Published: April 01, 1998
Last Updated: May 20, 1999
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ASNE on the move

Educator participants named for Knight program

The ASNE Institute for Journalism Excellence has selected 24 journalism educators who will be working at daily newspapers this summer as assignment editors, reporters, copy editors, photographers and graphic artists. The Institute, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, strengthens ties between journalism education and newspapers.

The Fellows and the newsrooms they’ll be working in from June 15 to July 24 are:

• Lori Bergen, assistant professor, Kansas State University, Manhattan; The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee.
• Glen L. Bleske, assistant professor, California State University — Chico; Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario, Calif.
• Anita M. Caldwell, assistant professor, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater; The Patriot-Ledger, Quincy, Mass.
• Hong Cheng, assistant professor, Bradley University, Peoria, Ill.; San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News.
• Laura Nan Fairley, assistant professor, Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.; The Albany (Ga.) Herald.
• Lillie M. Fears, assistant professor, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro; Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune.
• Lynne Flocke, associate professor, Syracuse University; The Oregonian, Portland.
• Julie Kay Henderson, assistant professor, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh; Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald.
• Rhonda Gibson Hester, assistant professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock; Gannett News Service, Arlington, Va.
• Randy Hines, associate professor, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City; Virgin Islands Daily News.
• Keith R. Kenney, associate professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia; The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer.
• Steven D. Koski, chairman, Department of Journalism and Communications, Point Park College, Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
• Ray Laakaniemi, associate professor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio; The Day, New London, Conn.
• Michael A. Longinow, associate professor, Asbury College, Wilmore, Ky.; The Press Enterprise, Riverside, Calif
• James E. McNay, professor, San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif.; Star-Tribune, Minneapolis.
• Beverly G. Merrick, assistant professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces; Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
• Randy Miller, associate professor, University of South Florida; Newsday.
• Catherine C. Mitchell, professor and chair, Department of Mass Communication, University of North Carolina — Asheville; The Philadelphia Inquirer.
• Burnis R. Morris, assistant professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington; The Record, Hackensack, N.J.
• Gaylon Eugene Murray, assistant professor, Grambling State University, Grambling, La.; The Dallas Morning News.
• Allen W. Palmer, assistant professor, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; The Gazette, Colorado Springs.
• Paula Quinn, associate professor, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky.; San Angelo (Texas) Standard-Times.
• Jim Stovall, professor, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Chicago Tribune
• Randall Scott Sumpter, assistant professor, Texas A&M University, College Station; San Antonio Express-News.