Prof. K's Historical research
The Ethyl Conflict Early lessons never learned: Leaded gasoline, the news media and the environment |
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A brief history of computing and web design, presented visually, helps explain where we are now and where we are going with interactive media. (Screenshot courtesy of Bob Stepno) |
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"I say to you, and to you, what do you hold so precious in your own circle of life that you don’t have a price on it? What would it be? For me, it’s Appalachia. For me, it’s the mountains. For me, it’s a whole way of life that they’re wiping out here, and nobody seems tocare” --- Larry Gibson shows RU journalism students the impacts of mountaintop removal mining on Kayford Mountain in central West Virginia in 2006. (Photo by Bill Kovarik) |
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Radford University students fly symbols of freedom -- but only when they get permission to express themselves from the City of Radford. What kind of freedom is that? What kind of public officials pretend to uphold the Constitution and then force others to grovel to their whims? The city is thumbing its nose at the FIrst Amendment. The Virginia state ACLU says its ready to sue the city to Radford, but so far, no students have been brave enough to put their names behind a lawsuit. So far. |
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About Prof. Kovarik:Bill Kovarik, Ph.D. isa Professor of Communication at Radford University in southwestern Virginia. He teaches science and environment writing, journalism, web design, media history and media law, among other things. Kovarik is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University (1974), the University of South Carolina (M.A., 1983) and the University of Maryland (Ph.D., 1993). His Ph.D. dissertation, The Ethyl Controversy, explored the role of the news media in protecting the public interest in a 1920s scientific controversy over leaded gasoline and safer alternatives (especially ethanol). |
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Kovarik has also served on the faculty at Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland. His professional experience as a journalist includes reporting and editing for Jack Anderson, the Associated Press, The Charleston (S.C.) Courier, The Baltimore Sun, Time-Life Books, Business Publishers and the National Center for Appropriate Technology. He is a co-author of "The Forbidden Fuel" (1982, with Hal Bernton and Scott Sklar, Mass Media and Environmental Conflict" (1996, with Mark Neuzil), and author of "Web Design for the Mass Media" (2001), Kovarik also serves as an academic representative on the board of directors and conference chair for the Society of Environmental Journalists and on the editorial board of Appalachian Voice. Here's another view of Professor K courtesy of the "Simpsonizer" Yes, even if its the End of the World as we Know it, we certainly don't want to lose our sense of humor about it all. |
