School of Journalism & Broadcasting Staff - James LeTourneau, M.A.

James LeTourneau, M.A.

Assistant Professor

Office:  321 MMTH
Phone:  (270) 745-8856
Email:  james.letourneau@wku.edu

Courses

Basic Broadcast News
Intro. to Broadcasting
News Discovery and Selection
Writing for Radio & TV
Broadcast News Reporting
Advanced Broadcast News
Oversee student television/radio newscasts

Experience

• Assistant Professor, WKU, 2000- present
• Graduate Teaching Assistant; University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Courtside announcer/ Wisconsin Women's Basketball
• Education Director/Instructor; Madison (WI) Media Institute
• News Director, WMTV, Madison
• Radio Anchor; WEMP-WMYX Radio, Milwaukee, WI
• Managing Editor, WBAY-TV, Green Bay, WI
• News Director, WHBF-TV, Rock Island (Quad Cities), IL
• News Director, WREX-TV, Rockford, IL
• News Director, WQOW-TV, Eau Clair, WI
• Sports Director, KGWC, Casper, WY
• Program Director/Music Announcer, WNDU AM&FM, South Bend, IN
  Host of Notre Dame pre and post-game football and basketball games.
• Program Director,/ Music Announcer, WFAW-WSJY; Ft. Atkinson, WI
• Program Director/ Music Announcer, WYXE-FM, Madison, WI

Education

• Masters Degree, Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Bachelor of Arts Degree, History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Brown Institute, Minneapolis, MN

Research

Professional Activities

• 2004 Plagerism detection workshop presenter
• 2003 Program Host for student documentary on Former Football coach Jack Harbaugh.
• Actor and voice talent for two student video/audio projects
• Appearance on WKYU-Radio Public Affairs Broadcast. Topics: 
  Connie Chung and Confidential comments 
  News Cost of the Iraq War/ Peter Arnett 'Geraldo Rivera situations
• Judge; Kentucky High School Journalism, Video news entries
• Member of special Athletic department panel to decide status of basketball player Patrick Sparks.
• RTNDA National Conference; Las Vegas. Workshops and Seminars:
  Stations and Colleges Working Together.
  Producing Producers
  How the Media Treated Me.
  Designing a better Assignment Desk
  Making Your Mark with Enterprise Stories.
• 2002
• Host of joint Broadcast-Business School seminar on media and business with Guest Speak, Len Walter, WBBM Radio, Chicago
• Co-Cordinator; WKU Journalism School Broadcast Day
• School Representative at the Kentucky Broadcasting Association conference and awards ceremony; Louisville, KY
• WKU Broadcast school representative for minority student recruitment day.
• Selected as Journalism & Broadcasting School Senate Alternate
• Serve on the Department equipment and internship committees
• 2001-present
• Student advisor (40 students) and faculty aide for students seeking advice on writing resumes.
• Assist in the weekly production of the student TV newscast.
• Association Memberships
• 1993-current Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA)
• 1990-94 Wisconsin Broadcasters Association