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Dr. Betsy Alderman Dr. Betsy B. Alderman's "claim to fame" is that in 1980 she replaced Matt Lauer as producer of a local noon newscast and live morning show at WOWK Television in Huntington, West Virginia. "Matt is at NBC and I'm at UTC. Matt's salary is in the six figures and mine, well, let's just say I'm in teaching because I love it," she says. Dr. Alderman earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Huntington. Her doctoral degree is from West Virginia University. As a professional, Dr. Alderman worked in public relations, television news and in newspapers. She served as public relations manager for a regional non-profit organization, produced a television news program and a live morning talk show, and worked on several publications during her professional career. While working on her master's degree, Dr. Alderman began her teaching career at Marshall where she advised the daily student newspaper and headed up many of the accredited programs student-outreach programs. In 1990, she was appointed as an assistant professor at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, where she also advised the student yearsbook. In the summer of 1993, Dr. Alderman came to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where she teaches media writing and has taught advanced reporting and publication editing and design. She served as advisor to The University Echo student newspaper at UTC and has headed up many projects and events, including the department's successful accreditation efforts. Also, she directs the Communication Department's internship program and she serves as job placement coordinator for students and departmental alumni. In August of 1994, Dr. Alderman was awarded a UC Foundation Professorship. Dr. Alderman's research has included studies investigating job burnout among professional newspaper reporters and copy editors. In 1994, she won the "Excellence in Faculty Research Award" presented by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. She has been published in "Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly" and "Newspaper Research Journal," as well as in several industry-related publications including "Editor and Publisher" and "Presstime." Dr. Alderman and her husband Dan live in North Chattanooga. |
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