sports Director. Managed staff of reporters
and produced daily sports coverage. Also
anchored and reported.
Douglas County News-Press, Castle Rock, CO, 1976-80
Staff Writer.
Covered local government, police beat, politics, and features. Also served as
sports editor and weekly columnist for Elbert County edition.
JOURNALISM AWARDS
Regional Emmy,
Hard News coverage, 1990; nominated for spot
news & producing
Regional Emmy, Spot News coverage, 1989
Best
of Gannett Award for Public Service Program, 1990
Best
Newscast, Colorado Broadcasters' Association, 1986
Best
Newscast, Huntsville Press Club, 1983
ACADEMIC
PRESENTATIONS
"From Angels to
Outlaws: How children find God in visual media." Presented at the Religious
Communications Congress, Chicago, IL, March 31, 2000.
Ghosts, spirits and Schwarzenegger: Children s connections to God in mediated
culture. Presented at the Third International Conference
on Media, Religion and Culture, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 1999.
Mixed Messages:
Children Negotiating Meaning in Media Violence. Presented to the Popular
Communication Division, International Communication Association, San Francisco,
CA, May 1999.
From Unsolved
Mysteries to Walker, Texas Ranger: Children talk about God in the Media.
Presented at the conference of the International Study Commission on Media and
Religion, Boulder, CO, Jan. 22, 1999.
"Covering God on
Television: How Do the Heavenly Rate?" Invited panelist at the Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention, Baltimore, MD, 1998.
"Love, Gender and
Television News," co-authored with Don Heider. Presented in the Qualitative
Studies Division at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication Convention, Washington, D.C., 1995.
TEACHING
PRESENTATIONS
Crossing the
Great Divide: Combining Print and Broadcast in the Classroom.
Invited panelist at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention, New Orleans, LA, 1999.
Technology and
Teaching. Graduate Teacher Program summer series, June 1999.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Scholarship winner, Broadcast Education Association, 1992
Member
of Kappa Tau Alpha, Journalism Honor Society, since 1982
ACADEMIC
AFFILIATIONS
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Broadcast Education Association
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
Research Associate
for Professor Stewart Hoover for the "Media, Meaning and the Lifecourse" project
(http://www.colorado.edu/Journalism/Medialyf), 1997-1999. As a faculty member,
I remain affiliated with the project.
Research Assistant for Professor Meg Moritz, Spring 1997
TEACHER
DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
Lead Graduate
Teacher for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication for the 1998-99
academic year, coordinating teacher training activities for 33 teaching and
research assistants and graduate part-time instructors. This was a university
appointment made upon recommendations from the SJMC Dean and graduate director. I participated in
the Graduate Teacher Certification Program from 1992-99, attending more than 40
workshops on topics ranging from Engaging Students in Active Learning" to
"Motivation and Culturally Responsive Teaching" and "Internet Applications in
the Classroom".
SCHOOL SERVICE
Member of the
School's Strategic Planning Committee, impaneled by Dean Del Brinkman, beginning
Fall 2001
Member
of search committee for news-editorial position, 2000-2001
Coordinator,
Hearst Professional-in-Residence visit of Vince Gonzales, CBS News, September
2000
Sponsor, Society of Professional Journalists Student Chapter, 1996-97
(Chapter awarded Western Regional Chapter of the Year)
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Honorary Women's Basketball Coach, December 5, 2001
Student Member,
Chancellor's Task Force on Communications, 1993-94
INDUSTRY SERVICE
AEJMC,
Radio-Television Journalism Division
-- Vice Head and
Program Chair, 2001-2002
-- Teaching
Standards Chair, 2000-2001
-- Selection
Committee for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Educator, 1999-present
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