Leland "buck" ryan october 600 autumn lane university of kentucky
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BRAINSTORMING Participated as “one of the best minds in the business” in a three-day forum and brainstorming session on “The Next Great American Newspaper,” hosted on Col. Robert McCormick’s Cantigny estate by Northwestern University’s Media Management Center. The program was funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation. Dec. 5-7, 1999. Kentucky Associated Press Editors meeting at Centre College in Danville, Ky. One of a five-member panel representing journalism schools in Kentucky on the topic of journalism education and newspaper staff needs in the future. April 25, 2000. PUBLIC Georgetown College symposium, "Ethics in Journalism," JOURNALISM June 1996, in Georgetown, Ky. Panel moderated by National Public Radio's Bob Edwards included editor of Louisville Courier- Journal, former and current TV anchors, and columnist John Ed Pearce. My role included discussion of the public journalism movement. Kentucky League of Cities luncheon speaker, August 1996. Orientation to public journalism for Kentucky media hosted by representatives from the league, Kentucky Educational Television, the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Henderson, Ky., newspaper. Citizens Symposium, a think tank to guide the 1997 Speak Out series of community discussions sponsored by the Lexington, Ky., mayor's office. My role included explaining public journalism experiments nationally. November 1996 through February 1997. Public Relations Society of America, Bluegrass Chapter, annual meeting, Marriott Griffin Gate Hotel, Lexington, Ky. September 1996. Speaker on "Public Journalism, ISC and other Innovations." Investigative Reporters and Editors annual convention, Miami, Fla., June 1996. Panelist, "Public Journalism: Savior or Death of Journalism?" Panel included New York University Professor Jay Rosen, IRE executive director, and editor of the Miami Herald. Maxwell Presbyterian Church forum moderated by Jim Ogle, WKYT-TV news director in Lexington, Ky. November 1995. Discussed public journalism as a panelist on the topic of the "Media's Role in Society." Leadership Education, a continuing education forum for Fayette County, Ky., schoolteachers, Lexington Herald-Leader conference room. February 1995. Discussed newspaper trends, including public journalism. NEWSROOM Kentucky Press Association winter convention, January 1996. OF THE FUTURE Organized two mid-career training seminars for alumni and other professionals on pagination and the electronic darkroom, and on newsroom uses of the Internet. ISSUES Associated Press Editors meeting, Louisville, "Future of AND TRENDS Newspapers" panelist, November 1997. Louisville Forum luncheon presentation, "The Media: Who's Watching the Watchdog?" December 1996. Panel moderated by Barry Bingham Jr. included the executive editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal and the general manager of WHAS radio and the Kentucky News Network. Session aired on radio. Kentucky Broadcasters Association convention presentation, "What's Wrong With the Media," Lexington, Ky., October 1996. Moderated by Bill Goodman of the Kentucky Tonight public affairs program on Kentucky Educational Television. Panel included the Associated Press Louisville bureau chief, WLEX-TV and WKYT-TV news directors and the Kentucky News Network news director. Inland Press Association winter key executive conferences, presenter of the Inland Innovation Awards. Tucson, Ariz., in 1995 and 1997 and Naples, Fla., in 1996. Created, organized and judged the competitions. Entries in five categories: new pages or sections; public journalism experiments; use of new technology; strategic alliances; and advertising and circulation innovations. Illinois Press Association, keynote speaker at October 1991 conference in Springfield, Ill., involving more than 20 papers. Topic: “The Newspaper and Newsroom of the Future.” Florida Today, Melbourne, Fla., a weeklong seminar in December 1990 focused on the newspaper and the newsroom of the future. Among the changes that followed: A graphics artist and his Macintosh computer were moved to the heart of the newsroom. This 85,000-circulation paper is owned by Gannett Co. Then-Executive Editor Ken Paulson viewed the seminar as getting a jump on News 2000, which was just taking shape. Russian journalists visiting the Medill School of Journalism in September 1993 heard me explain how American newspapers are changing because of readership losses, research studies and new technology. The visit to Northwestern University was sponsored in part by the United States Information Agency. PRESENTATIONS WRITING AND EDITING Most of my professional career in newspapers has dealt with the details of quality writing and editing. Several newspapers as well as other publications and organizations have asked me to speak on these topics.
PUBLICATIONS BOOKS WRITING TEXTBOOK Writing Baby, Editing Dog & You: A Friendly Way to Begin Improving Your Writing, Buck Ryan. Maestro Consulting, Lexington, Ky., 2008. EDITING TEXTBOOK The Editor’s Toolbox, A Reference Guide for Beginners and Professionals, Leland "Buck" Ryan and Michael O'Donnell. Blackwell Publishing/Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, 2001. LANGUAGE SKILLS BOOK Wordwise, A Guide to the Language for Journalists," Second edition, Leland "Buck" Ryan and Michael O'Donnell. Pug Publishing, Forest City, Iowa, 1995. (First edition, 1994.) The book provides an overview to spelling, punctuation, grammar, standard English usage and Associated Press style in a workbook format. Also includes rules for good writing, use of quotations and ways to avoid pitfalls in crime stories. REPORTS "Return to Quality Editing," a report to the April 1997 annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper ASNE Editors from the Human Resources Committee. Organized and edited the report, and wrote segments of it. Designed by the Lexington Herald-Leader's presentation editor. Report covers copy desk organization experiments, the future of editing at the Chicago Tribune, excerpts of academic research and findings from the National Newspaper Copy Editors Conferences at the University of Kentucky in January 1996. ASNE "How We Can Help Each Other," a report to the April 1996 annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors from the Human Resources Committee. Organized, edited and wrote most of the report, which was designed by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Report covers the newspaper industry's first two National Newspaper Copy Editors Conferences held at the University of North Carolina in October 1995 and the University of Kentucky in January 1996. ASNE "Now for Something Completely Different," a report to the April 1995 annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors from the Small Newspapers Committee, by Dan Blom and Buck Ryan. The report offers innovative ways to address age-old newsroom management problems by employing theories of W. Edwards Deming. INLAND Inland Innovation Inventory, a report summarizing entries to the Inland Innovation Award competition judged at the University of Kentucky for 1994 and 1995. VOTER GUIDES Citizen Kentucky Voter Guides 2006 and 2008, edited by Buck Ryan, written by Discovery Seminar class, as part of public forums on the Kentucky governor’s race in 2006 and the historic 2008 presidential election. ARTICLES ACADEMIC "Students as Citizens: Experimental Approaches to Reflective Thinking on Community Journalism," by Chike Anyaegbunam and Buck Ryan, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, Spring 2003, pp.64-73. "Reflections on How a Public Policy Institute Can Enhance a Journalism Education," by Buck Ryan, a 4,700-word essay commissioned by the Kettering Foundation, December 2003. NEWSPAPERS "Former friends list," by Buck Ryan, Letters to Editor section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Friday, July 25, 2008, Page A7. Response to blacklisting of UK faculty by Family Foundation. "Make it your business to know more about China," by Buck Ryan, Parting Thoughts, Business Lexington, July 10, 2008. Preview of “Citizen Kentucky/Citizen China” KET program. "Many threads bind Kentuckians, Chinese," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, June 11, 2008, Page A13. Preview of “Citizen Kentucky/Citizen China” KET program. "Hey, citizen, what’s your China connection?," by Buck Ryan, Opinions section, Kentucky Kernel, June 26, 2008, Page 5. Preview of “Citizen Kentucky/Citizen China” KET program. "When life gets you down, think spring," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, May 7, 2008, Page A11. "Students feel cheated in grammar, civics," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, November 5, 2007, Page A11. "Civic remedy offered for health care headache," by Buck Ryan, Business Lexington, December 1, 2006. Reflections on serving as a moderator at the Dr. Howard L. Bost Annual Forum on Health Care Policy in Kentucky. "Lexington’s momentum depends on you," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, November 27, 2006, Page A11. Reflections following local elections. "Dreams for Lexington," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, November 3, 2006, Page A15. Interviews with candidates for council-at-large seats. "Let’s try to diagnose, cure health care system," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, October 2, 2006, Page A9. "Civic education necessary to preserve democracy," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, July 3, 2006, Page A9. "’Star Wars’ civic education a battle for the Republic," by Buck Ryan, Opinions section, Kentucky Kernel, June 23, 2006, Page 5. Posted on Kentucky Secretary of State Web site under civic literacy initiative. "How to retain ‘best and brightest," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, May 11, 2006, Page A15. Interviews with mayoral candidates on “brain drain.” "Mayoral candidates will be the talk of the party," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, April 24, 2006, Page A11. Interviews with four mayoral candidates primary election campaign. "Learning English as a first language," by Buck Ryan, with JOU 101 class, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, March 6, 2006, Page A7. Grammar crisis explored when Japanese student gets top score in class. "Join campaign for civic literacy,"by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, January 9, 2006, Page A7. "Forget Roe v. Wade,"by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, September 28, 2005, Page A11. Reflection on jailing New York Times reporter and need for federal shield law. "How do we produce more good citizens?"by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, September 6, 2005, Page A7. "Battle to protect press and 1st Amendment never ends,"by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, July 18, 2005, Page A11. Written as letter from Lexington, Kentucky, 1799. "Respectful disagreement," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Monday, October 18, 2004, Page A9. "An exercise in political civility," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Wednesday, November 3, 2004 (Election Day results), Page A7.
"Let’s get public into public policy," by Buck Ryan, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Monday, December 29, 2003, Page A9. "UK 101 class reports weird experiences on campus," by Buck Ryan and Anne-Marie Gattuso, Kentucky Kernel, Page 5, Dialogue page, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003. “Gubernatorial debate needs citizens’ voices,” Opinions & Ideas section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003, D3. "Spring break’s ‘shock and awe’: where were you?" by Buck Ryan, Kentucky Kernel, Page 6, Dialogue page, Tuesday, April 1, 2003. "We have genius here to make the world better," by Buck Ryan, Kentucky Kernel, Page 4, Dialogue page, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2003. "UK history and journalism collide during Great Ice Storm," by Buck Ryan, Kentucky Kernel, Page 4, Dialogue page, Friday, Feb. 21, 2003. “What are Lexington’s Top 5 challenges?” Opinions & Ideas section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, cover page, H1. “Citizen alert! Let’s make this a better town,” Dialogue section, Kentucky Kernel, Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, Page 8. “Hold on tight! Here comes the Citizens’ Mayoral Race,” local news, Chevy Chaser Magazine, February 2002. “The Citizen Kentucky Project,” four students respond to question of Lexington’s top five challenges, Dialogue section, Kentucky Kernel, Friday, Feb. 8, 2002, Page 4. “Lexington’s challenging issues make me wonder,” Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Thursday, March 14, 2002, Page A11. “Getting to know you …,” profiles of four mayoral candidates, Southsider Magazine cover story, May 2002. Profiles ran inside same month’s Chevy Chaser Magazine. “Ask the candidates: What about traffic?” wrote opening, solicited and edited 200-word commentaries by Teresa Isaac, Scott Crosbie, Jim Gray and Ann Ross, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Thursday, May 2, 2002, Page A15. “Make mayoral campaign a family affair/We can help children grow up to be voters,” Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Wednesday, May 15, 2002, Page A15. “What senior citizens can expect of mayoral hopefuls” wrote opening, solicited and edited 200-word commentaries by Teresa Isaac, Scott Crosbie, Jim Gray and Ann Ross, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Thursday, May 23, 2002, Page A15. “How can city plug into colleges, students?” wrote opening, solicited and edited 200-word commentaries by Teresa Isaac, Scott Crosbie, Jim Gray and Ann Ross, Commentary section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Friday, May 24, 2002, Page A15. “Picture Lexington as top city; now make it so,” Opinions & Ideas section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2002, cover page, H1. “Dreams for Lexington: bike lanes, healthy lives,” Opinions & Ideas section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2002, cover page, H1. “The Citizen Kentucky Project asked the candidates for mayor to share their vision of what Lexington will be like in … 2020,” solicited and edited 1,200-word commentaries by Teresa Isaac (“A united, safe, prosperous community”) and Scott Crosbie (“Five pillars on which to build a better city”), Opinions & Ideas section, Lexington Herald-Leader, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002, cover page, E1. “Join Citizen Kentucky and Become Mayor for a Day,” Lexington Family, Central Kentucky’s Parenting Magazine, October 2002. "Can’t improve media without better citizens," by Buck Ryan, Lexington Herald-Leader, Page A13, op-ed page, Commentary section, Kentucky Voices, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001. “Marketing the News,” by Buck Ryan, Louisville Courier-Journal, Page D3, op-ed page, Forum section, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2001. “Citizen Kentucky,” by Buck Ryan, Louisville Courier-Journal, Page A8, op-ed page, Forum section, Thursday, June 7, 2001. “We can improve civic life only if we work together,” by Buck Ryan, Lexington Herald-Leader, Page A11, op-ed page, Commentary section, Kentucky Voices, Wednesday, June 6, 2001. “‘Fail’ could spell success for small businesses,” by Steve Weissmueller and Buck Ryan, Louisville Courier-Journal, Sunday Business section, Business Q&A, Aug. 6, 2000. Article explored why small businesses fail and how entrepreneurs can learn from their mistakes. “Pagination Producing Jacks-of-All-Trades,” Newspapers & Technology, November 1990. The article focused on pagination’s effects on small newspapers. “The road less traveled/Two papers on a bold course to the future,” The SND Chronicles. This was the lead story in the newspaper reporting on the Society of Newspaper Design convention in San Francisco, October 1990. It focused on the Orange County Register’s “newsroom without walls” and Knight-Ridder’s “25/43 Project.” “Garcia debunks myths on color,” The SND Chronicles, same issue. The article summarized Mario Garcia’s findings from a Poynter Institute color study, “Eyes on the News.” MAGAZINES “How to plan holistically,” by Buck Ryan, Design Journal No. 95, Society of News Design, Pages 34-35, Summer 2005 issue. “The cutting edge: Future in Play, Teaching the future demands more from journalism schools,” by Buck Ryan, Design Journal No. 95, Society of News Design, Pages 30-31, Summer 2005 issue. “Citizen Kentucky: A call to link arms,” by Buck Ryan, City, the Community Issues Magazine of the Kentucky League of Cities, Pages 30-31, City Conversations section, Summer 2001 issue. “CATS: A Real-World Laboratory,” by Buck Ryan, Policy & Practice of Public Human Services, the Journal of the American Public Human Services Association, Pages 20-27, September 2001 issue. Wrote or edited articles and sidebars highlighting a University of Kentucky College of Social Work project. "Music From Maestro Ryan: To Change Your Newsroom, You Must First Change Your Approach," the lead article in a series on "Modernizing Newsaurus: Redefining the Newsroom," the July-September 1993 issue of Design magazine published by the Society of Newspaper Design. "Editing Takes on a New Look," the lead article in Quill magazine's March 1993 issue dedicated to the changing world of editing. My article focused on the Maestro Concept. “It Can Be Done! 3 Newspapers Show the Way to Change,” one article in a special report by the American Society of Newspaper Editors’ Committee on Small Newspapers. The report, entitled “Small Newspapers: Provoking Change,” was distributed at the ASNE annual convention April 1992 in Washington, D.C. Article was reprinted in the May 1992 issue of The Editor, published by Thomson Newspapers. “Goodbye, Copy Desk/Hello, Display Desk,” April 1991 issue of The Bulletin of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. This article introduced the Maestro Concept to a national audience for the first time. It was part of a series on the future of newspapers published to coincide with the annual convention in Boston. BOOK CHAPTER “Maximizing ROI With a New Newsroom Organization,” one chapter of a book on pagination published in 1992 by System Integrators Inc., which manufactures newspaper pagination equipment. VIDEOS "The Maestro Concept,” 30-minute video update for the Newspaper Satellite Network, based in Dallas, Texas. The network distributes video training programs to clients across the United States. "The Maestro Concept: A New Approach to Writing and Editing for the Newspaper of the Future," a 13-minute video and report by the same name that debuted at the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Baltimore, Md., March-April 1993. Project supported by the society's Committee on Small Newspapers. The video, sold through ASNE Foundation, is in its second printing. Costs to produce the video and report were underwritten by ASNE Foundation ($5,000), Knight-Ridder Inc. ($5,000), Ottaway Newspapers ($3,500), Thomson Newspapers ($3,500) and the Albuquerque Tribune (covered cost of video segment with editor). TV PROGRAMS “Beyond O.J.: A Public Journalism Forum on Domestic Violence,” an hour-long program for Kentucky Educational Television that aired in two time zones in January 1995. The program is an edited version of a three-hour panel discussion at the University of Kentucky that brought together pioneers of the new public journalism movement to address the issue of domestic violence. Organized and moderated the panel discussion and was executive producer of the television program. “More Than Free Speech,” an hour-long program for Kentucky Educational Television that aired in two time zones in October 1999 and was reprised in January 2000. The program is an edited version of a three-hour roundtable discussion at the University of Kentucky that brought together journalists, attorneys, law professors and historians to reflect on the 200th anniversary of the Kentucky-Virginia Resolutions and the 10th anniversary of UK’s First Amendment Center. Organized and moderated the roundtable discussions, coordinated close-up interviews and was executive producer of the television program. “Citizen Kentucky: Democracy and the Media,” a national Telly Award-winning hour-long program for Kentucky Educational Television that aired in two time zones in June 2001, then was reprised in August 2001. The program is an edited version of a six-hour forum at the University of Kentucky that brought together politicians, journalists, scholars, teachers and parents to explore civic life. Organized and moderated the roundtable discussions, coordinated close-up interviews and was executive producer of the television program. Invited to appear on “Kentucky Tonight,” a KET public affairs program, and the “After Noon” program on WKYT-TV in Lexington to discuss “Citizen Kentucky.” “Citizen Kentucky/Citizen China: Hope for a New Century,” a two-year exploration of the Kentucky-China connection across commerce, education and the arts, religion, adoptions, health care, and news and sports. The half-hour program debuted on Sunday night, July 27, 2008, on KET1 (across Eastern and Central time zones) and will be reprised three times in September on KETKY, the new Kentucky channel of Kentucky Educational Television. Reaction to the premiere included a positive review by the Lexington Herald-Leader’s arts and entertainment writer and requests to purchase DVDs of the program by the Kentucky trade office in Beijing to show in China and by the Bowling Green (KY) Chamber of Commerce. PUBLIC
SERVICE DIVERSITY Member, media sector, “Eradicating Racism,” a community-based project involving the Kentucky League of Cities to address racism issues in Lexington, Ky., and to provide possible solutions. July 2001-present. |