Welcome to the home page of

Dr. JAMES SIMON

Dr. James Simon, an award-winning college journalism professor, has had a life-long interest in studying journalism and the impact of the news media on government, politics and elections. He is Professor and Chair of the English Department at Fairfield University, and he directs the journalism sequence in the department. Dr. Simon is the author of scholarly research articles published in such journals as Political Communication and The Newspaper Research Journal. He also has presented numerous research papers at academic conferences. Dr. Simon has been a frequent guest on television and radio shows, commenting on politics and the media, and he has served as a market research consultant for public and private clients in Arizona, California and Connecticut. Dr. Simon currently resides in Stratford CT with his wife, Karen, and son, Christopher.

1. My University Information

Professor and Chair, Department of English, Fairfield University

Room 104 Donnarumma Hall

North Benson Road, Fairfield CT 06820

Voice :203-254-4000, x2792

Fax: 203-254-4131

E-mail: jsimon@mail.fairfield.edu

Adviser, The Fairfield Mirror: http://www.fairfieldmirror.com

2. My Academic Background: Curriculum Vitae

3. Overview of the journalism program at Fairfield

4. Adjuncts and sample syllabi, journalism courses

The Fairfield journalism faculty includes Dr. James Simon, a tenure track professor who provides long-term stability and institutional memory as director of the program, and several adjunct professors who are actively working in the field and bringing those up-to-date skills and perspectives to the classroom. Adjuncts who have taught in recent years include

JACK CAVANAUGH, a veteran print and broadcast reporter and author of the acclaimed sports bio, Tunney.

JEFF GRALNICK, former executive producer of the NBC Nightly News.

MARCY MANGELS, front page editor of the (White Plains, N.Y.) Journal News.

JEAN SANTOPATRE, former photo editor of The Connecticut Post and now university photographer.

FRAN SILVERMAN, former business writer for The (Hartford CT.) Courant who freelances for such publications as the Connecticut regional section of The New York Times.

Here are sample syllabi of courses. The syllabi routinely change, especially if a different teacher is teaching the course. But this will give you a general idea as to how the course has been taught in the past.

EN/W 220 News Writing

EN/W 222 Journalism Editing and Design

EN/W 320 Writing the Feature Story

ENW321 Broadcast and Web Writing

EN/W 322 Sports Reporting

EN/W 323 Photojournalism

EN/W 324 Political and Government Reporting

EN/W 325 Environmental Reporting

EN/W 326 Contemporary Journalism

EN/W330 Literary Journalism

HR300 Interdisciplinary Inquiry: Media Literacy

5. Non-journalism courses taught by Dr. Simon