Paul Daugherty

Paul Daugherty
The Broadcasting sequence has welcomed back documentary producer Paul Daugherty (MA '93) as an instructor at the School this fall.

Daugherty teaches Principles of Television Production and is responsible for quality control of the "NewsTeam Boulder" cablecasts. He began as an adjunct instructor in 2003, teaching Advanced Video Editing. This fall he became the regular instructor for TV1 and the co-instructor on NewsTeam.

"A lot of my motivation is trying to be there for students and to help them build a strong foundation that they can draw upon when they enter the work force," he said.

"I want to get students to think outside the box and know that they can do better than what we're seeing on TV today, that the industry can do better."

Daugherty began his career as an air operations engineer for Denver PBS station KRMA-TV while getting his master's degree at the School.

After graduating, he said he became an associate producer at KRMA working on historical documentaries. He was promoted to producer-director, becoming responsible for studio productions of public-affairs and cultural shows including election debates.

He won an Emmy in 1998 for the Web-based "Colorado.now" that covered topics from first-year teachers to welfare mothers.

Among other things, Daugherty said he has produced nature-related shows for children, a documentary on the Denver Zoo and educational videos for NASA, including episodes of the Web-based interactive series "Space Class."

Sandra Fish

Sandra Fish
Multifaceted reporter and editor Sandra Fish joined the faculty this fall as a full-time News-Editorial instructor. She said she plans to give her students a taste of newsroom standards.

"I like the fast pace of a newsroom and the variety. You never know what's going to happen next. I'm hoping to inject some of that into my classes by trying to do some assignments geared off the news," she said.

Fish graduated from Iowa State University with bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science in 1979 and received her master's degree in political science from ISU in 1984.

She worked at the The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville and the Orlando Sentinel before moving to Colorado 12 years ago to join the Boulder Daily Camera.

"Florida is a great place to work in newspapers; everything is so corrupted," Fish said.

At various times, Fish served as editor of the Camera's "FIT" health and fitness section, covered the Colorado legislature, worked as assistant features editor and most recently was presentation editor.

This fall she is teaching the graduate Newsgathering 1 class, Reporting 2 and News Editing. Fish has previously taken time off from the Camera to teach at the School, giving her a welcome perspective on some of her former charges' budding careers.

"It was really fun to see former students do internships in the newsroom," she said about her return to the Camera.

Fish continues to write her "Fish Out of Water" column for the Camera.

Paul Daugherty

Michelle P. Fulcher
After a 25-year career in journalism as a reporter and editor, Michelle P. Fulcher ('78) returned to the School full-time this fall as an instructor and the Campus Press adviser.

Told that Bylines would be running a story about her hiring, she replied by e-mail, "Oh, my. You know how reporters hate being interviewed!"

But interviews are nothing new for a journalist who has been in the business for 25 years. Fulcher started as a business reporter for the Colorado Springs Gazette and eventually moved to The Denver Post, where she covered the State House for a year, then worked on reporting projects.

After years as a reporter, Fulcher became an editor.

"I started getting restless and decided I wanted to try editing. Rather than be narrowly focused on my stories, I wanted to help people develop their story ideas so we could have good coverage," she said.

During her time as deputy metropolitan editor at the Post, Fulcher said she was part of the team working on the Columbine shootings, coverage that won a Pulitzer Prize. She was later named the Posts's national editor.

"It is a big challenge for me to work with all the (Campus Press) students. They have a lot of passionate energy; it's pretty much their creation. I want to work really hard on developing the Campus Press online presence to realistically duplicate what people see in a newsroom," she said.

"After 25 years (in newspapers), I got tired of the calls at midnight and 5 a.m. and sometimes not being able to sleep in between those times," Fulcher said.