Tom Nelson, an associate professor in the School of Communications, is working as a television news reporter as part of his summer professional development plan.
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Nelson is assigned to a seven-day stretch with KXMB-TV in Bismarck, N.D., where his duties include at least one story broadcast each night on the CBS affiliate news station.