DENNIS F. HERRICK
2392 Manzano Loop NE Rio Rancho, NM 87144 505-771-9056
EDUCATION
1996–1998
— M.A. in journalism with an emphasis in business from the University of
Iowa
1962–1965
— B.A. in journalism from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis.
(Attended graduate
school for one semester at Marquette in 1970.)
1960–1962
— A.A. from Jackson Community College in Jackson, Mich.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
In
higher education since 1997, I have:
¥ Taught the following courses as a full-time Lecturer II at
the University of New Mexico in the 2001–2010 academic years:
— C&J 271:
Writing for the Mass Media II
—
C&J 376: Media Management
—
C&J 371: Persuasive Writing
—
C&J 372: Copy Editing/Layout
—
C&J 374: Desktop Publishing
—
C&J 465: Mass Media Ethics
—
C&J 475: Advanced Reporting / Multimedia Journalism II
• Taught the following course as a part-time instructor at
the University of New Mexico in the fall 2012 semester:
—
C&J 371: Design and Visual Presentation I
¥ Taught the following course as a part-time instructor at
the University of New Mexico in the spring 2001 semester:
—
C&J 465: Mass Media Ethics (two sections in one semester)
¥ Taught
the following courses as a part-time instructor in the School of Journalism and
Mass Communication at the University of Iowa in 1999–2000:
—
Media Management (three semesters)
—
Specialized Reporting and Writing (one summer)
¥ Taught the following course as adjunct instructor at
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 2000:
—
Newswriting and Reporting (one semester)
¥ Served as media consultant to the student newspaper at
Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa (part of the spring semester and all of the
autumn semester of 2000).
¥ Served as Teaching Assistant for the 1997–1998
academic year and for the autumn semester of 1998 in the School of Journalism
and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa.
ACADEMIC SUPPORT
Lecturer Emeritus, University of New Mexico, 2012 to present
Retired July 2010 from the journalism faculty, Department of Communication & Journalism, University of New Mexico
Chair, Undergraduate Journalism and Mass Communication Committee, 2009-2010
C&J Department adviser for undergraduate journalism and mass communication students, 2009-2010
Editor of Communication & Journalism
departmental newsletter, 2003-2009
Web supervisor for C&J department,
University of New Mexico, 2001–2010
Member of the Association for Education
in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2000–2009, 2012–present
Chair, Undergraduate Journalism
Committee, University of New Mexico, 2004–2007
C&J Department adviser for undergraduate journalism students, 2004–2007
Member of various journalism
undergraduate committees and journalism search committees at the University of
New Mexico, 2001–present
Adviser to campus chapter of the Society
of Professional Journalists, August 2002-May 2009
SPJ Freedom of Information chair for New
Mexico, 2004–present
Founding member of
Community Newspaper Interest Group of the Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication, 2004
At-large member of Executive Board, Media
Management and Economics Division of AEJMC, 2003–2005
Member
of the Iowa Newspaper FoundationÕs Student Committee, 1998–2001
Founding member of Iowa College Media
Association, 2000
Member of the Journalism Library
Committee, University of Iowa, 2000
Interim director of internships and job
placement for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University
of Iowa while a graduate student, February–July of 1998
The former home page for my current courses is at unm.edu/~herrick
My author page website since retirement is at dennisherrick.com
PUBLICATIONS
Winter of the Metal People: The untold story of America's first Indian War. Historical novel. Sunbury Press, 2013
"The Puebloan View of a Lesser-Known War." Online article at newmexicomercury.com, 2013.
A Brother's Cold Case. Mystery novel. Sterling Publications USA , 2013.
Pueblo Mysteries. Anthology of Southwestern short stories. Sterling Publications USA, 2012.
Farewell to the Master. Introduction to reprint of 1940 sci-fi novella by Harry Bates. Sterling Publications USA, 2012.
Second edition, Media Management in the
Age of Giants: Business Dynamics of Journalism. University of New
Mexico Press, 2012
"The Tiguex War in Facts, Folklore and Fiction," chapter 15 in The Latest Word from 1540, eds. Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint. University of New Mexico Press, 2011
ÒMissing,Ó
fictional short story, The Story Teller magazine, October 2010, pp 28-31
Winter of the Metal People: The untold story of America's first Indian war (forthcoming)
Print-on-Demand edition of Media Management in the Age of Giants: Business Dynamics of Journalism. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2009
India edition of Media Management in
the Age of Giants: Business Dynamics of Journalism. Surjeet Publications, Delhi, India, 2005
Media Management in the Age of Giants:
Business Dynamics of Journalism. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing (formerly Iowa State Press), Ames, Iowa, 2003
ÒLetÕs set the
record straight about explorer,Ó Albuquerque Journal, Nov. 23, 2008
ÒThe State of
U.S. Newspapers,Ó FriendsoftheTribune.com, March 2008
ÒSantiago Pueblo is still right there,Ó Albuquerque
Journal, August 17, 2006
ÒHandbook of Media Management,Ó book review in Journalism &
Mass Communication Quarterly, Spring 2006, 83/1, pp 209-210
ÒSpirit Journey,Ó fictional short story, Wapsipinicon
Almanac literary
magazine, December 2005, Vol 12, pp 70-80
ÒOil Companies
Not Most Greedy,Ó Albuquerque Journal, November 10, 2005
ÒA Mistaken
Date,Ó American Archaeology magazine, Fall 2005
ÒAccused
Not a Sniper,Ó Albuquerque Journal, August 30, 2005
ÒHunting
Season,Ó fictional short story, Cowboys & Indians magazine, March 2005, 13/2, pp 74-81
ÒThe Problem of
the Media,Ó book review in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Winter 2004, 81/4, pp 949-951
ÒBackstory: The Business of Journalism,Ó
book review in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Summer 2004, 81/2, pp 440-441
ÒChain papers disturbingly quiet on issue
that affects all,Ó Albuquerque Journal, June 24, 2003
ÒThe Business of Media: Corporate Media
and the Public Interest,Ó book review in Journalism & Mass Communication
Quarterly, Summer 2002,
Vol. 79/2, pp 474-475
ÒAcquiring a neighborÕs paper often the
fastest, safest way to grow,Ó PublishersÕ Auxiliary, December 2001
ÒPreparing Your Paper for Sale: What You
Need to Know,Ó PublishersÕ Auxiliary, December 2000
Innumerable articles,
columns and editorials in newspapers I owned in Iowa, 1985–1997.
Similarly, innumerable news stories in 1965–1976 for the daily newspaper
in Flint, Mich., where I worked.
HONORS, AWARDS, CITATIONS,
RECOGNITIONS
Faculty reviewer for proposed Mel Hanks book on cyberspace journalism ethics for Focal Press (Elsevier), 2012
Faculty reviewer for proposed Ken Kobre book on photojournalism for Focal Press (Elsevier), 2012
Winner, Society of Southwestern Authors
short story contest, 2010
Faculty reviewer for proposed Jennifer George-Palilonis book on multimedia journalism for Oxford University Press, 2010
Winner, Society of Southwestern Authors national short story contest, 2010.
Speaker, anthropology class at University of New Mexico, April 2009.
Interviewed and quoted in "N.M. media struggle for viability online," newmexicoindependent.com, Apri 4, 2009
Faculty reviewer for proposed Joan Van Tessel/Lisa Howfield book on media management for Focal Press (Elsevier), 2009 Interviewed and quoted in ÒBeloved author
dies,Ó Albuquerque Journal, Oct. 27, 2008
Runner-up (two
categories), SouthWest Writers short story and novel contests, 2008
Interviewed and
quoted in "UNM talks about the Albuquerque Tribune with Dennis Herrick," with web video, in UNM Today, Nov. 19, 2008
Panelist, Tony Hillerman Mystery Writers
Conference, 2007 and 2008
Speaker at New Mexico Press AssociationÕs
high school journalism workshop, 2007
Runner-up,
SouthWest Writers short story contest, 2007
Fellowship, Reynolds Center for Business
Journalism, hotel-meals-$500 stipend, January 2007
Winner, Tony Hillerman Mystery Writing
Contest, 2004; finalist in both 2006 and 2007
Interviewed and quoted in ÒC&J
renovation displaces faculty,Ó Daily Lobo, Aug. 31, 2006
Invited speaker to Editorial Board of
Native America Calling/Native American News, June 26, 2006
Speaker on short-story writing to
SouthWest Writers, June 20, 2006
Recipient of $250 research grant from
Institute for American Indian Research, May 2006
Interviewed and quoted in ÒThin LineÓ
about media mergers, Alibi, April 6, 2006
Faculty reviewer for fifth edition of Writing
and Reporting News for
Thomson/Wadsworth, 2006
Distinguished Scholar, Marquette
University, 2005
Faculty reviewer for sixth edition of Working
With Words for
Bedford/St. MartinÕs Press, 2005
Interviewed and quoted in ÒInvestor Unit
Sees Profit in News,Ó Boston Globe, Sept. 22, 2005
Speaker, Albuquerque Press Women, 2005
Featured in news articles about winning
Hillerman contest in Albuquerque Journal, Albuquerque Tribune, Sandoval
Signpost, Cowboys & Indians magazine, Las Cruces Bulletin, and online sites
Listed as an expert on media management
issues by the University of New Mexico on the http://expertsearch.unm.edu/DisplayResults.cfm?RecID=90 Web site.
Speaker, New Mexico chapter of the Public
Relations Society of America, May 2004
Interviewed and quoted in ÒTribune
continues to lose circulation,Ó New Mexico Business Weekly, Dec. 3–6, 2004
Interviewed and quoted in ÒPublic
displays of politics,Ó Daily Lobo, Sept. 22, 2004
Speaker at New Mexico Press AssociationÕs
high school journalism workshop, 2004
Featured
in news articles about media management textbook in Cedar Rapids Gazette, Marquette University
Alumni Magazine, Mount Vernon/Lisbon Sun, UNM Campus News, Media Human Resources
Association News, Iowa Newspaper Association Bulletin, and online sites
Workshop
leader, New Mexico Press Association convention, 2003
Fellowship,
Jon Ben Snow awardee to APIÕs Journalism Educators Seminar, 2002
Featured in ÒMedia Manager,Ó Iowa
Journalist, autumn 2000
Interviewed and quoted in ÒSmall Links,
Big Chain,Ó Columbia Journalism Review, July/August 1999
Speaker at conference of the Iowa High
School Press Association, 1999
Teaching
Assistant, University of Iowa (three semesters, 1997–98
Elected state
secretary-treasurer of the Iowa Newspaper Association, 1996
Iowa Newspaper
Association Better Newspaper Contest, numerous awards 1985–1997
National Newspaper
Association Award for Editorial Writing, 1989
Heritage Award,
Iowa Newspaper Foundation, 1987
Michigan AP
Sweepstakes Reporting Award, 1971
U.S. Army
Michigan
Legislative Appreciation Resolution, 1967
DeanÕs
Scholarship for Journalism, Marquette University, 1964
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Sponsor
of the Herrick Pueblo Scholarship, a $250 scholarship for any UNM student
from a pueblo, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (C&J discontinued in late 2013 for unknown reason)
Editor of DogMan, a monthly, then bimonthy, and now quarterly national newsletter for Vietnam War veterans, 1999–present
Judge for SouthWest Writers annual national contests, 2011, 2012
Judge for the
Suburban Newspapers of America newspaper contest, 2007
Board of
Directors, Friends of the Albuquerque Tribune, 2007
Site steward for Archaeology
Conservancy on 16th-century Coronado campsite (LA 54147), 2006–present
Writing coach, New Mexico Business
Weekly, 2006
Member of Planning Committee for the
Associated Press Managing Editors AssociationÕs seminar, NewsTrain, for New
MexicoÕs working journalists held June 21-22, 2006
Board
member of the Friends of Rio Rancho Open Space, which is a nonprofit
organization formed to remove alien plants from the Rio Grande River bosque
inside the Rio Rancho city limits and to restore the bosque, 2003-present
Editor of DogMan, a bimonthly national newspaper for
Vietnam War veterans, 1999–present
Member
in 2002-2005 of the Board of Directors of corporation for AlbuquerqueÕs
public access television, Channel 27
Technology Committee in 2003-2004 of the
New Mexico Press Association
Former member of the Board of Directors
of Mount Vernon Bank & Trust Company in Mount Vernon, Iowa; serving on the
policy, loan and audit committees, 1987-2001
Former member of the Building Committee
for MidAmerica Housing Partnership, which works to provide low-income housing
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2000-2001
Former member of the Mount Vernon (Iowa)
Historic Preservation Committee, 1999-2001
Member of the Mount Vernon (Iowa) City Council,
1998
Member of Mount Vernon (Iowa) Senior Housing
Initiative Project, 1996–1997
Member of the Board of Directors of the
Iowa Newspaper Association, 1991–1997
Iowa Newspaper Association state
secretary-treasurer, 1996–1997
Member of the Iowa Newspaper
AssociationÕs Executive Committee and the Iowa Newspaper Foundation Board of
Directors, 1996–1997
President of the Mount Vernon (Iowa) Chamber
of Commerce, 1990
Member of the Mount Vernon (Iowa) Chamber
of Commerce Board of Directors, 1985–1994
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Retired from after serving as a full-time
journalism faculty member at the University of New Mexico, 2001–2010.
Past experience in
chronological order:
¥ Licensed commercial real estate broker specializing in the
sale and acquisition of weekly newspapers in Iowa through my brokerage firm,
Newspaper Associates, 1997–2002. Discontinued license to move to New
Mexico and teach.
¥ Part-time instructor in
journalism at the University of New Mexico; part-time instructor in journalism
at the University of Iowa; adjunct in journalism at Kirkwood Community College;
media consultant at Cornell College, 1999–2001. Resigned to move to New
Mexico.
¥ Publisher/owner of a group of Iowa weeklies, including The
SUN newspaper and The
SUNlight shopping guide
in Mount Vernon. Responsible for all operations of the corporation; editor of
all publications, 1985–1997. Sold the business after 12 years to pursue
masterÕs degree in journalism and to teach.
¥ Chief of Staff for U.S. Rep. Dale E. Kildee. Spokesman for
congressman and responsible for management of staff and operations in
Washington, D.C. office; press relations; political liaison, 1977–1985.
Resigned to buy newspaper in Mount Vernon.
¥ Press secretary for successful U.S. Senate campaign of
Donald W. Riegle Jr. in Michigan, 1976.
¥ Reporter and assistant on the city desk for The Flint
Journal, a daily
newspaper in Flint, Mich., 1965–1976, with the exception of three periods
listed below:
1968–1969:
U.S. Army.
1967:
Editor of a weekly newspaper in Davison, Mich.
While attending college
(1960–1964), I was a full-time summer reporter with two daily newspapers
in Michigan (Jackson Citizen Patriot and the Albion Evening Recorder), and I worked part-time for the
Associated Press in Milwaukee and for Marquette UniversityÕs News Bureau. Also,
in 1970, I was a freelance writer for The Milwaukee Journal.
OTHER INTERESTS
Hiking, bicycling, fiction-writing. I was an ultralight aircraft pilot for eight years. My wife, Beatrice, and I have been married since 1967. We have two sons and four grandchildren who all live in the Southwest. In 2000-01, I was IowaÕs statewide coordinator for Monarch Watch, which studies the annual autumn migration of monarch butterflies through a national tagging program coordinated by the entomology program at the University of Kansas. ___________________________
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