Leland "buck" ryan october 600 autumn lane university of kentucky
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Mayor's office race relations workshop for grade school students held at Christ the King Cathedral's meeting room, Lexington, Ky., Summer 1996. Group published a July 4th newspaper celebrating diversity in the community. Advisory Board member for K.I.T.E. (Kids, Ideas, Talent in Education), a non-profit organization founded by Community Newsjournal Publisher Don Cordray and designed to help minority high school students in Lexington, Ky., who are interested in newspaper careers. 1995-97. Lexington Herald-Leader editorial board panelist for a discussion on race relations in Lexington, Ky. Other panelists included a City Council member, community activists and a high school student. Comments published as cover story for Sunday editorial page, June 1996. Dow Jones Summer Minority Newspaper Workshop, speaker at the University of Kentucky, 1995-97. FIRST First Amendment Celebrations, principal coordinator AMENDMENT of series of events, from keynote addresses and panel discussions to a high school essay contest. Sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation and hosted by the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at the University of Kentucky. Fall 1997-2004. Member, Citizens Symposium, a think tank to organize a forum to discuss community issues called Speak Out, sponsored by the mayor's office in Lexington, Ky. Created "Community Bonds" game to assess contributions to civic entrepreneurship. 1996. Member, Convening Coalition for the Central Kentucky Community Leadership Program, funded by a subsidiary of the Pew Charitable Trusts. Lexington, Ky., was selected as one of only 10 cities in the nation to participate in a program to reinvigorate democracy and improve the quality of community decision making. 1997. INDUSTRY Member, Human Resources Committee, American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1995 to present. One of the founding members of a three-year initiative to put the focus on copy editors. Organized national conferences, provided support for a new American Copy Editors Society (ACES), wrote and edited reports for the 1996 and 1997 annual ASNE conventions and served as a panelist for the 1996 convention.
broadcast faculty member and UKTV representative. August 1996. UNIVERSITY SERVICE
DIVERSITY Faculty adviser to student chapter of National Association of Black Journalists at the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at the University of Kentucky. 1994-96. Helped four students attend the Inland Minority Job Fair in Chicago in October 1995 and arranged for them to tour the Chicago Tribune and NBC television studios. College representative to the "Come See for Yourself" orientation sessions for minority high school students at the University of Kentucky. Fall 1995. Member, College Affirmative Action Committee; worked to refine language in new policy at the University of Kentucky. Spring 1996. STUDENT GROUPS Helped students establish the first student chapter of the Society of Newspaper Design at the University of Kentucky. Fall 1996. Initiated a mentoring program linking student representatives in the Student Advisory Council to members of the Board of Visitors for the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at the University of Kentucky. Fall 1996. MEDIA CENTER Co-chair, chancellor's task force on the Media Center for the Future at the University of Kentucky. January-March 1996. HONORS AND ACTIVITIES FELLOWSHIPS Fellow, Freedom Forum Leadership Workshop, Media Studies Center, New York City. Weeklong seminar designed for administrators of journalism and mass communications programs. June 1995. Fellow, Freedom Forum Workshop at Indiana University. Participated in a weeklong workshop in June 1992 on journalism education designed for professionals entering university life. Fellow, Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Participated in a weeklong session in November 1990 on the impact of “Eyes on the News,” a newspaper color study, on the industry and journalism education. JUDGING Judge for Scripps Howard Foundation's national literacy program competition among newspapers and radio and television stations, February 1997 at the foundation's offices in Cincinnati. Judge for Best of Gannett annual competition at corporate headquarters in Arlington, Va., September 1992. The contest involved medium-sized, or over 40,000-circulation, newspapers. Judge of the Inland Press Association’s Front Page Contest 1990-1993, sponsored by the Medill School of Journalism. Publications Committee member for the association, 1992. Judge of photo competition for the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives in 1987. TEACHING Named one of the 10 best professors at Northwestern University AWARDS by a student newspaper in 1989. Nominated by Medill’s dean for an Excellence in Teaching Award from the university, and named three times by a student government organization to the Faculty Honor Roll in 1988,1989 and 1990. Honored by Sigma Kappa as a "Great Educator" at the University of Kentucky, 1996-97; received Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching/Tenured Faculty, 2003. HONOR SOCIETY Member of Kappa Tau Alpha, the national journalism honor society. Other college honors included three nominations for William Randolph Hearst Foundation awards for general news reporting and feature writing; and a 1980 scholarship from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Buffalo chapter for a professional returning to college. ACEJMC Accreditation team member for a visit to the University of Nebraska’s journalism program in February 1992 by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. . |