Author Archives: Tim Bajkiewicz

Hofstra University Professor and Department Chair Bob Papper wins 2012 Bliss Award

By Gary Hanson, Kent State University Electronic News Division Head Professor Robert Papper of Hofstra University has been named the recipient of the 2012 Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education. The award is presented annually by the … Continue reading

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Tuggle wins Bliss Award

By Nancy McKenzie Dupont, Mississippi Bliss Award Chair Dr. C.A. “Charlie” Tuggle of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been selected the 2011 recipient of the Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education. This award … Continue reading

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Tweeting May Be Reporting, But It’s Not Citizen Journalism…Or Journalism

By Tim Bajkiewicz, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University It’s fitting that I first saw the article on my Facebook feed, “How 4 people & their social network turned an unwitting witness to bin Laden’s death into a citizen journalist” by Poynter … Continue reading

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Research Paper Call for 2011 AEJMC Conference

RTVJ invites you to submit original research on any aspect of broadcast journalism or electronic communication with a journalism emphasis. The division welcomes a variety of subjects and methodological approaches. There is no special call for papers on a specific … Continue reading

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New Year, New Lease on Both Life and News

By Tim Bajkiewicz, Virginia Commonwealth University Doral Chenoweth III, a photographer with The Columbus Dispatch, made Ted Williams an overnight Internet sensation when his video of the homeless man with the great voice went viral. (See the newspaper’s special report … Continue reading

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