April 18, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - For the second year in a row, Western Kentucky University broadcasting faculty member Terry Likes has won a coveted Edward R. Murrow award presented by the Radio/TV News Directors Association for his documentary “Music and War” that aired on WKYU-FM.
The report about how music shapes people’s opinions about war also won a prestigious Broadcast Education Association Best of Festival award for overall excellence. It is Likes’ third Best of Competition award and sixth overall from the BEA. He has won more than a dozen awards in the last 10 years.
Likes also has won a national fellowship to attend a Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy in June at Louisiana State University. The fellowship brings together up-and-coming professionals and scholars with seasoned administrators to share strategies and insights and to learn from university leaders about the challenges and rewards of heading an academic program in journalism and mass communication. Organized and hosted by LSU’s Manship School of Mass Communication and funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Academy will take place June 1-5.
In September Likes has been invited to deliver two seminars (on resume writing and TV storytelling) at the Society of Professional Journalists conference in Atlanta. He has also just completed another in-depth report entitled “The Comedy of Politics: No Laughing Matter” which aired on WKYU-FM on April 3. He was later interviewed about this program for an article published April 13 in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Last semester, Likes attended a workshop at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies for multimedia training. Also in 2007, Likes won two awards for his documentary on “The Changing Faces of the Evening News.” The honors included a regional RTNDA Edward R. Murrow award and a national Broadcast Education Award. Likes has taught at WKU for the last 20 years. During these years he has also won awards from the Associated Press and National Press Club.
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For information, contact Terry Likes at (270) 745-2007.
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