As some of you know, I began my (paid) tv career in January 1998 as a production assistant in Fort Myers, Florida. At the time, it was...

New town, new tv stations to visit! I started my tour with WTVQ ABC36 in Lexington. Lots of grass and fences here in Lexington, even...

Ah, the age-old question: How do I find a job in media? This is one area where corporate consolidation has been beneficial. One website...

I know it's been a while, but it's been a busy transition from Fresno to Lexington! I'm now an Assistant Professor of Media Arts and...

One of my favorite classes to teach at Fresno State is actually a GE. It's fun because it is vastly different than all of my other...

CMAC is the Community Media Access Collaborative in Fresno. Fresno State partners with the organization to air a lot of our student...

The editorial side of our capstone class has 20 people this spring. It's actually over-enrolled, which I haven't seen before. Crew is...

Peter Lopez graduated from Fresno State's MCJ department in Spring 2021 with a Print/Digital specialty. Right out of college, he landed a...

Sara Roth is in charge of digital story production and publication for VERIFY, an online fact-checking operation for local television...

If you've ever been in a newsroom, you'll here some terminology that isn't part of regular everyday conversation. VO? Nat pop? Cold open?...

When people talk about local television, we toss around a lot of terminology and titles that might not be familiar. This post will cover...

This is my second term teaching the capstone, which is the editorial side of our weekly newscast, Fresno State Focus. These students...

On March 17, 2020, we pulled the plug on in-person classes because of the COVID-19 threat. It was a weird feeling to say the least. At...

After nearly 18 years in Portland, academia called and we moved to Fresno, Calif. My husband, who is also a director (again, story for...

We ran a bit of an experiment in advanced studio production this term. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of my students, it turned...

We have a fabulous studio space at Fresno State, but it wasn't being used to its fullest potential. There was a giant platform in the way...

Our colleagues at Univision21 in Fresno are awesome and are donating an old set to our studio, so I got to go meet them, see their studio...

In my first term, I was asked if I would be interested in teaching the "intro to studio" class in addition to my news-based classes....

After 20+ years in professional and student tv newsrooms, I have made the leap to full-time academia. In June 2018, I received my Ph.D....

Fresno State Focus is the weekly 30-minute newscast I get to help put on the air. My official role at this point is to teach the news...