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Home: 719 Great Plains Court Fort Collins, Colorado 80526 (970) 282-0084 e-mail: champj@ucsu.colorado.edu 1995-Present University of Colorado - Boulder School of Journalism and Mass Communication Major Professor: Dean Stewart Hoover Doctoral Candidate Dissertation Title: Symbolism, Media, and Nature: The Contestation of Environmental Meaning Expected degree date: Dec 2000. 1993 M.A. University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication Major Professor: Dr. James Baughman Thesis Title: Strategy at the Expense of an Issue: Local TV Coverage of Vietnam's Antiwarriors. 1985 B.A. University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication Major: Journalism RESEARCH: Assistant investigator on the “Symbolism, Media, and the Lifecourse” project—an ethnographic research study under the direction of Professor Stewart Hoover that seeks to better understand how people make meanings and the role of media in that process. Specific interests include understanding the role of media in the process of environmental meaning construction and maintenance. PUBLICATIONS: I am co-authoring Accounting for the Media: The Making of Family Identity, the first in what is expected to be several books presenting the results of the “Symbolism, Media, and the Lifecourse” project. Dr. Stewart Hoover is the principle author of the first book. I will be responsible for writing two chapters. A January 2001 publication date is expected. I will co-author a second book on media and the religious identity of families, as well as a third book related to the practical issues of our methodology. Co-authored chapter of a forthcoming book with Dr. Stewart Hoover. Edited by Dr. Martin Marty and Dr. Larry Greenfield, the book is concerned with religion and civil discourse grounded in a study of the events surrounding the 1994 United Nations Conference on Population and Development. The editors asked us to account for the role of the media in events before, during, and after the conference. Many participants complained that media coverage of the so-called “war” between the Pope and Vice President Gore (which many felt to be a media creation) hijacked the conference. We explored the possibility that media coverage, at the most, actually shaped what occurred at Cairo, and at the least, limited public education. ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS: Panelist. International Conference on Media, Religion and Culture. Title: Finding Transcendence in Nature: Thoughts on the Intersection of Religion, the Environment, and Media. Edinburgh, Scotland. July 21-25, 1999. Competitive paper. Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Title: Seeding The Boundary: A Family’s Defense Against Media And Greater Culture. San Francisco, CA. May 27-31, 1999. Panelist. 49th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Title: Media and the Meaning Making of Environmental Families: A Constructivism- Differentiation Model. San Francisco, CA. May 27-31, 1999. Panelist. International Study Commission on Media, Religion, and Culture. Title: Pondering the 'Depthness' of Evil: One Family's Constructive use of 'Millennium'. Boulder, Colorado. January 21-24, 1999. Invited Paper presented at The State Historical Society of Wisconsin's 1994 Founders Day Program. Title: Strategy at the Expense of an Issue: Local TV Coverage of Vietnam’s Antiwarriors. Madison, WI. February 26, 1994. Competitive Paper presented at The State Historical Society of Wisconsin's “Toward a History of the 1960s” conference. Title: Strategy at the Expense of an Issue: Local TV Coverage of Vietnam’s Antiwarriors. Madison, WI. May 1, 1993. Competitive Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications' Annual Convention. History Division. Title: Strategy at the Expense of an Issue: Local TV Coverage of Vietnam’s Antiwarriors. Montreal, Canada. August 6, 1992. Competitive Paper. Midwest Journalism History Conference. Title: To Be Seen and Not Heard: Local TV News Coverage of the Madison Antiwar Movement During Vietnam. The University of Wisconsin - Madison. April 11, 1992. ACADEMIC AWARDS: May, 1999 University of Colorado-Boulder Fellowship, award to study the role of environmental reporters in the creation and maintenance of environmental meaning. Funding based on academic excellence, as well as the creative and theoretical potential of proposed project. April, 1998 University of Colorado-Boulder Fellowship, award to study the role of environmental reporters in the creation and maintenance of environmental meaning. Funding based on academic excellence, as well as the creative and theoretical potential of proposed project. April, 1998 Inducted, Kappa Tau Alpha, a journalism fraternity, for academic and educational excellence. March, 1995 Awarded a four year fellowship for doctoral studies, University of Colorado - Boulder, School of Journalism and Mass Communication Research. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Summer, 1998 News Writing. Colorado State University Department of Journalism and Technical Communication. Taught basic principles of print, broadcast, and public relations writing in this introductory news writing course. (CSU does not average an instructor grade) Fall, 1997 Radio and TV News. University of Colorado School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Taught basic principles of broadcast reporting in this beginning level broadcast reporting course, including: reporting, writing to video, graphics. (Instructor Grade: A+) Summer, 1997 Business Communication. Colorado State University Department of Journalism and Technical Communication. Taught basic principles of business communication, business letter and publication formats, including: writing memos, letters, reports, business presentations. (CSU does not average an instructor grade) Spring, 1997 Newsteam. University of Colorado School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Taught principles of advanced TV news broadcasting in the school’s capstone course, including: writing, editing, videography, reporting, producing, news and sports anchoring skills. (Instructor Grade: A+) Fall, 1996 TV Reporting. University of Colorado School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Taught principles of TV reporting in this intermediate level course, including: reporting, writing, videography, editing. (Instructor Grade: A+) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Member: Popular Communication Interest Group of the International Communication Association (ICA) Member: Society of Environmental Journalists. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: May 1987-January 1995. Reporter/News Anchor/Host. WISC-TV. Madison Wisconsin’s CBS affiliate. uary 1991-January 1995. Co-created and Anchored “News 3 This Morning,” hour long news and public affairs program February 1986-May 1987. Reporter/News and Sports Anchor/Talk Show Host. KAAL- TV. Austin, Minnesota's ABC affiliate. July 1984-January 1985. Public Relations Assistant. The Green Bay Packers. Summers-Holidays 1983/84. Reporter/Photographer. The Ashwaubenon, Howard, Suamico Press. Green Bay, Wisconsin area weekly newspaper. PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: 1995 National Telly Award for Distinguished Television. “The Wisconsin: River of a Thousand Isles.” 45 minute documentary on the divisive history of the Wisconsin River. 1993 National Emmy Nomination. “Our Family Tree.” Half hour documentary on successful family relationships. 1991 The Scripps-Howard Foundation, Finalist, National Journalism Awards. “Thunder in the North.” Half hour documentary on efforts to locate an open pit copper/gold mine in Northern Wisconsin. 1990 Associated Press, First Place, Documentary, Division 2. “Thunder in the North.” 1990 Northwest Broadcast News Association, First Place, Documentary, Medium Market. “Thunder in the North.” 1990 Milwaukee Press Club, Honorable Mention, Best Documentary or News Special of Current Significance Showing Enterprise and/or Social Awareness. “Thunder in the North.” 1988 United Press International, Wisconsin, In-Depth Reporting. “Gangs in Beloit.” Series on the spread and efforts to curtail gangs in Beloit, Wisconsin. 1986 Associated Press, Minnesota, First Place, In-Depth Reporting. “Working the Black Waters.” Series on life aboard a Mississippi towboat. |