Edward Arke, Messiah University
CCN Faculty Champion
Center for Community News
BIO
Ed Arke is a Professor of Communication at Messiah University in central Pennsylvania. He primarily teaches broadcast and journalism classes along with media literacy. A teaching career of over 25 years followed 13 years in radio, primarily as a news anchor, with the last seven years at the NPR affiliate in Harrisburg, PA.
Recently, he has been introducing college students to Fred Rogers and the Neighborhood through a first-year seminar class for incoming students. He is currently researching Fred’s contributions as a media literacy pioneer before such a thing was really recognized by the academic community.
Ed grew up in suburban Pittsburgh (Penn Hills) and has degrees from Shippensburg and Duquesne Universities. Growing up he would watch the Neighborhood on WQED, where he later volunteered during fundraising auctions as a high school student. He once saw Fred Rogers preach at an ordination ceremony for a friend.
He now lives in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania where he continues to be a die-hard Pittsburgh Pirates fan.
Bio
Ed Arke is a Professor of Communication at Messiah University in central Pennsylvania. He primarily teaches broadcast and journalism classes along with media literacy. A teaching career of over 25 years followed 13 years in radio, primarily as a news anchor, with the last seven years at the NPR affiliate in Harrisburg, PA.
Recently, he has been introducing college students to Fred Rogers and the Neighborhood through a first-year seminar class for incoming students. He is currently researching Fred’s contributions as a media literacy pioneer before such a thing was really recognized by the academic community.
Ed grew up in suburban Pittsburgh (Penn Hills) and has degrees from Shippensburg and Duquesne Universities. Growing up he would watch the Neighborhood on WQED, where he later volunteered during fundraising auctions as a high school student. He once saw Fred Rogers preach at an ordination ceremony for a friend.
He now lives in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania where he continues to be a die-hard Pittsburgh Pirates fan.