Ann discusses her award-winning and Internet-based program called Women Who Lead. Ann talks about her own work/life balancing act and reflects on her time at MSU and how it impacted her.
She talks about the mission of the Paul W. Smith Show and about the strategy she employs when selecting the segments for the program. And she offers her advice to young people who want to pursue careers in broadcasting. Thomas also talks about the changes she’s seen in the radio industry over her 25-plus years at WJR.
The conversation from the porch of Grand Hotel ranges from alternative energy to keeping more of Michigan’s college graduates in the state and from the Kwame Kilpatrick scandal to the Presidential race. And Ron assesses the ever-changing dynamics in the newspaper industry.
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: The John Truscott Group is a public relations, public affairs, government affairs, lobbying and business development firm with offices in Lansing and Grand Rapids Michigan. MSU alumnus John Truscott leads the Truscott Group and is one of the foremost experts in the area of public relations and politics in Michigan.
Truscott talks about the ever-changing landscape in media and public relations. He reflects on his time as the nation’s youngest then longest-serving press secretary for a sitting governor. Truscott discusses the reasons behind the recent opening of his firm’s Grand Rapids office. And he shares his views on the country’s presidential race and on Kwame Kilpatrick’s troubles in the Detroit mayor’s office.
Matt talks about the technology beat he helped begin back in 1995 and how it has evolved since then. And he discusses technology’s potential to impact Michigan’s changing economy.
Matt opines on where his two loves, technology and journalism, are headed in the future.
Evan Woodward is a 2003 graduate of MSU’s College of Communications Arts and Sciences. For the last two years he’s been cutting his teeth in public radio at New Mexico State’s KRWG-FM in Las Cruces. As a news editor, reporter and host, he’s won first place honors for his documentary and general reporting work and his voice has had national exposure NPR, most notably on Weekend Edition Sunday. He talked with Spartan Podcast founder Scott Westerman Albuquerque while covering Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama in the run-up to Super Tuesday.
Mario previews the loaded 2008 Tigers’ season and discusses the competition the Bengals will face in the AL Central. He gives his views on the steroid issue and the state of Major League Baseball. Impemba talks about technology’s impact on sports broadcasting and gives his advice for young people who want to be the Mario Impemba of tomorrow.
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: MSU alumnusTim Staudt is the dean of sports broadcast journalists in mid-Michigan. Tim is sports director at Lansing’s NBC affiliate WILX-TV 10. He’s been on television in the Lansing area for 37 years and has hosted the Staudt on Sports radio program for 15 years. He recently added a Sunday Lansing State Journal column to his busy schedule.
Tim describes his favorite moments while covering sports in the Lansing area for almost 40 years. He discusses how sports reporting and broadcasting has changed over the years. He talks about the peers he admires and gives his advice to young people who want to be the Tim Staudts of tomorrow.
Don describes a typical day on the hectic White House beat (or rather that there aren’t many typical days) and recalls some of his most memorable moments covering the Bush Administration. He talks about some of the challenges of his demanding job and gives us an overall assessment of the state of NPR.
Gonyea talks about how technology has evolved over the years and how it has dramatically impacted the way he works and files stories. Don offers his advice to young people who want to be the Don Gonyeas of tomorrow and reflects on his time at MSU and how it has shaped the man he is.
From the Mackinac Policy Conference at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Daniel shares his insights on the leadership quagmire in Lansing, the state of the American automotive industry, the role Michigan’s research universities can play in reshaping Michigan’s economy, and the changes taking place in the newspaper business.
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Ron Dzwonkowski is the editorial page editor for the Detroit Free Press. From the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Ron talks about the topics at this year’s conference. He discusses the state budget crisis and the changing automotive industry. And he talks about the changing state of his own industry – newspapers and journalism.
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Jack Ebling is a broadcaster and writer who has covered high school, college, and pro sports for nearly 30 years. He has been named Michigan Sportswriter of the Year three times and was inducted into the Greater Lansing Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
Ebling spent more than 24 years at the Lansing State Journal as a beat writer and columnist before moving to talk radio, television, and freelance writing.
Jack joins us to talk about his latest book, “Tales from the Detroit Tigers Dugout.” We also talk about state of pro and college sports in America today. Jack talks about digital technology and its impact on journalism and broadcasting.
From MSU Today: MSU journalism professor Steve Lacy talks about the state and future of the newspaper business and journalism in general.
He explores how and where consumers get their news today and how and where they will in the future. He also discusses how the changing landscape is affecting newspapers’ lifeline – advertising revenue – and how it is impacting journalism education at universities like MSU.
From MSU Today: Detroit Tigers lead play-by-play radio announcer Dan Dickerson visits to talk about his special relationship with the man he succeeded in the booth, Ernie Harwell. He also reminisces about his now-famous home run call when Magglio Ordonez’ three-run homer sent the Tigers to the World Series in 2006. Dan talks about the state of sports broadcasting and gives his advice to the Dan Dickersons of tomorrow who want to break into the business. (play-by-play courtesy of tigers.com)
From MSU Today: Steve Schram is a passionate MSU alumnus and director of Michigan Public Media. Michigan Public Media includes Michigan Radio, an NPR news station broadcasting in Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Flint and Michigan Television, a PBS member station broadcasting in Flint.
With over 30 years in broadcasting, Steve has served in a variety of management roles in commercial and public broadcasting in Detroit, Milwaukee, Fort Wayne and Columbus.
Steve joins us to talk about differences between public and commercial settings and the challenges facing all of terrestrial broadcasting. He tells us what HD radio is, recalls his formative years at MSU and talks about the off-the-field rivalry he isn’t seeing between MSU and U of M.
From MSU Today: Award-winning and best-selling author Jeannette Walls visited East Lansing as special guest in the 2006 One Book/One Community program, which encourages the East Lansing and Michigan State University community to read the same book over a six-week period and to come together to discuss it in a variety of settings. Although dozens of similar programs have been sponsored nationwide, this is one of the very few that brings together a city and a university. The book selection this year is Walls’ The Glass Castle.
Walls talks about the inspiration for Glass Castle, her feelings on the One Book program and about her day job as MSNBC gossip columnist. She also gives her views on the future of her beloved field of journalism.
Detjen joined the MSU Journalism School faculty in January 1995 as the Knight Chair in Journalism, the nation’s only endowed chair in environmental reporting. Prior to joining MSU’s faculty, he spent 21 years as a professional newspaper reporter and editor.
Detjen tells us what environmental journalism is and about the Knight Center’s mission of research, teaching and outreach in the field. Jim also gives us his views on the state of modern journalism and the opportunities it presents.
When Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rhom moved to 34 acres near Vandalia, Michigan in 1997, they wanted to be left alone. Four years later, they would find themselves in the cross hairs of police snipers. LA CityBeat editor Dean Kuipers’ new book, Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke, tells the tale of how the domain became a haven for the leaders of the pro-pot movement and a lightning rod for officials sworn to enforce the law.
As the longest serving state capitol correspondent in Michigan history, Tim Skubick continues to run at a pace that would tire his younger counterparts. The syndicated columnist, author and host of the award winning Off The Record program discusses his MSU beginnings, his life as a journalist and his impressions of the upcoming Michigan gubernatorial election.
It’s every journalism student’s dream: Earning an internship at a nationally regarded newspaper and writing so well that you win some serious scholarship money. That dream came true for Melissa Domsic, a Michigan State University Journalism Senior who is finishing up her summer adventures at the San Diego Union Tribune. Melissa earned her beat reporter stripes covering everything from illegal aliens to Naomi Judd. She talks about the people who fired her passion for writing, what it takes to write a prize winning story and how MSU prepared her for a successful career.
From MSU Today: Ron Dzwonkowski is the editorial page editor at The Detroit Free Press. In that capacity, he is responsible for the newspaper’s institutional views on the issues of the day, for political endorsements, and for the various opinion letters and columns that appear in the newspaper. He has been at the Free Press since 1983 and in his current position since June of 1998.
Ron is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, but more a part of Michigan. He moved with his family to Michigan in 1968 when his father took a job transfer and has lived here since. He attended the University of Detroit and graduated from Wayne State University.
Ron has been in the news business in Michigan since 1971. As a reporter and editor, he has covered politics, sports, crime, the auto industry, state government and suburban news. He has seen Michigan through its good times and bad, and written stories about people from Monroe to the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Ron talks about the state of the newspaper business and how he’s really in the information business rather than the newspaper business. And he tells us the skills that the journalist of the near future will need to have to thrive in this ever-changing field.
Ron wonders if the British system can help Michigan’s struggling economy. He’s deeply concerned about the ballooning federal deficit and says it really does matter who leads Michigan.
Ron covered Spartan football for the Associated Press in the late 70s and early 80s.
From MSU Today on Impact Radio: MSU alumna Ann Thomas is the executive producer of the top-rated Paul W. Smith morning drive radio program on Michigan’s premier radio station, WJR Detroit.
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