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Education
2011: Ph.D.,
Communications and Media, Institute
of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dissertation: Radio's
Digital Dilemma: Broadcasting
in the 21st Century.
Dissertation
Committee: Michelle R. Nelson, John Nerone (advisor), Christian
Sandvig, Dan
Schiller.
2004: M.A., Journalism
and Mass Communication,
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Thesis: A
Can of Worms: Pirate Radio as Public Intransigence on the
Public Airwaves.
Thesis Committee: James
L. Baughman, Robert Drechsel, Douglas M. McLeod (advisor).
1996: B.A., cum
laude, Broadcast Journalism and Humanities,
Valparaiso University.
Named
Outstanding Senior in Communication; member of Christ
College, the Honors
College of Valparaiso University.
Research Interests
History and critical studies of media, with focus on broadcast law and
policy; independent and interventionist media systems, including new
media phenomenon such as remix culture; the practical effects of convergent
media activity on traditional mass media platforms and the practice
of journalism.
Academic Experience
2011-12: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Communications Research,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Description: Awarded for the development of critical communications
research in the ICR tradition; primarily used to develop a book manuscript
and journal articles on issues of communications policy.
2009-10: Research Assistant,
Profs. Sarah Projansky & C.L. Cole (Associate
Heads of Media & Cinema Studies), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Description: Handled multiple tasks related to the identification
and correlation of materials related to each professor’s ongoing
research and teaching duties.
2008-09: Instructor, Economics
of the Media (Media Studies 264), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Description: Singularly responsible for developing the syllabus,
curriculum, and all teaching/grading duties for one of the College
of Media’s
core undergraduate courses for three consecutive semesters.
2007-08:
Instructor, Introduction to the Media (Communications 101) [2 sections],
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Description: Used curricular template provided by the College
of Media to teach on introductory media issues, including discussions
of socio-cultural,
economic, and political media theories and effects.
Applied Experience
2011-12: News Producer Member, Programming Committee, WORT-FM.
Description: Listener-sponsor representative. Assisted in the
creation of program audit procedures and with the organization and
execution
of
audience/volunteer
research.
2009-10:
Member, Board of Directors, WEFT-FM.
Description: Collaborated on the drafting of budgets,
station policies, personnel items, and fundraising/outreach activities.
2004-07: Founding Producer,
Media Minutes, sponsored by the Illinois Initiative for Media Policy
Research and Free Press.
Description: Designed and constructed a broadcast-quality studio
on campus; developed the format of Media Minutes; was responsible
for
news lineup,
production, and distribution.
2005-06: Founding member
and Training/Membership Coordinator, WRFU-LP.
Description: Collectively constructed the organizational
backbone of WRFU, the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media
Center’s LPFM radio
station. Served as a project manager for the station’s
barnaraising. Wrote WRFU’s original station manual,
collected membership dues from airshfiters, and participated
in the design of the station’s
main studio.
2003: Coordinated microradio
and online simulcast of keynote, plenaries, and other selected sessions
of the
first National
Conference for
Media Reform.
2001-04: Co-founding
Producer, Workers Independent
News, sponsored by the University of
Wisconsin-Extension School
for Workers.
Description: Designed and constructed a broadcast-quality
studio on campus, later redesigned and expanded off-campus.
Collaboratively
developed
the
format and distribution infrastructure of WIN; served
as primary anchor for the program; developed and produced
headline and
feature stories.
WIN celebrates its 10th broadcast anniversary in 2012.
1994-2000:
Award-winning radio journalist for stations and networks
in Wisconsin and Indiana; stringer for national
and international
networks.
Description: From 1994-97, served as Morning
Anchor and Lead Reporter for WAKE/WLJE (Valparaiso,
IN). From
1998-1999,
served as Anchor/Reporter
at WTDY-AM (Madison, WI). From 1999-2000, served as
Morning Anchor/Assignment Editor at the Wisconsin
Radio Network (Madison,
WI). Provided
stories when appropriate to ABC, NBC, CNN
Radio, NPR,
and BBC Five Live.
1994-96: General Manager
and Music Director, WVUR-FM, Valparaiso, IN.
Description: Chief operator of Valparaiso University’s student-run
radio station. Oversaw a staff of 10 and worked closely with student
government, Communications faculty, and university administration to
upgrade WVUR’s studio and transmission infrastructure. Integrated
the station into the Communications Department’s curriculum. Managed
all contacts with music industry radio promoters for the collection,
playback, and reporting of all new music on WVUR.
Selected Publications
1997-present:
DIYmedia.net (née
pirateradio.about.com); news/analysis, feature stories, multimedia production/archival.
2012:
(Under
revision) “Postal
System Development During the Civil War,” American Journalism.
(Forthcoming) “Digital Radio’s Global Dilemma,” Convergence:
The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.
2011:
"Public FCC Files on the
Chopping Block," Radio Survivor,
27 April.
"WIBA
and Vicki McKenna flout FCC rules to attack public employees," Isthmus
Daily Page, 27 April.
2006:
"Digital
Radio in the United States: Privatization of the Public Airwaves?" Southern
Review: Communication, Politics and Culture, vol. 39, no. 2.
"Microradio
Turns 21," Fresno Undercurrent, August.
2005:
"The God Squad on
a Station Near You: Spectrum Speculation via FM Translator Station," Mediageek #3
(June).
2004:
"March
of the Low-Band God Squad," The
Wisconsinite, 20 July.
"Deep
in the Lake," The
Wisconsinite, 22 June.
"Pirate
Radio Across the Nation," Mediageek #2 (June).
"Truthful
Translations of Political Speech: Remixing the Bush II Agenda," Bad
Subjects, Bush Culture Review Series.
2002:
Andrew Yoder, Pirate Radio Stations: Tuning in to Underground
Broadcasts in the Air and Online (3rd ed., McGraw-Hill), chapters
9, 10, 13.
2001:
"Radio
Active," Adbusters,
July/August.
"Radio
Free-For-All," Adbusters,
March/April.
"From
the Airwaves to the Streets," Adbusters, January/February.
"Radio
in Revolt," Adbusters,
August/September.
1998-99:
Interface:
Reprogramming Digital Culture, issues 10-15; staff writer,
various artist features and release reviews.
Selected Presentations,
Lectures, and Workshops
2011:
-- Invited Lecturer, "The (re)Evolution of Journalism," Department
of Television and Radio, Brooklyn College, 20 December.
--
Presenter, “Global
Radio’s
Digital Dilemma,” Mass
Communication Division, National Communication Association Annual
Conference, New Orleans, 17-20 November.
-- Invited Roundtable Participant, “Leveraging Technologies
of Resistance,” Association of Internet Researchers Annual
Conference (v. 12.0), Seattle, 10-13 October.
-- Workshop
Co-host, “Using Radio as a Medium” and “Building
a Community-Driven Media Organization,” Democracy Convention, Madison,
24-28 August.
2010:
--
Invited Speaker, "Behind Radio's Digital Dilemma," ICR
Proseminar II, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Spring semester (Prof. Angharad Valdivia).
-- Roundtable Moderator, "Political Economy of Communicaton," First
Annual Institute of Communications Research Alumni & Friends
Reunion Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Chamopaign,
12-13 February.
2009:
-- Presenter, "The Democratic Potentiality of Convergence Studies," Mass
Communication Division, National Communication Association Annual
Conference, Chicago, 12-15 November.
-- Roundtable Participant, "The Triumph of Collective Action?," Association
of Internet Researchers Annual Conference (v. 10.0), Milwaukee,
7-11 October.
-- Guest Lecturer, "Alternative Media Tools," Seminar
in Culture and Communication (COMM 490), University of Illinois
at Chicago, 26 September
(Camille Yale).
2008:
-- Invited Participant, Access To Communication And Democratic Media
Infrastructures In The Digital Environment: The Impact Of Convergence
Digitalisation On Community Media Policy And Practice, Exploratory
Workshop sponsored by the European Science Foundation, Budapest, 13-15
May.
-- Invited Lecturer, "The History and Future of Pirate Radio," Department
of Radio-Television and College of Mass Communication and Media Arts,
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 26 February.
-- FM Transmitter Construction Workshop Co-coordinator, Studio Arts Practice
(MCMA 557), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 25 February (Prof.
Jay Needham).
2007:
--
Presenter: "U.S. Radio Regulation's Early Crisis of
Confidence," Mass
Communication Division, National Communication Association
Annual Conference, Chicago, 15-18 November.
--
Presenter: "Godcasting on the March: Spectrum Speculation
via FM Translator Station," Union
for Democratic Communications Annual Conference, Vancouver,
25-28 October.
--
Co-Presenter: "Microradio: Tactical Overview and Deployment
Opportunities," Global Fusion Conference, St. Louis,
7-9 September.
--
Presenter: "Radio Content and Control in a Post-Digital Environment," International
Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, 24-28
May.
-- Presenter: "Radio's Digital Lockdown," SSRC/Free
Press Media Policy Research Pre-conference to National Conference
for
Media
Reform, Memphis, TN, 11 January.
2006:
-- Presenter, "HD
Radio As Digital Boondoggle: A Critical Review of IBOC-DAB," Mass
Communication Division, National Communication Association Annual Conference,
San Antonio,
TX, 16-19 November.
--
Guest
Lecturer, "Convergence
and Journalistic Opportunity," Media Literacy (COMM 166),
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall semester (Prof.
Ivy Glennon).
--
Presenter, "Utility
vs. Commodity: Framing the Provision of Broadband," Communication
Technology Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication Annual
Conference, San Francisco, 2-5 August.
-- Presenter, "Postal
System Development During the Civil War," History Division, Association
for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference,
San Francisco, 2-5 August.
--
Workshop
Host, "Microradio: Tactical Overview and Operations," NYC
Grassroots Media Conference, New York, 11 February.
2005:
-- Guest Lecturer,
"Convergence and Journalistic Opportunity," Media Literacy
(COMM 166), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall semester
(Prof.
Ivy Glennon).
-- Workshop
Host, "Microradio: Overview and
Operations," Allied Media Conference, Bowling Green, OH, 17-19
June.
-- Presenter, "Politics
and Web Collage," Collage
as Cultural Practice (Obermann Humanities Symposium), Obermann Center
for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 24-26
March.
-- Presenter, "Digital
Radio's Brave New World," UICC Conference, Urbana, 18 March.
-- Guest
Lecturer, "Media Collage: the Ultimate Subvertising," Consumer
Communication and the Public (ADV 410), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Spring
semester (Prof. Inger Stole).
2004:
-- Presenter, "What's
Up At the FCC" and "Making Alternative Media," RAD:
Radio, Access, Democracy, Minneapolis College of Art & Design,
Minneapolis, MN, 29-30 October.
--
Guest
Lecturer, "An
Introduction to the Political Economy of Broadcasting," Contemporary
Moral Issues (Phil 341), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Spring
semester (Tim Hansel).
2003-05:
-- Guest Lecturer, "Culture
Jamming with Collage," Mass Media and the Consumer (J646),
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Prof. Michelle R. Nelson). 2003:
-- Workshop Co-host, "Microradio: DIY
Broadcasting," Be the Media! shadow conference to National Conference
for Media Reform, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 8 November.
-- Presenter and Workshop Co-host, "Launching WINS" and "Radio
Production," Labor Media Conference, Chicago, IL, 17-18 October.
-- Presenter,
"Bring Labor Back to Radio," and "Microbroadcasting," LaborTech/Access
2003, Stanford University, 5 April.
2002-03:
-- Workshop Co-host, "Media Practices for Labor Leaders: Projection
and Production," Madison Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Extension School for Workers.
Selected Media Interviews
2012:
A Public Affair (WORT-FM, Madison), "Celebrating World Radio Day," 13 February.
2011:
The Isthmus,"Power
Grab: Community Radio Stations Offer an Alternative to Cookie-Cutter
Corporate Programming," 17 November.
Radio World, "Pirate
Fines Are Often Tough to Collect," 16 November.
Christian Science Monitor, "Less
mobile Internet. Cheaper price. But a fair deal?," 15 March.
2010:
Radio Survivor, "New
FCC net neutrality rules good for Internet radio? Probably not," 22 December.
Pirates Week, "Pirate
Radio Report w/Skidmark Bob," 18 July.
PoP dEFECT RADIO (Free Radio Santa Cruz), "IP
Copwatch," 13 July.
A
Critical Ear
(WRFU-LP, Urbana), "Digital
Radio," 4
March.
2009:
Mediageek
(WNUR-FM, Evanston/Chicago), "FCC
Chair Introduces New Net Neutrality Principles," 26
September.
Dorchester (MA) Reporter, "New
FCC Nominee Brings Ray of Hope for Low-Power Radio," 12 March.
Mediageek, "Charting
the Economic Decline of Radio / More
on Radio's Downfall," 19
February.
Mediageek, "2008
Year in Review / FCC Enforcement
Action 2008," 1 January.
2008:
Mediageek (WEFT-FM, Champaign), "The
Nation's Biggest Pirates Merge," 1 August.
Mediageek, "Community
Radio in Eastern Europe," 27
June.
Mediageek,"Digital
Radio in Europe," 20 June.
Operation: Ear Infection (Free Radio Santa Cruz), "PRO
IP Act, ACTA Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Interview with John
Anderson," 17 June.
Recherche (Germany), "Digitalization
and Community Media", 28 May.
Mediageek, "Stand-Ins
Warming the Bench for Comacast at the FCC Hearing," 29 February.
Operation: Ear Infection, "State
of Media 2008," 12
February.
Mediageek, "NAB's
FM Spectrum Grab Isn't About Radio," 8 February.
2007:
Mediageek, "Year-End
Wrap Up pt. 2," 21
December.
Mediageek, "Year-End
Wrap Up pt. 1," 14
December.
Mediageek , "Radio
Piracy is Up, FCC Action is Up, But What's the Story Behind the Numbers," 5
October.
A Public Affair, "Digital Broadcasting," 1 October.
Mediageek, "Fruits
of the NAB's Labor on Satellite Radio," 20 July.
In Our Backyard (WORT), "Webcasting
Royalty Rate Controversy," 13
June.
Mediageek, "Wal-Mart
America's Biggest Pirate?," 2
March.
Mediageek, "Live
from the National Conference for Media Reform," 12 January.
2006:
Mediageek, "Year-End
Wrap-Up," 22 December.
Mediageek "Community
Radio Pioneer Jeremy Lansman," 13
October.
Associated
Press, "Pirate
Radio Challenges Feds," 20 September.
Mediageek, "The
Exploitation of Translators," 18 August.
Associated Press, "Wyoming
community moves toward municipal high-speed network," 5
August.
Berkeley Liberation Radio, "Sitting in on the World Cruise," 5
August.
Free Radio Santa Cruz, "Airshift Hijack with the V-Man," 4
August.
Mediageek, "Independent
Media Makers Ally Together at AMC 2006," 16 June.
Sounds
of Dissent (WZBC-FM,
Boston), "Calvary
Imploding," 27 May.
Mediageek, "Internecine
Battles in Christian Radioland," 26 May.
Columbia
Journalism Review, "Out
of Thin Air," March/April.
Mediageek, "HD
Radio: Hi-Definition or High Dollar Scam?," 17 February.
2005:
Punk Planet, "Voices
At Radio's End," September/October.
Mediageek, "Microradio
in Times of Crisis," 9
September.
Free
Radio Santa Cruz, "Interview
with John Anderson," 24 May.
Mediageek, "Robert
McChesney Discusses Media Reform and Independent Media," 8
April.
Sounds of Dissent, "CSN International," 5
March.
Mediageek, "Christian
Broadcasters Trafficking in Low-Power Translator Stations," 4
March.
Mediageek, "LPFM
and LPAM, With or Without the Law," 18 February.
2004:
Mediageek, "2004
Year in Review," 31 December.
Mediageek, "What's
Going On in the World of Radio," 11
June.
Mediageek, "U.S.
Atty General Contacts Radio Free Brattleboro," 23 January.
Invisible Ink (KALW-FM,
San Francisco), "'Pirate' Radio," 11 January.
Mediageek, "Live
report from the National Conference on Media Reform and Be
the Media!," 7 November.
2003:
Denver Westword,
"The
Message," 25
September.
Mediageek, "Microradio
Update," 29 August.
Mediageek, "What's
Happening in the Pirate Radio World," 13
June.
2002:
Mediageek, "Year-end
Wrap Up with John Anderson," 27 December.
radio.about.com,
"Pirates
of the Airwaves," 6 September.
2001:
Denver Westword, "Frequency
Free-for-All," 11
October.
Denver Westword, "The
Making of a Pirate," 4
October.
2000:
Wired,
"Radio Active," June.
CMJ New
Music Monthly, "Pump Up the Volume," May.
Awards
2010:
Finalist, Specialty Music Director of the Year,
CMJ College Radio Awards.
2009:
Named Outstanding Instructor in Media Studies, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring semester.
2006:
Top Three Student Paper, for "Utility
vs. Commodity: Framing the Provision of Broadband," AEJMC
Communication Technology Division, San Francisco, 2-5 August.
1998:
Best Use of Audio, Wisconsin Broadcasters' Association,
for "Unmoderated Babble," WTDY (Madison).
Extracurricular
Accomplishments
2012: Article Reviewer, Critical Studies in Media Communication.
2011: Article Reviewer, Communication Theory.
2007-2011:
RPM (electronic music) genre director and host of "Poodles
Ahoy," a weekly radio program on WEFT.
2007:
Playtester, PACTLAB InnisMod (Prof. Christian Sandvig).
2006-07:
Co-coordinator of Illinois Program for Research in
the Humanities Reading Group on Democratic Communications.
2006-07:
ICR Representative, College of Media Student
Advisory Council, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2006:
Credited as Historical Adviser for Pirate
Radio USA documentary.
2004-05:
Compiled The Black Boognish, a mashup EP involving Jay-Z's Black
Album with music from Ween, inspired by DJ
Dangermouse and the rest. Tracks and other audio collage
can be found here.
2002:
Broadcast Participant (102.1 FM), "Mosquito
Fleet Stings NAB," Seattle, WA, 9-14 September. 2000-04:
Primary Facilitator, "System P" (87.9 MHz), Madison,
WI.
1993:
Founding Student Member, Valparaiso
University Storm Intercept Team (VUSIT).
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