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Reed W. Smith is a professor in the Department of Communication Arts at Georgia Southern University. Following a career as a DJ, newscaster, and manager in commercial and public broadcasting, he began his teaching career at Ohio University, the institution from which he holds the PhD. He was the Multimedia Sequence Coordinator for 20 years at Georgia Southern, where he also formed and directed the Professional Media Advisory Board, has served on the American Journalism Historian Association's Board of Directors, and is the book review editor of American Journalism: A Journal of Media History. He has published multiple journal articles, two books, and a monograph, all concerning media history. The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication honored him with the Covert Award for his monograph concerning news coverage of lynchings in the US South, and his most recent book is about one of the unsung members of the renowned World War II CBS radio news team (Cecil Brown: The Murrow Boy Who Became Broadcasting's Crusader for Truth). He currently teaches courses in sports broadcasting, media ethics, history of mass communication, broadcast announcing, and audio production for journalists.

Alan R. Stephenson, PhD

Alan R. Stephenson was a Professor of Communications at John Carroll University (JCU), where he taught classes in television production and performance, supervised the JCU Media Archives, and directed the graduate program. Prior to his academic work, he spent 20 years in broadcasting and cable in virtually all phases from documentary production to performance and management. His work included regular coaching of professional talent. He authored numerous articles related to the media field.