Visiting Distinguished Professional
The Journalism Program at SUNY at New Paltz, the largest journalism major in the public university system in New York, seeks a distinguished journalist for the James H. Ottaway Sr. Endowed Professorship each spring semester. This person will teach one course to advanced undergraduate journalism students; participate in six workshop/round table discussions with students, faculty and local journalists; and give one major campus presentation. The ideal candidate will have extensive and prestigious journalism experience, preferably in print as an editor or reporter. SUNY New Paltz is located in the Mid-Hudson Valley, 70 miles from New York City. The college is among the most selective small liberal arts colleges in the Northeast; it receives more applications than any other SUNY college. It has 8,000 students, many of whom study communication, media and journalism in high-quality facilities. Past holders of the professorship include Sydney Schanberg, 1976 winner of the Pulizer Prize for international reporting, and Bernard Stein, who won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1998 as co-publisher and editor of The Riverdale Press.
Send application letter to Patricia Sullivan, Chair, SUNY New Paltz, Communication and Media, 1 Hawk Dr., New Paltz. N.Y., 12561. SUNY is an AA/EOE employer. Questions may be directed to sullivap@newpaltz.edu.