Jo-Ann Huff Albers, Director, School of Journalism & Broadcasting, Western Kentucky University. She came to Western in Fall 1987 After 27 years in daily newspapers that were preceded by a year in broadcasting. A broadcasting graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, she earned her master's degree in communication arts from Xavier University/Cincinnati. During 20 years at The Cincinnati Enquirer, she had a wide range of assignments that included women's news, features, environment and consumer reporting, and news editing. After serving as Kentucky Enquirer executive editor, she was editor and publisher of Sturgis Journal in Michigan and Public Opinion in Chambersburg, Pa.
Jerry Barnaby is
Director of Educational Telecommunications at Western Kentucky University. As
Director, he manages the Public Radio and Television services of Western
Kentucky University, 14 interactive distance education classrooms, two campus
cable systems, and the university TV production center. Prior to this, Mr.
Barnaby was Associate Director. In this position, which he held since 1995, he
combined the duties of TV Station Manager, Executive Producer, and Senior
Producer/Director/Writer. Mr. Barnaby defines goals and objectives for
Educational Telecommunications and directs staff.
His hands-on experience include managing the day-to-day operations at
WKYU, a PBS station, and the University’s video production house; managing
budgets and spending priorities; directing the hiring of professional staff and
the preparation of annual evaluations; developing equipment requirements; making
and recommending purchases and upgrades; developing and maintaining the
organization’s web site (www.wkyu.org); supervising and training student
production crews. Educational
Telecommunications is a department within the Information Technology Division at
Western Kentucky University. Mr. Barnaby is a member of Kentucky Broadcasting
Association Board of Directors.
A native of Bowling
Green and graduate of Western Kentucky University.
I worked at WKYU-FM as a student, then full-time for two years after
graduating. Also produced programs
for WKU's educational television department.
In 1985 I was hired by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, the main public station
there. Served as Music Director for
several years. Also produced
numerous programs for national broadcast. I
was later hired by Broadcast Architecture, a radio research and production firm
in Princeton, N.J. In addition to
radio research, I produced a daily classical music program for SDAB of Japan,
the world's first satellite digital radio service.
I also did freelance work for WFLN, the commercial classical radio
station in Philadelphia, and
did freelance grant writing for several area arts groups, including the Bach
Festival of Philadelphia. Worked as
a freelance music critic for an area newspaper, too.
In 1998 returned to Bowling Green, where I'm station manager of WKU's
public radio service.
Graduate of Syracuse
University with B.S. in Radio/Television/Film
Production and Broadcast Journalism. Worked
as news reporter for an AM radio station in Kingston, NY for 2 years
U.S. Army...Television reporter both here
in the U.S. at Ft. Devens, MA and
overseas in Istanbul, Turkey and Venice, Italy....3 years Main
news anchor producer...WITN-TV, Washinton, NC ...3 years. Moved to assignment
manager/assistant news director...2 years. News
Director...KCAU-TV, Sioux City, IA...1 year News
Director...WHBF-TV, Rock Island, IL...4 years News
Director...WBKO-TV, Bowling Green, KY...2 years Now
working as partner in commercial printing/publishing company in
Bowling Green (Print Media). Served
as executive editor "The Meeting Place"
magazine...2 years. While
at WBKO worked with Terry Likes on the student TV newscast (consultant) and
guest lecturer on broadcast news. Also
served as guest lecturer at colleges in the other markets where I worked
including East Carolina University in Greenville, NC and Augustana College in
Moline, IL.
Barbara Deeb is a
veteran radio and television journalist with extensive experience in electronic
media. For the past decade she has
hosted and produced the weekly Public Affairs program OUTLOOK and the Emmy award
winning MAINSTREET for WKYU-PBS in Bowling Green.
She serves as co-anchor of statewide election coverage for KET- Kentucky
Educational Television, and regularly hosts special programs for same.
She has worked as a news anchor for WBKO-TV where she anchored the
nightly six and ten p.m. news for seven years.
Prior to that she worked in radio news in both the Public and Private
sector. She has studied her craft
abroad, working with ZDF, Second German Television in Mainz, West Germany, and
has served as a trainer for the Internews, Inc group our of Washington, D. C.
training journalists from emerging democracies. Deeb is a graduate of Purdue University, active in her
community and Spends much of
her free time raising her three children.
I graduated from
Western with a BS in Marketing in 1989. I
have been employed at WKYU since May 1989 working first as Operations
Supervisor, then as Assistant Program Manager. My responsibilities include
supervision of the Traffic Department, coordinating development of continuity
strategies, assisting the Program
Manager with program schedule development, and developing and maximizing
outreach opportunities (KidsDay) by working with community partners.
My professional affiliations include Staff Council representative and
Alpha Phi Omega.
I am a 23 year old
senior from Louisville, KY. My
major at Western is Broadcast News. Past
media experience includes production of a 30 minute weekly show for WAVE-TV and
I worked as a photographer for WLKY-TV, both in Louisville.
I currently am entering my sixth month as station manager for WWHR-FM
after working five months as the stations' news director.
I stay busy with two other part-time jobs. I work for WBKO-TV here in Bowling Green and I am a part-time
news anchor for WHAS-AM in Louisville.
Linda
Gerofsky
Linda Gerofsky is
the Station Manager for WKYU-PBS, a public broadcasting television station
licensed to Western Kentucky University. She has over 15 years of experience as
a broadcast journalist, producer and scriptwriter.
She has produced and reported news for several commercial TV stations,
produced educational videos and documentaries for two other universities and
worked for several non-profit agencies. Linda
is originally from Canada and studied journalism at Carleton University in
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her extensive international travel experience includes
Asia, Mexico, the Caribbean, Venezuela and southern Africa and she lived in
South Africa just prior to moving to Bowling Green in 2000.
Jeanine
Howard-Cherry serves as the Assistant News Director of Western Kentucky
University’s Public Radio Service. She
takes pride in the national, state and local awards WKYU-FM has received for her
coverage of breaking news stories, sound-rich features, and intriguing
interviews. As one of three
full-time news professionals, Jeanine writes, produces and anchors the news
magazine program, The Midday Edition, and the drive-time afternoon newscast.
While she appreciates the freedom and style of public radio, she also
understands the challenges of commercial radio news.
Prior to her 13-year commitment to WKYU-FM, Jeanine worked two years as
the morning news anchor/reporter for WKCT/WDNS in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She
earned a Masters of Arts in Communication at Western Kentucky University and
holds her Baccalaureate Degrees in Broadcasting and Government.
Pete
Kirchoff
My responsibilities
are to solicit on-air underwriting support for our public radio and television
stations from Kentucky businesses and organizations, and service existing
underwriting accounts. Prior to moving to Bowling Green, KY with my fiancée in
2000, I spent thirteen years at a public radio station in Southampton, NY, where
I served as underwriting manager from 1987-2000, on-air jazz host, and interim
general manager in 1997. In addition to my underwriting development duties at
Western's Public Broadcasting, I host Jazz Avenue, a weekly two-hour jazz
program which airs every Saturday night on WKYU-FM. I am also attending Western
Kentucky University towards a degree in Communication Arts.
Jin Lee graduated
from the University of Missouri-Columbia Journalism School, where she
specialized in investigative reporting. She
is currently a Korean journalist and author of four books about U.S. current
affairs. Her latest work concerns
the 2002 Korean presidential election.
Dr. Terry Likes has taught Broadcast Journalism at Western Kentucky University since 1988. In 2001 he was one of 20 Professors nationwide to participate in the Radio/TV News Directors Foundation “Excellence in Journalism Education” program. He was part of a faculty fellowship at WTHR-TV NBC Indianapolis. In 2000 he produced a 30 minute television documentary on “The state of American
television news”
which featured, among others, interviews with three network White House
correspondents (the program won first place from The National Press Club).
His 1999 radio documentary, "The state of the news business:
Traditional versus Tabloid" aired in Washington, DC., Tampa, Detroit and
St. Louis and features interviews
with NBC's Jane Pauley and CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
In 1998 he produced another documentary entitled: Global Weather Events
which aired in Tampa, Washington, D.C., Vancouver, Savannah and other markets.
Both radio documentaries won first place honors from the Broadcast
Education Association and first place and an honorable mention from the
Associated Press. He has also
produced an instructional video, "Internships: Opening the door to your
first broadcasting job" which appears in the catalog of Bonus Books.
From 1995-1997, Likes worked with WKYU-TV as a fill-in basketball
announcer. In 1992 and 1993,
Likes provided weekly political and media commentary for WSMV-TV in Nashville,
Tennessee. Prior to WKU, Likes was
a reporter with WFIE-TV NBC in Evansville, Indiana.
Before WFIE, Likes earned the 1986 Best Radio Feature report and in 1987
won excellence in investigative reporting from the Kentucky Associated Press
while with WVJS/WSTO/WVJS-TV in Owensboro, KY.
He is the author of numerous articles pertaining to radio and television.
Likes earned his doctorate at the University of Kentucky.
He attended Southern Methodist University (SMU-then the #2 team in the
U.S.) for two years and was a placekicker on the 1983 Cotton Bowl team.
He holds a BA from Maryville University-St. Louis and has a Masters
Degree from Western Kentucky University.
Josh Nelson is a
graduate of Western Kentucky University.
He was communications director for the Kentucky Attorney General’s race
in 1995, a reporter for WKCT/WDNS, a reporter for WKYU Public Radio at Western
Kentucky University and news director at policast.com.
He is currently Assistant House Manager at TPAC in Nashville
Dr. Paula Quinn,
associate professor of journalism has been teaching basic reporting, editing and
feature and editorial writing at Western Kentucky University for 16 years. She
has a B.A. in journalism and music from Wayne State University and an M.A. and
Ph.D. in English and psychology from the University of Toledo and feels it is
imperative that the education of those in any field of communication must have
both breadth and depth. Quinn has
worked full time as a general assignment reporter, feature and magazine writer,
and drama and theater reviewer and columnist for The Blade in Toledo, Ohio. She
has freelanced as a reporter, magazine writer and columnist for the Detroit
News, the Associated Press, The Courier-Journal and the Tennessean She has
written two books: Writing to Heal and Shadow on My Soul: Overcoming
Addiction to Suicide. First published in English, Shadow is now in
its second printing in Mandarin, Chinese.
Terry J. Reagan is
the Director of Development for Western's Public Broadcasting Service.
In his 12th year at Western, Terry is responsible for management of all
aspects of fundraising and outreach activities for the public radio service and
public television station of Western Ky University.
Terry is a life-long resident of Warren county, an alumni of WKU and
resides on his family farm in Warren County with his wife Carla and their two
children, Kristy and Jason.
Johna
Rodgers
1995-1998
- Mississippi State University-Meridian - Meridian, MS - B.S., Business
Management, Magna cum Laude.
1979-80;
1992-98
Meridian Community College
Meridian, MS
2001-Present
- Grant Writer, Green River Reg. Ed. Cooperative - Successfully written
$1,050,000 in grants
1987–1992
- The Meridian Star - Meridian, MS - Award-winning reporter, columnist and
photographer
Renee Shaw is a
producer/reporter for Kentucky Educational Television where she has been
employed since 1997. He duties include producing, writing, editing and hosting
Legislative Coverage; co-producer of KET's longest running public affairs
program Comment on Kentucky; reporter for KET's Monday night issues forum
Kentucky Tonight; and producer of special and interstitial public affairs
programs. Shaw graduated from
Western Kentucky University with a Masters in Communications in 1996, and earned
Bachelors of Arts degrees in Government and Broadcasting in 1994. While at
Western, the Tennessee native received top honors from the Kentucky Associated
Press and the Society of Professional Journalists for her work at WKYU-FM.
At 19, I dropped out
of Madisonville Community College when I was named news director at WFMW,
Madisonville, while working weekends at
WROZ, Evansville. At 20, I made
news director at WSON/WKDQ, Henderson.
Shortly after turning 21, I got fired from a reporting job at WLAP,
Lexington. I joined the army,
worked two years of a 22-year career as news and ENG director at AFN-Wurzburg,
the rest as a tank commander, tank platoon sergeant, tank company first sergeant
and operations sergeant for the world's largest cavalry squadron. I commanded a 63-ton M1A1 plow tank that burst into
flames during the allied invasion of Iraq, but brought my crew home safely.
While on recruiting duty in Des Moines, I worked weekends at KXLQ,
Indianola. I'm now weekend news
anchor at WKCT/WDNS, Bowling Green. I also report for The College Heights Herald
and string for the Associated Press. I
am presently the only reporter in Kentucky with both combat experience and
United Nations' peacekeeping
experience. I recently completed a series of interviews with all seven members
of the Kentucky Supreme Court
1980-2000:
Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University.
Positions served at WKU: Director of Public Radio; Interim Director,
Educational Television Services; Director, Public Broadcasting
& Educational Telecommunications; Interim Vice President, Information
Technology. 1979-80:
Assistant Administrator, Comprehensive Developmental Centers, Indiana.
1978-80: Farming, Chalmers, Indiana. 1976-78: Station Manager, WBHM,
Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham. 1960-76:
Producer, Assistant Program Manager-WTIC AM/FM, Program Director, WTIC-FM,
Hartford, Connecticut. 1958-60:
Production/Operations, WCCC, Hartford. Education:
B.A., Sociology, Syracuse University; M.Ed, Gerontology, Western Kentucky
Univ.
I graduated from WKU in 1999, with a degree in broadcasting. During my student years, I had worked as a news intern and part-time worker at Western's Public Radio. I also worked as a part-time news anchor at WSM-FM in Nashville, which convinced me that I never, ever wanted to work in commercial radio again. Since graduation, I've worked as an anchor/reporter for Western's Pubic Radio. In July of 2000, I took over the morning drive-time news responsibilities. I traveled to Indonesia for two weeks of Internews training in February. I helped co-present sessions in Jakarta and at site visits to stations in Bali and Lombok.