A couple of decades ago I enjoyed being the youngest guy in a room full of seasoned reporters, lawyers or business folk. That changes after a couple of decades. I'm pursuing a master's degree in journalism after earning a doctorate (of sorts: J.D.) about a quarter-century ago. In between I've been a writer, editor, publisher, parent (two kids) and spouse (one wife). Come to think of it, I'm still all of those, and am a teacher besides. Teaching is the main reason I decided to continue my education. I attended Boston University as an undergrad; I got my law degree at the University of San Diego. Most of my career was spent in Massachusetts, California and Washington.
I left journalism a couple of years ago, and began teaching media studies at Elon University. I'm currently a visiting professor at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. I worked a lot of places as a journalist, but I doubt I'd be teaching but for the years I spent at Broadcasting & Cable magazine. After all those years in the media and then writing about the media (along with a brief stint working for a TV morning show), teaching media makes sense. And I enjoy being around young people
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