John Murphy, Eastern Connecticut State University
CCN Faculty Champion
Center for Community News
BIO
John is an award-winning radio veteran, media educator, and community activist with a history of radio station management and networking—including international radio collaborations and travel with students in Nicaragua, Vancouver/BC, Ireland, and Senegal. John produces the WILI Radio/YouTube series On the Homefront (750 shows over 22 years), and he writes a media/arts column in Neighbors, a regional newspaper. For 40 years John has been a faculty member in Communications/Film/Theatre at Eastern Connecticut State University, receiving a State of Connecticut General Assembly Citation Award and a Wavy Gravy Basic Human Needs Award for service to the arts and local communities.
Bio
John is an award-winning radio veteran, media educator, and community activist with a history of radio station management and networking—including international radio collaborations and travel with students in Nicaragua, Vancouver/BC, Ireland, and Senegal. John produces the WILI Radio/YouTube series On the Homefront (750 shows over 22 years), and he writes a media/arts column in Neighbors, a regional newspaper. For 40 years John has been a faculty member in Communications/Film/Theatre at Eastern Connecticut State University, receiving a State of Connecticut General Assembly Citation Award and a Wavy Gravy Basic Human Needs Award for service to the arts and local communities.