Doug Blackburn
CCN Faculty Champion
Florida A&M University - Tallahassee, FL
Center for Community News
BIO
Florida A&M University - Tallahassee, FL
Program Summary: Increase student reporting and access to student stories on the state legislature and state government through the development of mobile news gathering kits and distinct website and distribution channels.
Before joining the faculty at Florida A&M University’s School of Journalism & Graphic Communication in January 2015, Doug Blackburn spent more than 35 years in the industry as a reporter and editor. From 2006 to 2015 he was a senior writer at the Tallahassee Democrat, where he was the higher education editor responsible for covering FAMU and Florida State University, and how they fared at the state Capitol less than a mile from each institution.
Bio
Florida A&M University - Tallahassee, FL
Program Summary: Increase student reporting and access to student stories on the state legislature and state government through the development of mobile news gathering kits and distinct website and distribution channels.
Before joining the faculty at Florida A&M University’s School of Journalism & Graphic Communication in January 2015, Doug Blackburn spent more than 35 years in the industry as a reporter and editor. From 2006 to 2015 he was a senior writer at the Tallahassee Democrat, where he was the higher education editor responsible for covering FAMU and Florida State University, and how they fared at the state Capitol less than a mile from each institution.