Coming to RU fall 2008 Appalachian Environments |
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| "I say to you, and to you, what do you hold so precious in your own circle of life that you don’t have a price on it? What would it be? For me, it’s Appalachia. For me, it’s the mountains. For me, it’s a whole way of life that they’re wiping out here, and nobody seems tocare” --- Larry Gibson shows RU journalism students the impacts of mountaintop removal mining on Kayford Mountain in central West Virginia. (Photo by Bill Kovarik) | |
| RU, Hollins, Roanoke, and Virginia Tech students are encouraged to attend the Society of Environmental Journalists conference at the Hotel Roanoke Oct 15 - 19 Student registration at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference is only $75 (as opposed to $190 for regular members). Among speakers will be Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau, ocean explorers and grandchildren of Jacques Cousteau, XM Satellite Radio's Bob Edwards, "Big Coal" author Jeff Goodell, along with Robert Bullard, Wendell Berry and Ann Pancake.
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About Prof. Kovarik:Bill Kovarik, Ph.D. isa Professor of Communication at Radford University in southwestern Virginia. He teaches science and environment writing, journalism, web design, media history and media law, among other things. Kovarik is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University (1974), the University of South Carolina (M.A., 1983) and the University of Maryland (Ph.D., 1993). His Ph.D. dissertation, The Ethyl Controversy, explored the role of the news media in protecting the public interest in a 1920s scientific controversy over leaded gasoline and safer alternatives (especially ethanol). |
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Kovarik has also served on the faculty at Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland. His professional experience as a journalist includes reporting and editing for Jack Anderson, the Associated Press, The Charleston (S.C.) Courier, The Baltimore Sun, Time-Life Books, Business Publishers and the National Center for Appropriate Technology. He is a co-author of "The Forbidden Fuel" (1982, with Hal Bernton and Scott Sklar, Mass Media and Environmental Conflict" (1996, with Mark Neuzil), and author of "Web Design for the Mass Media" (2001), Kovarik also serves as an academic representative on the board of directors and conference chair for the Society of Environmental Journalists and on the editorial board of Appalachian Voice. Here's another view of Professor K courtesy of the "Simpsonizer" Yes, even if its the End of the World as we Know it, we certainly don't want to lose our sense of humor about it all. |
Prof. K's Historical research How New York World editor Walter Lippmann rescued The Radium Girls |
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The Ethyl Conflict Henry Ford, Charles Kettering and the Fuel of the Future
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Brief history of computing and web design, presented visually, helps explain where we are now and where we are going with interactive media. (Screenshot courtesy of Bob Stepno) |
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