About Me

I observe the world, reach conclusions, and this blog is about sharing my insights. Sometimes it is politics.  Sometimes media.  Sometimes science or other things. My eclectic subject matter stems from my background:

I am an emeritus professor of mass communication/electronic media at Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska. USA (tenured full professor before retirement).  I taught audio/radio and video/TV courses, writing, marketing communications, photojournalism, media management, communication law, and film criticism, among other subjects.

I have 70+ published or accepted scholarly publications/presentations. My academic papers have been cited by other authors over 2,800 times.

My INTJ personality and background make me particularly suited for strategic planning and seeing the secondary and tertiary ramifications of policy decisions, as well as my years as an award-winning working journalist, exercising news judgment, asking pointed questions, and presenting information in a form that is engaging to the audience, yet balanced and factually accurate.

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