201. IU Bloomington Provost Lauren Robel (42:51)

Date:
2016-02-14
Main contributors:
Robel, Lauren, Shanahan, James
Summary:
IU Provost Lauren Robel chats with IU Media School Dean James Shanahan in this week's podcast.

205. French, Tom, Professor and Journalist (52:29)

Date:
2016-02-07
Main contributors:
French, Tom, Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week's Through the Gates podcast looks at long-form narrative journalism with IU Media School professor of practice Tom French, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and IU alumnus.

206. Introduction to Web Scraping with Python (1:41:35)

Date:
2016-02-05
Main contributors:
Brodnax, NaLette
Summary:
Web scraping is a method of extracting and restructuring information from web pages. This workshop will introduce basic techniques for web scraping using popular open-source tools. The first part of the workshop will provide an overview of basic HTML elements and Python tools for developing a custom web scraper. The second part will enable participants to practice accessing websites, parsing information, and storing data in a CSV file. This workshop is intended for social scientists who are new to web scraping. No programming experience is required, but basic familiarity with HTML and Python is helpful. NaLette Brodnax is a data scientist and fourth-year doctoral student in the Joint Public Policy program administered by the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Department of Political Science at Indiana University. Her research interests include education policy, policy analysis and program evaluation, and quantitative research methodology. As a graduate assistant for the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology, she is working on a number of projects intended to expose women to technology and to support women using technology in their studies and careers. Prior to entering the doctoral program, NaLette spent nine years in corporate finance roles, managing large data sets and developing financial models for large companies such as Abbott Laboratories and Nokia. She holds a BSBA from The Ohio State University with a concentration in Finance and a Master's in Public Policy from Loyola University Chicago.

207. Poet Kate Lilly (1:18:18)

Date:
2016-01-31
Main contributors:
Lilley, Kate, Shanahan, James
Summary:
A chat with poet Kate Lilley, hosted by Media School Dean James Shanahan, is featured on this week's Through the Gates: IU This Week podcast.

208. Introducing graphical access to IU's supercomputers with Karst Desktop Beta (1:01:57)

Date:
2016-01-29
Main contributors:
Thota, Abhinav
Summary:
Supercomputers are designed to use a command line interface and batch processing system. This means users accustomed to modern graphical interfaces must overcome a steep learning curve when switching to supercomputers. Learn how UITS Research Technologies is tackling this problem using a new graphical interface for the Karst supercomputer. Participants will have the opportunity to test the service after the presentation on their laptop/desktop devices. Abhinav Thota is a Principal Engineer in the Research Technologies division of UITS/PTI. He is part of the Scientific Applications and Performance Tuning (SciAPT) team and helps users efficiently use HPC resources at IU.

209. Decoding Digital Preservation (46:25)

Date:
2016-01-27
Main contributors:
Dowding, Heidi
Summary:
Digital preservation is one of those phrases that means a lot to a few people and a little to a lot of people. It is often confused with digitization (preservation by digital), digital curation (of which preservation is a piece), digital asset management (another variant of digital curation), and so on. This talk will lay out the unique characteristics of digital preservation, as well as the practical applications. Expect to learn about recent developments in both the field and within the IU Libraries.

211. The Center for Biological Research Collections and the Path To Digitization for IU's Natural Hist... (57:35)

Date:
2016-01-20
Main contributors:
Motz, Gary
Summary:
The Center for Biological Research Collections is a consortium of research-based scientific collections at Indiana University that works in close collaboration with the IU Libraries, the Advanced Visualization Laboratory, University Information Technology Services, and a number of other campus wide organizations to promote the preservation, digitization, and discoverability of IU's natural history collections. The CBRC enhances collection-based research, education, and outreach in biodiversity science, botany, paleontology, zooarchaeology, and related disciplines by providing shared infrastructural and data management support. The Center focuses on collections of biological specimens, including fossils and archaeological remains, that have shared taxonomic, geographic, and temporal metadata requirements. The CBRC provides institution-wide support for a collections management information system, Specifyåü and is working to facilitate the interoperability of this bio-collections data platform with the new Fedora 4 digital content management system being developed by the IU Libraries. This presentation will provide an overview of the university-wide resources committed to the digitization of biological research collections, prospects for future research, education, and outreach opportunities, as well as a mention of some of the challenges that may arise in the digitization of the several million collections objects for which the CBRC is tasked. This grand challenge of specimen preservation, metadata maintenance, and data discoverability is a service and responsibility of the entire university community to enhance and augment the commitment of nearly 200 years of biological research in many scientific sub-disciplines focused on Indiana and beyond.

212. TRE® WEBINAR - Interview with Dr Stephen Porges about the Polyvagal Theory and TRE® (04:26)

Date:
2016-01-20
Main contributors:
Porges, Stephen W.
Summary:
Dr. Stephen Porges, PhD, is a Distinguished University Scientist at the Kinsey Institute at Bloomington, Indiana University. Dr. Porges has proposed and developed the Polyvagal Theory. In this webinar, Dr. David Berceli, the creator of TRE®, interviews Dr. Porges about how the Polyvagal Theory and his concept of Social Engagement relates to TRE® and the tremor mechanism. Visit http://tre-webinar.com/ to view all our online courses and visit http://tre-webinar.com/courses/interv... to learn more about the Polyvagal Theory and how it specifically relates to TRE®. Including bonus interview with Dr Robert Scaer, MD, and 90 min of extra material.

214. Introduction to Human Subjects and KC IRB at IU (1:51:00)

Date:
2016-01-15
Main contributors:
Benken, Sara
Summary:
This workshop will provide an overview of human subjects research and submitting an application through the KC IRB system. Representatives from the IU Human Subjects Office will provide a brief introduction to human subjects research, then focus the remaining time on learning how to navigate the IU IRB process. Sara Benken is an Associate Director in the IU Human Subjects Office. Adam Mills and Andrew Neel are Research Compliance Associates in the IU Human Subjects Office.

215. Adding Context to NSSE with FSSE (47:38)

Date:
2016-01-12
Main contributors:
Allison Brckalorenz, Bridget Yuhas
Summary:
This webinar will review how to use FSSE with NSSE results to compare student and faculty perspectives, to search for reasons for high or low student results, and to develop strategies to increase student engagement.

216. Bill Harshbarger: Sheep Shearer Sharpener (State Fair Masters 2006) (07:57)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Bill Harshbarger (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Kenny Stone (Music), Nicholas Blewett (Videographer), Buki Long (Assistant Editor), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
In 1952, Bill Harshbarger began showing sheep on the county and State Fair level, and continued to exhibit until the early 1960s. After going to shearing school in Warsaw, Indiana, he began shearing at the State Fair. 2006 marked his 52nd consecutive year competing in the State Fair Sheep Shearing Contest. Harshbarger is also a fixture at the Sheep Barn, having helped generations of State Fair participants by sharpening their shears.

217. Gerry and Ralph Dunkin: Master Miniature Donkey Breeders (Indiana State Fair Masters 2007) (11:19)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Gerry and Ralph Dunkin (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Matt Stockwell (Videographer/Editor), Deborah Justice and Rachel Sprinkle (Music), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Gerry and Ralph Dunkin are largely responsible for the increased appreciation for miniature donkeys in the last two decades. They enjoy introducing people of all ages to these intelligent and companionable animals. Their greatest reward is the camaraderie between exhibitors and visitors that extends beyond the Fair, to home and farm.

218. JACK RODIBAUGH AND FAMILY, JASPER COUNTY (07:40)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Jack Rodibaugh (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Cynthia Hoye (Executive Director of the State Fair), Kenny Stone (Music), Nicholas Blewett (Editor and Shooter), Buki Long (Assistant Editor), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Jack Rodibaugh and his family operate a hog business where they produce swine for breeding, market and 4-H youth. Rodibaugh's career began when his uncle gave him two piglets during the Depression. While he admits that he did not know much about pigs those first few years, he learned from older farmers and has spent the last 63 years perfecting breeding stock and competing at the State Fair. Today, he and his family encourage the tradition by producing and selling quality hogs to 4-H youth.

219. Noble Melton, Old-time Fiddler (State Fair Master 2007) (05:30)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Noble Melton (Master), Jon Kay (Director), Matt Stockwell (Videographer/Editor), Cynthia Hoye (Executive Director of the Indiana State Fair), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Noble Melton is a minister in Indianapolis, who earns the title of State Fair Master for his decades of commitment to the fiddler’s art and playing at the Fair. His musical education was informal,. Growing up in Crawford County, Noble was exposed to old time fiddle music at house dances and later in the dance halls where he first played. For more than 30 years he has become a staple act at the Fair’s Pioneer Village.

220. The Huber Family: Master winemakers from Clark County (02:38)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Carl and Gerald Huber (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Since 1843, the Huber family has worked a small homestead located in the Knobs of Clark County, Indiana. Originally from Baden Baden, Germany, the family brought a fruit-growing and winemaking tradition with them to Southeastern Indiana. Like many of their neighbors, generations of Hubers have made a couple of barrels of wine each year for their own table. Winemaking was not a commercial venture until 1972, when Indiana passed the Small Farm Winery Act. Since the Huber family operated a fruit-based farm and had made wine as far back as they could trace their history, they decided to transform their retail fruit farm into the Huber Orchard and Winery. Knowing that amateur winemaking was different from running a commercial winemaking operation, brothers Carl and Gerald Huber researched the business and trained themselves for their new agricultural venture. In 1979, they produced their first wine for sale. Gerald began competing and winning the Governor's Cup at the Indiana State Fair's International Wine Competition, which is the third largest competition of its kind in the United States. The competition helped the Hubers improve and develop their winemaking tradition and secure their reputation as a premier Indiana winery. Gerald's son, Ted, began working in the vineyard as a young boy and in the winery as a teenager. At 21, he became the Huber Winery's head winemaker, after his father and uncle transferred the family business to Ted and his cousin Greg. Today, Ted oversees the winery and vineyard on the six-generation farm, while Greg manages the orchard and retail operations, which attract 550,000 visitors each year.

221. The Piecemakers : Master quilters from Vanderburgh County (12:50)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
The Piecemakers, Jon Kay, Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
In 1982, Minnie Marchant visited the Indiana State Fair's Pioneer Village and saw that no one was demonstrating quilting. She quickly volunteered her home quilt group to fill this void. Ever since, the Piecemakers, a group that quilts at the Salem United Methodist Church in Evansville, has been a staple at the Pioneer Village. In addition to demonstrating, the group donates a one-of-a-kind quilt to be auctioned at the Fair. Like clockwork, each Wednesday throughout the year, the Piecemakers gather at the church to quilt. Some of the members also assemble on Mondays to make a quilt for the State Fair, a project that requires more than 200 hours of shared labor and talent. "Putting a quilt together is an art -- putting the colors and designs together and being able to see it in your mind before it actually happens," explains Jane Eberhart. All of the members came to quilting in different ways. Some learned to quilt at their mother's knee while others taught themselves. The making of each quilt teaches the group more about the art and draws the circle of friends closer.

222. Adventures in Brass : Anthony Plog, composer. (2:39:46)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
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Summary:
A note from College Audition Preparation: Adventures in Brass is a project by the College Audition Preparation (CAP) of the Jacobs School of Music. The project was prompted by a lack of brass repertoire appropriate for collegiate auditions. CAP brass faculty thus commissioned renowned composer Anthony Plog to write a set of six new works for trumpet, trombone, horn, tuba, euphonium, and bass trombone. Dee Stewart and CAP assembled a roster of world-class performers and pedagogues to premiere these six compositions. In addition to recordings of the premieres, Adventures in Brass contains interviews with these faculty in which they provide technical, artistic, and practical guidance to young brass players preparing to apply to college. These videos were captured by and are shared with the help of Tony Tadey and the MITS Video production team of the Jacobs School of Music. We hope that the videos can be an inspirational and motivational force in your own adventures in brass.

224. Andy Hall, BA'82 (03:09)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Hall, Andy
Summary:
Andy Hall won national recognition during more than 25 years as an investigative reporter, exposing corruption in the government and neglect of vulnerable populations, before founding the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, where he is executive director. Hall caught the watchdog bug early as a reporter and editor for his student newspaper at Perry Central High School in Southern Indiana. After his junior year, he attended IU’s High School Journalism Institute. In high school and college, Hall also was a reporter for the Tell City News, where his mother was a freelancer. Once he arrived at IU, he immediately went to work at the Indiana Daily Student. By his sophomore year, according to journalism archives, he was working 30 to 50 hours a week covering IU’s administration. He became editor-in-chief in spring 1981, calling for more in-depth, aggressive stories in the paper. A letter from Hall to journalism director Richard Gray in July 1980 asks that the school keep Hall’s address and phone number private. “P.S. This is to make it difficult for the KKK to contact me,” he wrote. During a summer internship with the Arizona Republic, he had angered Klan members by infiltrating the organization and exposing its secret rituals and plans. Hall graduated from IU in 1982 with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science. He worked briefly as a copyboy for The New York Times, but soon moved to the Arizona Republic. While there, he helped break the “Keating Five” scandal, in which five U.S. senators, including John McCain, were accused of corruption. In 1991, Hall and his wife, Dee, also a journalism graduate and former IDS staffer, moved to Dee’s hometown of Madison, Wisconsin. Both joined the Wisconsin State Journal. As an investigative reporter, Hall exposed failing systems in public schools and troubled neighborhoods. Hall has been honored with more than 30 awards for his reporting, including National Headliner, Gerald Loeb, Education Writers Association, Inland Press Association and James K. Batten awards. Hall left the State Journal in 2009 to found the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, where Dee now is managing editor. The nonprofit, nonpartisan center produces investigative reports and trains student and professional journalists, focusing on government integrity and quality-of-life issues to inform the citizenry and strengthen democracy. Collaborating with Wisconsin public radio and television, the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication, and others, the center is guided by three values that Andy and Dee trace to their IU roots: Protect the vulnerable. Expose wrongdoing. Seek solutions. The center has produced nearly 300 major news reports that have been picked up in Wisconsin and nationwide, reaching an estimated audience of more than 56 million people and winning more than 40 journalism awards. The center’s high-impact stories have served as catalysts for public debate, hearings, legislation and reforms. Its replicable model is expanding the search for truth, even during this era of declining resources for reliable, nonpartisan investigative journalism.

225. Annunciation (05:00)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Lasater, Michael (artist)
Summary:
Annunciation is a video object operating within the aesthetic of painting. Each panel's background cycles through images sampled from an original digital abstract composition. One sees this composition in fragments across time controlled by an algorithm derived from 12-tone musical composition in which no fragment is repeated until all are shown. The motion background plays against and through the static black/white paired elements in the foreground, making them appear somewhat unstable. In the audio a noise sound floor supports a repeated claves + voice pair mirroring the motion + static structure of the video. The composition chases György Ligeti’s idea of using time to hold on to time, suspending its disappearance, confining it in the always present moment. –Michael Lasater

227. Bill Shirk's Hall of Fame Video Bio (01:00)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Shirk, Bill
Summary:
Video bio of Bill Shirk, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2016; Bill Shirk graduated from Ball State in 1967 with a degree in education and initially worked as a repairman and as an account executive for his dad’s advertising agency. He taught a year of middle school in 1965 then talked his dad and mother into applying for the license for WERK-FM in Muncie, Indiana. They received the license and Shirk’s parents wanted him to start at the bottom, so he began at WERK-FM as the janitor. A year later, he became a weekend DJ at WERK-FM and by 1968 not only became the station manager of WERK-FM but also served as sales manager, program director, production manager and remained as a DJ in the afternoons. Throughout the next three decades, Shirk went on to own, general manage, program and serve as an air personality on 10 radio stations and two TV stations in Muncie; Indianapolis; Greenwood, Indiana; Greencastle, Indiana; Cloverdale, Indiana; and Lebanon, Indiana. A member of The Garden United Methodist Church, in 1983 Shirk was the executive producer and starred in “The Escapist,” the first motion picture ever produced in the state of Indiana before the film commission was established in Indiana. He now owns 12 radio stations in Hawaii and does mornings on the oldies station in Honolulu. --Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers

228. Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold's Hall of Fame Video Bio (02:27)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Kevoian, Bob, 1950-, Griswold, Tom, 1953-
Summary:
Video bio of "Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold)", inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2016; Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold began their on-air partnership in 1981, hosting mornings in Michigan at WJML-AM in Petoskey. In 1983, they joined WFBQ-FM in Indianapolis as the station’s morning team. Once there, The Bob & Tom Show became the city’s top-rated morning show. The Bob & Tom Show has offered an unpredictable blend of news from Kristi Lee, sports from Chick McGee, talk, celebrity guests, in-studio musical performances, sketch comedy and topical, sometimes irreverent, humor. The Bob & Tom Show is recognized for giving national exposure to young and developing comedians including George Lopez, Brad Garrett, Tim Allen and Rodney Carrington. In 1995, The Bob & Tom Show began national syndication. The show has been heard on more than 400 stations nationwide and The American Forces Radio Network. The show has won over twenty major industry awards, including five Marconi Awards from The National Association of Broadcasters, and the show has released more than 60 comedy albums. --Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers

229. Bob Shanks, BS'54 (03:04)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Shanks, Bob
Summary:
Bob Shanks worked in television as a creator, writer and producer for more than four decades, ultimately serving as vice president of programming and vice president of news at ABC. Originally from Lebanon, Indiana, he graduated from IU with a bachelor of science degree in radio and television in 1954. He was one of only four students to graduate with a degree in radio and television that year. In his time at IU, Shanks often was a guest on WFIU, broadcasting play-by-play commentary of Big Ten basketball games. After graduation, Shanks served in the Army from 1954 until 1956, where he gained experience by writing speeches for the base general at Fort Lee, and producing plays, training films and a weekly TV program. Shanks started in television on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar on CBS, where he began as a talent coordinator and worked his way up to producing the show. He later produced The Morning Program and Candid Camera for CBS, and The Merv Griffin Show for both CBS and NBC. He served as vice president of programming at ABC, where he created and developed programs including Good Morning America, The Barbara Walters Special and The Wide World of Entertainment. As vice president of news at ABC, he developed 20/20 and produced the first three years of The Jerry Lewis Telethon. Shanks produced PBS’ The Great American Dream Machine, which earned two Emmy awards in 1970 and 1971. He also earned an Emmy for his work on 20/20 in 1978. Later in his career, Shanks produced TV movies, including Drop Out Father starring Dick Van Dyke and He’s Fired, She’s Hired. Shanks and his wife, Ann, co-produced the Emmy-nominated documentary A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape, for PBS. Their film, The Avant-Garde in Russia, 1910 to 1930: New Perspectives, won the 1982 ACE Award for Cable Excellence. Together, the Shankses won five CINE Golden Eagle awards and numerous film festival awards. In 1989, the Shankses moved to Australia, where Bob Shanks was CEO and managing director of Northern Star Holding and 10 TV-Australia, and also served as a consultant to broadcast and cable companies. In 1990, he and Ann cofounded a TV production company, COMCO. Shanks has authored several books, including The Cool Fire: How to Make It In Television, and The Primal Screen: How to Write, Sell and Produce Movies for Television. His play, S.J. Perelman in Person, premiered at the IU Theater in 1988 and became an off-Broadway production in 1989, directed by Ann Shanks. Shanks donated his personal collection of papers to the Lilly Library at IU in 2005. The almost 30,000 papers include scripts, proposals, correspondence and materials from his coursework at IU.

230. Bonnie J. Brownlee, BA'72, MA'75 (03:20)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Brownlee, Bonnie Jeanne
Summary:
Bonnie Brownlee, a long-time educator with an interest in international communication, dedicated 34 years to IU and the former School of Journalism as a teacher, researcher and administrator. She retired in 2015 as chair of The Media School’s journalism department. Brownlee began her IU career as a journalism student in the late 1960s. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1972 with bachelor’s degrees in English and journalism. Her first full-time job was with a Boston startup that produced the natural sweetener Miracle Fruit. Brownlee’s work cemented her interest in diet and nutrition. She returned to IU for her master’s degree in journalism, with the idea of becoming a reporter specializing in health. While earning her master’s degree, she participated in a three-month health project in eastern Nicaragua, where she documented the nutritional status of young Miskito Indian children. After graduation, Brownlee was working as editor of an in-house publication for Marathon Oil when she was invited to manage a radio station in Nicaragua as part of a U.S. Agency for International Development project. The experience formed the basis of her dissertation for her Ph.D. in mass communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Brownlee was hired as a lecturer in the former School of Journalism at IU in 1981 and advanced through assistant professor, associate professor, associate dean and senior associate dean roles. In 1987, she was the first recipient of the school-wide Gretchen Kemp Teaching Award. As an associate professor, Brownlee taught courses on news and magazine editing, ethics and international communication. She helped develop travel courses, including Media in Latin America, which she taught. She managed a U.S. State Department–U.S. Embassy Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program that twice brought Iraqi students to Bloomington. In her time at IU, Brownlee was active in faculty development and governance. She served as chair of the Bloomington Faculty Grievance Committee and was a member of the Faculty Board of Review, the Athletics Committee, the Bloomington Faculty Council and the Overseas Study Advisory Committee. Brownlee held several positions for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, including head of the international division and member of the teaching and strategic planning committees. She has served on more than a dozen accrediting site teams, a role she maintains, traveling the country to evaluate journalism programs applying for accreditation through the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. She also was a member of site teams in the United Arab Emirates in 2003 and 2005. During the transition from the School of Journalism to The Media School, Brownlee led the school’s reaccreditation effort for the journalism program, which was approved unanimously by ACEJMC. The program has been accredited since 1948, the first year accreditation was granted. Brownlee’s efforts ensured it will maintain its accreditation through 2020.

235. Ed Roehling's Hall of Fame Video Bio (02:49)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Roehling, Ed
Summary:
Video bio of Ed Roehling, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2016; Ed Roehling always wanted to be a broadcaster and received his degree from Butler University in communications. In his mid-twenties, he organized a group of investors to put a station in Winchester, Indiana. He went on to manage radio stations in Minnesota and Michigan before returning to Indiana. In 1971, Roehling and a group of local investors were delighted when the FCC finally granted the license they had applied for in Rushville, Indiana. He also was able to get WWWY-FM on the air in Columbus, Indiana. He also served as a professor for the communications program at Indiana Central College (now University of Indianapolis) and served as general manager for the public radio station on campus, WICR-FM, for 20 years. Roehling was vice president for Hoosier Broadcasting for 10 years, a company that owned three educational stations licensed to Cloverdale/Indianapolis, Lebanon and Greencastle/Indianapolis. Roehling is now the president and Broker of Roehling Broadcast Services, Ltd., which serves the radio broadcast industry with appraisal, brokerage and consulting services for individual and company acquisitions and sales of broadcast properties. --Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers

237. Eric Deggans, BA'90 (02:49)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Deggans, Eric
Summary:
Eric Deggans is a TV critic, journalist, political commentator and author known for his insightful reviews on NPR and for his hard-hitting criticisms of race relations in the media. Deggans was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Gary, Indiana. In his time at IU, he worked as a professional drummer and toured with The Voyage Band before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science and journalism in 1990. After graduation, he worked as a reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Press. Deggans helped create a minority affairs reporting position at the Gazette and worked with the Pennsylvania State Troopers Academy to develop a racial sensitivity training program for new recruits. In 1993, Deggans became a music critic for Asbury Park Press newspaper in Neptune, New Jersey, before joining the Tampa Bay Times, formerly the St. Petersburg Times, as a pop music critic in 1995. He began covering events such as the MTV Video Music Awards, and later wrote reviews and news stories on television and trends in media. After working as a TV critic for the Times from 1997 until 2004, Deggans joined the editorial board of the paper, writing opinion columns. In 2005, he returned to the news desk as media critic and then media and TV critic. Since 2013, Deggans has served as NPR’s first full-time TV critic. He offers commentary on everything from politics to TV reviews to examinations of the entertainment industry. Deggans’ book, Race Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation, describes how some media outlets and personalities profit by evoking and perpetuating stereotypes, prejudice and racism. Deggans also has written for The New York Times online, Salon magazine, CNN.com, The Washington Post, Emmy magazine and Rolling Stone online, among many others. He has appeared as a commentator or guest host on several news and news analysis shows, such as CNN’s Reliable Sources and PBS NewsHour. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his writing and for his coverage of issues related to race and media, including the Florida Press Club’s first ever Diversity Award and the National Association of Black Journalists’ A & E Task Force Legacy Award. Deggans has taught and lectured at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Loyola University, California State University, the University of Tampa and Indiana University. He continues to return to campus to participate in Media School events, including the school’s Speaker Series.

241. Kenneth A. Beckley, BS'62 (02:58)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Beckley, Ken
Summary:
Ken Beckley has had a storied career in journalism, marketing and public relations since graduating from IU with a degree in radio-television in 1962. Beckley served as news reporter and anchor in Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Asheville, North Carolina. He and co-anchor Howard Caldwell formed one of the first two-man anchor teams in Indiana, and they were a top-rated team at WRTV in Indianapolis. After 14 years on the air, Beckley decided to step away from television news to spend more time with his family. He became the first director of university relations for IUPUI in 1977. In 1983, his career took another turn. Beckley became vice president of marketing for Indiana-based appliances and electronics retailer H.H. Gregg. He was the face and voice of the company on radio and television commercials for nearly 18 years. He retired as executive vice president at H.H. Gregg in 2001 and was appointed president and CEO of the Indiana University Alumni Association, after volunteering for the organization and IU for more than 30 years. During his tenure from 2002 to 2007, he cultivated unprecedented growth in the association, with significant increases in membership and the establishment of the $9 million Jerry F. Tardy Operating Endowment. Beckley retired from the IU Alumni Association in 2007, then embarked on yet another use of his writing skills. After reporting on the facts for decades, he fulfilled a years-long goal to write fiction. His first novel, Knuckleball: The Uncertainties of (a) Life, was well received when it was published in 2012. His success inspired him to write his second novel, An Act of Frustration, published in 2016. Beckley has received countless awards for excellence in his career and for his service to communities throughout Indiana. Among his awards are IU’s Distinguished Alumni Service Award, the Indiana University President’s Medal for Excellence and the IUPUI Maynard K. Hine Medal. Beckley is a member of the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame, where he has served as president. He is a past vice president of the Indianapolis Press Club. He is a charter member of The Media School’s Dean’s Advisory Board. Ken and his wife, Audrey, recently made a gift to The Media School to support the installation of the new television studio in Franklin Hall. The Ken and Audrey Beckley Studio serves as a facility for broadcast production classes and workshops, as well as the student-run station IUSTV. The studio features cutting edge technology, allowing students to learn and work with the most up-to-date equipment, thanks to the Beckleys’ generosity.

246. Lecture Exchange – International Distance Learning: String Pedagogy (February 12, 2016) (2:50:48)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Géza Szilvay, lecturer, Yvonne Frye, lecturer, Mimi Zweig, lecturer, Päivyt Meller, moderator
Summary:
A Videoconference Event presented by Sibelius Academy’s Distance Learning Program & the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. Includes: Géza Szilvay and Yvonne Frye of the East Helsinki Music Institute and the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki on The Colourstrings, Mimi Zweig of the Jacobs School of Music on String Pedagogy, and An Overseas Panel Discussion: What is a Good Violin Teacher Like? Discussion led by Päivyt Meller of he Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, with panelists Géza Szilvay, Yvonne Frye, Réka Szilvay, Valerie Albrecht, Mimi Zweig, Grigory Kalinovsky, Asia Doike, and Rose Scioroni.

250. One, Two (09:38)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Lasater, Michael (artist)
Summary:
One, Two is a self-portrait. The image of me as a boy is split left and right, one side the echo of the other. In the audio, a single claves strike, doubled at the octave, mirrors the visual motif. The video, developing in multiple planes, and the audio, mirroring that development in multiple voices, express a time object – a moment continuously redefined – unified by its genesis in a single image, a single sound. One, Two is composed in Bogen (arch) form, a musical architecture. The piece begins in unity, develops to maximum complexity at mid-point, then resolves again to unity at the end. –Michael Lasater

256. Richard M. Fairbanks' Hall of Fame Video Bio (01:54)

Date:
2016
Main contributors:
Fairbanks, Richard M.
Summary:
Video bio of Richard M. Fairbanks, inducted to Indiana Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2016; For more than 50 years, Richard M. Fairbanks of Indianapolis was a leader and innovator in radio broadcasting. His company owned and operated 20 radio stations around the country, a television station in Atlanta, cable television systems, a charter airplane company and had interests in real estate. Fairbanks established the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Network when he owned and operated WIBC-FM. He was very involved with professional, civic and cultural organizations and served on many boards including Butler University, Better Business Bureau, United Way of Central Indiana and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Fairbanks was also a director of Merchants National Bank for 20 years. The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, established in 1986, has been a benefactor of the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers. Fairbanks died in 2000. --Words from the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers