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Tommy Booras |
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Experience |
2006-present: Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University
2004-2006: Visiting Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of
Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2001-2004 Assistant Professor of Radio/TV, Sam Houston State
University, Huntsville, TX
1999-2001 Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, McNeese State
University, Lake Charles, LA
1998-1999 Instructor of Broadcasting, Nicholls State University,
Thibodaux, LA
1993-1994 Lecturer of Journalism, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, AR
1995-1997 Sports Producer, KRIV-TV, Houston, TX
1995 News Director/Reporter/Producer, Sammons Cable,
Denton, TX
1991-1994 Reporter/fill-in announcer, KUAF-FM, Fayetteville, AR
1990-1991 Director of Operations, Moore Video Productions,
Shreveport, LA
1985-1990 Sports Videographer/Reporter, KRIV-TV, Houston, TX
1980-1985 Sports Reporter/Videographer, KTBS-TV, Shreveport, LA
1979-1980 News/Sports Videographer and Reporter, KTAL-TV, Shreveport, LA
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Education |
1993 Master of Arts in Journalism, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, AR
1979 Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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Professional Activities |
Winner of 12 broadcasting awards between 1982 and 1994 from the
Arkansas AP Broadcasters, Arkansas Society of Professional
Journalists, Houston Press Club, Louisiana AP Broadcasters, and
UPI Broadcasters of Louisiana.
Biographical entry, Marquis Who's Who in Entertainment, 1993-1994.
2003 Educator in the Newsroom Fellow, awarded by the Knight
Foundation and the Radio-Television News Directors Foundation (RTNDA).
Faculty Senator, McNeese State University, 1999-2001.
Textbook reviewer: _Sports Media: A Practical Approach_ (2004); _
Television and Radio_ _Announcing, 10th edition_ (2004).
Articles published: "Who Should Mold the Minds of Tomorrow's
Journalists?", Next Generation TV website
(www.tvspy.com/nexttv.home.cfm), 2003; "Photojournalism: Beyond
the Basic B-roll," b-roll.net (website for television
videographers), 2003.
Panel presentations: "Ideologies, Approaches, and Challenges in
Teaching TV News," Southern States Communication Association
convention, Birmingham, AL, 2003.
Papers presented: "Dealing With Convergence," Mississippi
Communication Association conference, 2006; "Making the Grade: How
Well Are Colleges and Universities Preparing Broadcast Students?",
Mississippi Communication Association convention, 2005.
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