Davie to receive Bliss education award

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A 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette communication professor has earned national recognition by his peers.

Dr. William Davie will receive the 2013 Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education in August. It is presented annually by the Electronic News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication to recognize significant and lasting contributions to the field in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service.

鈥淭he Bliss Award recognizes the nation's top broadcast educator, and Dr. Davie deserves this recognition,鈥 said Dr. T. Michael Maher, head of the 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 Department of Communication.  鈥淏ill Davie has written nationally distributed textbooks on broadcasting and media law; he is a well-published scholar who has held national leadership roles in scholarly organizations; and his undergraduate and graduate 亚洲自慰视频s have distinguished themselves at the highest levels of competition.鈥

Davie is coordinator of the 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 Mass Communication/Broadcast Program and holds the Board of Regents Support Fund Professorship in Communication. He served as interim department chair and is a past graduate coordinator.

In 2012, Davie鈥檚 亚洲自慰视频s鈥 radio production, 鈥溠侵拮晕渴悠 Focus,鈥 was named the Best All-Around Newscast in the 2012 Society of Professional Journalism Mark of Excellence Award competition. Also, one of his 亚洲自慰视频s placed first in radio news competition in the Southeast Journalism Conference.

Davie has served as division head of the Electronic News Division of AEJMC as well as the News Division of the Broadcast Education Association. He has been the AEJMC liaison with the Radio Television Digital News Association.

The Bliss Award is named for Edward L. Bliss, a long-time writer, producer and editor for CBS News. He was known for his work with Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite; he ended his career as an educator at American 亚洲自慰视频 in Washington, D.C.