Dorothy Bland
CCN Faculty Champion
University of North Texas - Denton, TX
Center for Community News
BIO
University of North Texas - Denton, TX
Program Summary: Continue to diversify the Emerging Journalists Program with outreach to the Rio Grande Valley and North Texas area middle school levels for a program that provides in depth journalism training and regional placements for pre-college students.
Dr. Bland worked 25 years in the news industry, including daily newspapers in Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Colorado and USA Today. She is an award-winning journalist and earned three Gannett rings for outstanding performance as a publisher. She was named SPJ's Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award winner in 2022.
Bio
University of North Texas - Denton, TX
Program Summary: Continue to diversify the Emerging Journalists Program with outreach to the Rio Grande Valley and North Texas area middle school levels for a program that provides in depth journalism training and regional placements for pre-college students.
Dr. Bland worked 25 years in the news industry, including daily newspapers in Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Colorado and USA Today. She is an award-winning journalist and earned three Gannett rings for outstanding performance as a publisher. She was named SPJ's Distinguished Teaching in Journalism Award winner in 2022.