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My ExpertiseMy Expertise
Area(s) of expertise:
Writing, speaking, working the system
Summary of expertise:
Writer of 3,000 articles and four books; speaker and educator; distinguished scholar at World Journalism Institute and distinguished visiting professor at The King's College
Blog/Web site:
www.featurewriting.net
White paper/research:
Book out now on the handwritten newspapers of a Civil War-era journalist who took on the printing press -- and failed.
Books/articles published:
FeatureWriting.Net 2005; Jesus Newspaper 2002; Yesterday's Waynesboro 1994; Worship in Franklin County 1991. See www.handwrittennewspapers.com, www.michaelraysmith.com
Awards/associations/memberships:
Honored as alum of the year in 2008 at Shippensburg University; honored as one of the 50 alums in 2008 at Prince George's Community College; honored by Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Prior media experience:
10 years as reporter and editor for mainstream newspapers; popular speaker at writing conferences.
Educational background:
Ph.D. 1999; M.A. 1986; B.S. 1977
Story interests:
Media and religion; interactive media; media and politics; media and business.
References:
Dr. John S. Nichols, professor emeritus, former associate dean for graduate studies and research head of the Department of Film/Video and Media Studies, 201 C. Carnegie Building, University Park, PA 16802, (814) 865-3065, Jsn2@psu.edu Dr. David Sloan (retired), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, (205) 934-4011, wmdsloan@bellsouth.net Dr. Stephen Perry, editor, Mass Communication and Society, associate professor and mass communication area coordinator, School of Communication, Campus Box 4480, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4480, sdperry@ilstu.edu, (309) 438-7339, cell: (309) 826-4808 Dr. Brad L. Nason, associate professor of mass communications, Pennsylvania College of Technology, One College Avenue, Williamsport, PA 17701, (570) 326-3761, bnason@pct.edu Author of best-selling books, popular press: Cecil Murphey, 4297 Tucker North Ct., Atlanta, GA 30084-3632, (770) 270-9883, Cec_Haraka@msn.com Media professional: Gordon Freireich, The Newton Group, P.O. Box 3682, York, PA 17402-3682, Gordon@newtongroup.com Colleague: Manny Garcia, editor, The Miami Herald, One Herald Plaza, Miami, FL 33132-1693, MaGarcia@miamiherald.com, (305) 376-3445 Dr. Ed Johnson, Campbell University, Department of Mass Communication, P.O. Box 130, Buies Creek, NC 27506, johnsone@campbell.edu, (910) 814-4329
Special requests:
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