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Gary
Hanson is a 25-year veteran of television news.
From 1984 to 1997 he was News Director of WKBN,
the CBS television affiliate in Youngstown,
Ohio.
He
is the past Freedom and Responsibility Chair of
the RTV-J Division of AEJMC, the Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Hanson
is a Past Chairman of the Radio-Television News
Directors Association, representing 3800
broadcast and cable journalists around the
world. His work with RTNDA included the
chairmanship of the Education Liaison Committee,
serving as the liaison between the industry
association and the nation's radio and
television journalism education community.
He
represented RTNDA on the Accrediting Council for
Education for Journalism and Mass Communication,
the body that accredits university journalism
programs, and was twice elected to ACEJMC's
Accrediting Committee. He has served as a member
of the ACEJMC Site Visit teams to 13
universities around the country including New
York University and the University of Miami.
Hanson also served as Limited Service Faculty
member in the Department of Speech and Theater
at Youngstown State University. In the summer of
2000, Hanson taught in the Media Department of
Concordia International University Estonia in
Tallin, Estonia.
Hanson
is the winner of 3 National Association of
Television Arts and Sciences Regional EMMY
awards in the Cleveland region for his work as
principal reporter on the WKBN TV public affairs
broadcast "Newswatch Sunday."
Prior
to joining WKBN, Hanson was News Director of
KXON-TV in Mitchell, South Dakota. He began his
television career at WDAZ TV in Grand Forks,
North Dakota in 1971. He earned a B.A. in Speech
from the University of North Dakota in 1973.
Hanson
received his Masters Degree from the School of
Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State
University where he serves as an assistant
professor. He is currently the faculty advisor
for TV2, KSU's student television station. His
wife, Dr. LuEtt Hanson, is an associate
professor in KSU's School of Journalism and Mass
Communication.
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