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David O. Loomis, Ph.D.
\nAssistant Professor
\nJournalism Department
\n421 Davis Hall
\nIndiana University of Pennsylvania
\nIndiana, PA 15705-1087
\n724-357-2742 (office)
\n724-357-8005 (home)<\/p>\n
David O. Loomis is an assistant journalism professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill, where he was a Park Fellow, and an undergraduate degree from George Washington University. He’s active in the community-journalism and civic-journalism interest groups at AEJMC and has authored several papers on civic journalism and the role of small-town dailies. He has held editing positions at The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C., the Washington Daily News, The Virginian-Pilot & Ledger Star, the Times-Dispatch of Richmond, Va., and with Congressional Quarterly\/Doloomis@iup.edu<\/p>\n
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Park Fellow, doctoral program, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Ph.D., July 2002. <\/p>\n
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Master of Arts, May 1997.<\/p>\n
George Washington University, Washington, D.C., School of Journalism, Bachelor of Arts, September 1973. <\/p>\n
Grants<\/p>\n
Project Pericles grant, co-funded by Eugene Lang Foundation and Elon University, awarded October 2002 for first-ever civic-journalism course taught at Elon University, in partnership with the Burlington Times-News. Spring 2003 semester. <\/p>\n
Recent professional service<\/p>\n
Judge, conference papers submitted to the Community Journalism Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Spring 2007.<\/p>\n
Judge, conference papers for Civic Journalism Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Fall-2005-present<\/p>\n
Secretary, Civic Journalism Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Fall-2005-Spring 2006.<\/p>\n
Co-Chair, Research Committee, Civic Journalism Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Fall-2004-Summer 2005.<\/p>\n
Relevant scholarly research and presentations<\/p>\n
David Loomis, Ph.D., Jennifer Easton. \u201cApathy: 1. Civic engagement: 0: A Case Study of Civic Journalism on Campus,\u201d a research paper submitted to the Civic Journalism Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Education, spring 2007, for presentation at national convention in Washington, D.C., August 2007. Pending.<\/p>\n
David Loomis, Ph.D., Thomas Short, Ph.D., Patricia Heilman, Ph.D. \u201cWomen, the press and college-student attitudes during the past decade,\u201d ,\u201d a research paper submitted to the Commission on Women, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Education, spring 2007, for presentation at national convention in Washington, D.C., August 2007. Pending.<\/p>\n
"Civic Journalism," The Encyclopedia of Community, Berkshire Publishing Group\/Sage, 2003.<\/p>\n
"A Tale of Two Cities: Do Small-Town Dailies Practice Public Journalism Without Knowing It?" Asia-Pacific Media Educator, Issue No. 9, July-December 2000, pp. 130-145.<\/p>\n
\u201cOpinion Without Polls: Finding a Link Between Corporate Culture and Public Journalism,\u201d International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Vol. 12, No. 3, Summer 2000, with Prof. Philip Meyer, pp. 276-284. (http:\/\/ijpor.oupjournals.org\/cgi\/reprint\/12\/3\/276.pdf)<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Grid\u2019 Lock: A preliminary case study of a management initiative at the Winston-Salem Journal,\u201d International Newspaper Marketing Association, http:\/\/www.inma.org”>(online publication 1999).<\/p>\n
\u201cPublic Journalism and Its Several Publics: Disconnected,\u201d in Beyle, Thad L., State and Local Politics (1999-2000 edition). Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press.<\/p>\n
Professional experience:<\/p>\n
The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
\nNight Metro Editor, September 1996-October 1997.<\/p>\n
The Daily News, Washington, N.C.
\nNews Editor, May 1994-June 1995.<\/p>\n
The Virginian-Pilot & Ledger-Star, Nags Head, N.C.
\nNorth Carolina Editor, November 1988-April 1994.<\/p>\n
The Virginian-Pilot & Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
\nAssociate Editor\/Editorial Page, February 1984-November 1988.<\/p>\n
The Evening Star, Winchester, VA
\nEditorial Page Editor, 1978-1984.<\/p>\n
The Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA
\nEditorial Writer, 1977-1978.<\/p>\n
Congressional Quarterly, Washington, DC
\nResearcher\/Writer, 1972-1977.<\/p>\n
Northern Virginia Sun, Arlington, VA
\nCopy Boy, 1971-1972.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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