Rich Landesberg, assistant professor in the School of Communications at Elon University, has been named a 2005 Educator in the Newsroom Fellow by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation. His host station is KIVI-TV in Nampa, Idaho.
Now in its sixth year, EIN Fellowships place broadcast journalism professors in radio or television newsrooms for a month-long work experience each summer.
Educators get hands-on experience and training in current practices, new technologies and issues confronting today’s journalists. News managers benefit from fresh perspectives on daily newsroom practices and an extra set of knowledgeable eyes, ears and hands during the summer. Students benefit as well when their professors return to the classroom with a firsthand view of what skills news directors will demand for that first job.
For six years the Educator in the Newsroom project has been generously funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.