Course Title: Writing and Reporting the News:
A Journalism Practicum
Department: Department of Journalism

Email: s7martin@ucsd.edu

Education

Doctoral Student, Department of Communication (2005-current)
University of California, San Diego

Master of Arts, Mass Communication, emphasizing Electronic (Digital) Media
Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications (June, 2002)
Thesis project: An empirical evaluation of the electronic newspaper industry

B.B.A. Operations Management, Quality Assurance
Boise State University (1997)

 

Experience

Executive Producer and Director “For All”, a film that asks questions about the state of United States immigration policy by drawing on one couple’s experience with the process of naturalization through marriage. 5th Annual San Diego Women’s Film Festival; October 5, 2007 & Binacom “Encuentro”; October 26-27, 2007

Instructor, Academic Connections, UC-San Diego (July, 2007)
Course taught: Introduction to Journalism and Journalism Practicum.
This course sought to expose students to the foundations of journalism and the craft's two main components – reporting and writing the news. Students confronted the role of the press in a democratic society, explored sensitive ethical issues, and considered their own (possible) future roles in the communication industry.

Presenter, Working Class Studies Association Conference, Macalaster College, St. Paul, Minn.
Paper Title: “Gaps in Discourse: How Public Radio Elides Discussions of Layoffs” (2007)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, UCSD (2006-current)
Courses taught: Introduction to Communication; Communication as a Social Force; Film Theory; Introduction to Communication Law.

Adjunct Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo; Buffalo, New York (2003)
Course taught: Introduction to Written Communication.

Staff Writer and Project Manager for LD Online and Reading Rockets, WETA – Washington D.C.’s Public Broadcasting Station (PBS), (2003 – July 2004)

Freelance Writer, Campbell-Ewald Publishing; Warren Michigan,– Movin’ Parts Magazine, Intune Magazine, Intune Direct Newsletter; Total Circulation: ~300,000 (2003 – current)

Sports Writing Intern, The Syracuse Post-Standard; Syracuse, New York, Total circulation: 130,000
(Spring 2002)

Resident Director, Syracuse University, International Living Center (2001 – 2002)

Top Level Planner, Business Analyst, Hewlett-Packard Company; Boise, Idaho (1999 – 2001)

Project Manager, Boeing Company (1997 – 1999)

 

Honors/Affiliations/Publications

Cal-IT(2) Graduate Fellow (2005-2006)
Senior Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication (2007-2008)