The Resume of

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Journalism / Mass Communication Research, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill. (December 1991). Dissertation: Local Journalist and Public Official Attitudes Toward Media Freedoms in the Context of Socio-Cultural Integration.

M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia (May 1979).

B.A. from Lehman College of the City University of New York. Major: English, with emphasis on journalistic writing and reporting (January 1977).


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Full Professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky (August 1984 to present). Instructional emphases: broadcast news writing, reporting, and production; research methods in mass communication; communications theory; media literacy; use of the World Wide Web in mass communications.  Past adviser to student-produced public affairs and news TV programming telecast on local cable facility.

Evening News Producer for WLUK-TV, Channel 11, Green Bay, Wisconsin (July 1982 - July 1984). In charge of 6 p.m. newscasts, including editorial decisions and supervision of reporters, photographers, and tape editors. Responsible for show's content, timing, and scripts. Also a producer of two half-hour documentaries.

College Instructor at St. Norbert College, Green Bay (Spring 1984). Taught media writing in the Communications Department as adjunct.

News Producer for WDTN-TV, Channel 2, Dayton, Ohio. Produced 11 p.m. weeknight newscasts, as well as related shows (1981 - 1982).

Congressional Press Secretary for Rep. Allen Ertel (D-17-PA) (1980 - 1981). Responsible for all Washington, D.C. office press functions, including the arrangement of news conferences; the handling of media relations via telephone, mail, and in person; the production of weekly radio programs and newspaper columns "from the congressman"; and the determination and execution of videotaped reports for Central Pennsylvania television stations. Handled much press in the wake of Three Mile Island, which is within the 17th District.

Evening News Producer for WNCT-TV, Greenville, North Carolina (1979 - 1980). Duties included supervision and production of 6 and 11 p.m. weekday news programs, as well as weekend reporting. Served in management capacity in lieu of the news director.

General Assignment and Beat Reporter for KOMU-TV, Columbia, Missouri (1978 - 1979). Worked education, science, and health beats. Also shot, edited and assembled reports for broadcast using both 16 mm. film and 3/4" videotape. Produced newscasts for KOMU, part-time.

News Reporter and Master Control Operator for KBIA-FM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Columbia, Missouri (1978 - 1979). Did street reporting, studio production, and worked solo shifts in classical and jazz music programs. Possess Third-Class FCC operator's license.

News Reporter and News Editor for Meridian , the student newspaper of Herbert Lehman College, New York City, as an undergraduate. Meridian print run exceeded 10,000 per week.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES (1990- current)

Dillon, John (2008). "Journalism from Scratch: Development of a Mass Communications College Curriculum in Central Ukraine," Feedback Vol. 49:3, published by the Broadcast Educators' Association, online (pp. 29-33) .

Dillon, John (2006). "The Use of Modern Cinema and Student Role-Playing in Higher Education," The Murray State University Teaching Chronicles of CTLT, Edition # 2 (Fall).

Dillon, John (2005).  An Instrumental Web Community, chapter segment in "Mass Media, an Aging Population and the Baby Boomers," J. Lipschultz and M. Hilt (eds.). N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Dillon, John and Jeremy McKeel (2005). "Political Nihilism, Alternative Media and the 2004 Presidential Election," Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education, Volume 5, Issue 2 (May)

Perry, Stephen, John F. Dillon and Arnold Wolfe (2005). "Instructor's Manual and Test Bank for N. Medoff & B. Kaye's Electronic Media: Then, Now and Later." Boston: Pearson Education Pub.

Dillon, John (2003).  "The World Wide Web and Life Contentment Issues Among Older Internet Users," Journal of American and Comparative Cultures, 25:4 (pp. 290-297).

White, H. Allen and  John F. Dillon (2000). "Knowledge About Others' Reaction to a Public Service Announcement: The Impact of Self-Persuasion and Third-Person Perception," Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. Vol. 77, #4 (pp. 788-803).

Dillon, John (2000). "Figuring the New Madrid," feature article about the mid-American New Madrid Seismic Zone, The Louisville Courier Journal Science Forum, March 13 (p. A-9).

Dillon, John (1998) .  "Getting to Know You: News Managers Characterize Their Interviewing Techniques," Radio-Television News Directors' Association Communicator, May (pp. 49-50).

Dillon, John F. and Eric C. Covil (1998). "What Journalists, Judges and the Public Consider Defamatory," Newspaper Research Journal, Vol. 19, #2 (pp. 47-63).

Dillon, John F. (1997). "Contradictory Impressions of Libel," Editor & Publisher, Sept. 27
(pp. 64; 48).

Tesgim, Saovanee and John F. Dillon (1996). "Advertiser Influence Upon Editorial Content in Local Television News: Small- and Large-Market Comparisons," Journal of Mediated Communication, Vol. 11, # 4, Dec. (pp. 19-35).

Dillon, John (1996). "Together Again: Co-Location on the Rise in Electronic News," Radio-Television News Directors' Association Communicator, October (pp. 83- 85).

Dillon, John and Robert H. Lochte (1996). "The Use of 'Person-on-the-Street' Interviews in Local Television News," BEA Feedback, Vol. 37, # 1 (pp. 19-21).

Dillon, John (1996). "Taking Out the Trash (TV)," invited article for The Alpha Chi Recorder Alumni Issue (national honor society), Vol. 39, # 1 (pp. 10-13).

Dillon, John F. and Glenn Tanner (1995). "Dimensions of Career Burnout Among Educators," Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Vol. 50, #2 (pp. 4-13).

Dillon, John F. and Travers Houck (1995). "Community Leader Reactions to the South Florida Television Local Marketing Agreement," Feedback, Vol. 36, #2 (pp. 9-13).

Haney, Roger D., Dillon, John and H. Allen White (1995). "The Effects of News Mix on Primary Election Coverage," Journal of Mediated Communication, Vol. 10, #1 (pp. 21-34).

Dillon, John F., Roger D. Haney and H. Allen White (1994). "Television, Family Values and Cultural Conflict," Journal of Mediated Communication, Vol. 9, #3 (pp. 1-16).

Dillon, John and Sheila Crifasi (1993). "A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Cultural Learning Through Cable Television," Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, Vol. 1, #1.

Dillon, John (1993). "Public Official and Journalist Views Toward Media Freedoms," News Computing Journal, Vol. 9, #1.

Dillon, John (1992). "Using C-SPAN Programming to Introduce Students to the World of Journalism," C-SPAN in the Classroom's Professor's News (December).

Haney, Roger and John Dillon (1991). "'News Mix' and the Duplication of Crime Stories," News Computing Journal, Vol. 7, #3 (pp. 1-14).

Dillon, John (1990). "Career Values as Predictor of the Perceived Role of Media," Journalism Quarterly, Vol. 67, #2 (Summer).

BOOK. Christianity Online: Response to the Da Vinci Code As Impression Management, published by Cambria Press, NY. Co-Author: Jeremy McKeel, July 2007, 172 pages.

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS /
CONFERENCE INVOLVEMENTS

Dillon, John F. (April, 2006). "Using Modern Cinema and Student Role Playing As Near-Experiential Journalism Education," presented to the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association annual convention, Atlanta, GA.

Dillon, John F. and Jeremy McKeel and Carmen Corso (Oct., 2004).  "Alternative Media on the Web: Advocacy, the War in Iraq, and the 2004 Presidential Election," presented to the Conference on the Digital Revolution National Convention, University of South Carolina.

Dillon, John F. (Oct., 2003).  "The Character of Supplication Among Older Users of the Internet: The Case of SeniorNet," presented to the Broadcast Educators' Association District II convention, Murfreesboro, TN.

Dillon, John F. (Oct., 2003).  "Amateur Radio in the 21st Century: Issues of Recent Importance to the American Radio Relay League," presented to the Broadcast Educators' Association District II convention, Murfreesboro, TN.

Dillon, John F. (April, 2003).  "Impacts of the New Technologies and the New Europe upon Shortwave Broadcasting," presented to the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA.

Dillon, John F. (May, 2002).  "Using the Coorientational Model of Understanding to Measure Student Motives," presented to the Kentucky Council on PostSecondary Education's 'Innovations in Teaching & Learning' Symposium, Louisville, Ky.

Dillon, John F. (March, 2002).  "The World Wide Web and Life Contentment Issues Among Older Internet Users," presented to the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association annual convention, Toronto, Canada.

Dillon, John F. and H. Allen White (March, 2001).  "Natural Law as Evidenced in the Campaign Speeches of George W. Bush and Al Gore," presented to the University of Tennessee College of Communications 23rd Annual Communications Research Symposium, Knoxville, TN.

White, H. Allen and  John Dillon (Nov., 2000). "The Impact of Available Information About Hypothetical Others on  Third-Person Perception," presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Ill.

Dillon, John and H. Allen White (Nov., 1999). "Exploring Message Effectiveness in the Third-Person Effect: Explaining Success and Failure in Persuading Others," presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Ill.

White, H. Allen and John Dillon (Nov., 1999). "The Third-Person Effect in Evaluation of a Public Service Announcement," presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Ill.

Tanner, Glenn, H. Allen White and John Dillon (Nov., 1999). "News Magazine Coverage of Two Government Agencies: NASA and the USAF," presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Ill.

Dillon, John (March, 1999). "The 'Old Way / Net Way' Debate: Toward A Measure of the Efficiency of Accomplishing Life Chores Using Internet-Mediated Pathways Versus Traditional Routes," presented to the Popular Culture Association national convention, San Diego, Calif.

Dillon, John and H. Allen White (Nov., 1998). "Exploring the Third-Person Effect in Product Advertising: What Persuades the Self vs. What Persuades Others," presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Ill.

Dillon, John and Eric Covil (Nov., 1997). "Defamation in Mass Media and the Perceived Effectiveness of Retractions: Attitudes of Journalists, Judges and The Public," presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Ill.

Dillon, John (April, 1996). "Cultural Values and News Values: American and International Students Stack a Television Newscast," researcher, presenter, and session coordinator, Broadcast Educators' Association national convention, Las Vegas, NV.

Dillon, John F. and Robert H. Lochte (November, 1995). "The Use of 'Man-on- the-Street' Interviewing and Nonrepresentative Polling in Local Television News," presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Ill.

White, H. Allen, John Dillon and Roger D. Haney (November 1994). "Central and Peripheral Routes as Independent Components of Persuasion," presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Ill.

Dillon, John, Roger D. Haney and H. Allen White (April 1993). "Television, Family Values and Cultural Conflict," an invited paper presented to the combined conferences of the Southern and Central Speech Communication Associations, Lexington, Kentucky.

Dillon, John and Jenna Newton (August 1992). "Birth Order and News Reporting Orientation," presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass communication (Mass Media and Society Division), national convention, Montreal.

Dillon, John (November 1992). Discussant to "College Deans and the News Media" session of the national convention of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (invited), Tampa, Florida.

White, Allen H. and Roger D. Haney and John Dillon (November 1992). "Coverage of Primary Elections: Effect on the News Mix," presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Ill.

Dillon, John and Sheila Crifasi (April 1992). "A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Cultural Learning Through Televisual Resources," presented to a national conference on Internationalizing the College Curriculum, hosted by Murray State.

Dillon, John (April 1991). "The Kentucky Open Records Law and Amendments Proposed for Its Revision in the 1991 Legislative Session," presented to the West Kentucky Press Association.

Haney, Roger and John Dillon (November 1990). "Content Duplication and Crime Coverage in competing Local Television Newscasts," presented to the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, Ill.

Dillon, John and Robert Lochte (September 1990). "The Small Town Radio Audience," presented to Broadcast Educators' Association / National Association of Broadcasters' national convention, Boston.


COURSES TAUGHT

JMC 194 - "Newswriting," Murray State
JMC 295 - "Newswriting and Reporting," Southern Illinois University
JMC 330 - "Mass Media Effects," Murray State
JMC 336 - "Scriptwriting," Murray State
JMC 338 - "Writing for the Media," St. Norbert College
JMC 398 - "Electronic News Reporting," Murray State
JMC 358 - "Video Production I," Murray State
JMC 390 - "The World Wide Web as Mass Medium," Murray State (classroom and online versions)
JMC 440 - "Research Methods in Mass Communication," Murray State
JMC 466 - "Advanced Electronic News Reporting," Murray State
JMC 502 - "Writing for the Mass Media," Murray State
JMC 538 - "Educational and Industrial Audio & Video," Murray State
JMC 560 - "Alternative Media Criticism," Murray State
JMC 568 - "Critical Analysis of Mass Media," Murray State
JMC 585 - "Individualized Independent Study," Murray State
JMC 588 - "Electronic News Production," Murray State
JMC 590 - "Mass Communication Law," Murray State
JMC 630 - "Mass Communication Theory," (graduate level) Murray State


PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS AND DUTIES

Member, Murray State University Faculty Senate, representing the Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication, 2002 - 2004.

Member, Editorial Board of SIMILE ( University of Toronto ’s online journal, Studies in Media and Information Literacy Education), 2004 and continuing.

Awarded $1,400 through the Freedom Forum 1999 Professor's Publishing Program, for research and production of media reports concerning the political dimensions of earthquake forecasting in the New Madrid Seismic Zone of the central U.S.  One outcropping: Sleeping Giant: The Next Great New Madrid Earthquake, a five-part radio series broadcast in Western Kentucky in Oct., 1999.

Recipient of Regents Award for Teaching Excellence in College of Fine Arts and Communication, May 1992 ($1,000 award for one faculty member among 59 in the college); was the departmental nominee for this recognition for three successive years.

For doctoral work in Carbondale, Ill., Summer 1988: $2,500 awarded by the M.S.U. Faculty Professional Development Committee.

For research on the defamation standard of libel, Summer 1996: $720 awarded by the M.S.U. Committee for Institutional Research.

Chair of College of Fine Arts and Communication Professional Development Committee, 1993 - 2000.

College of Fine Arts and Communication faculty representative to university Student Appeals Board, 1994 - 1996.  Currently Appeals Board member for College of Business and Public Affairs.

Guest commentator for news department of WKMS-FM Radio, Murray State's National Public Radio affiliate.  Host and co-producer of Confluence, a public affairs program, 2000-2001.

Have chaired various master's degree committees, as well as undergraduate honor students' projects and Bachelor of Independent Studies theses. In role as graduate faculty, continue to serve on master's committees for students pursuing scholarly projects.

DELEGATIONS / CRITICAL REVIEWS

Book Reviewer, Journalism Educator: 63:3 (Autumn, 2008). Primo, Albert T., with Tatano, Randy (2008). "Eyewitness Newsman." Philadelphia, PA.: Xlibris Corp. 252 pages; Beckett, Charlie (2008). "SuperMedia: Saving Journalism So It Can Save the World". West Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 205 pages.

Critical Reviewer, Media Literacy, 3 rd Edition by James Potter, California : Sage Publications.

Critical Reviewer, Communication Theories: Origins, Methods, and Uses in the Mass Media, 5 th Edition, W. J. Severin and J.W. Tankard; New York : Longman Publ. (production halted due to death of Prof. Tankard).

Reviewer, Mass Communication Worlds: Dimensions of Media Effects by Nick Lasorsa, Blackwell Pub.

Completed the course "Developing Curriculum for Online Programs" (ED 396) through UCLA Online Extension Division, Summer 1999, funded through M.S.U. professional development grant.

One of 18 national delegates to the 1998 Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Faculty Seminar in broadcast program development, Burbank, CA.

Critical reviewer of papers (Law Division) for Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) SE Colloquium, Winter, 2002; (Radio-Television Journalism Division) for 1998 AEJMC national convention, Baltimore; reviewer for Mass Media & Society Division for 1993 AEJMC national convention, Kansas City.

Attendee of February 1994 International Radio and Television Society annual meeting, New York City.

One of 35 invited national delegates to "C-Span in the Classroom Spring Seminar for Professors" in Washington, D.C. (June 1992). Selected through competitive application processes open to 3,500 members of the "C-Span in the Classroom" program.

Critical reviewer of Broadcast Journalism: A Guide for the Presentation of Radio and Television News, 2nd Ed. by David K. Cohler (1992); and Media Literacy: Keys to Interpreting Media Messages by Art Silverblatt (1993).


PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Member of the Broadcast Educator's Association (BEA); Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA); and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC).

Professional member and advisor of The Society for Collegiate Journalists (SCJ), Murray State Chapter. Past President of Green Bay Press Club and the Nicolet Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (1983 - 1984).

Member of Kappa Tau Alpha honorary journalism society.  Alpha Chi Honors Society 1999 Honors Lecturer at M.S.U.

Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2000.

Take to the Air

   Possess Technician-Class FCC Amateur Radio License, Call Sign: 
    K 4 J F D .