CJC Doctoral Student Wins Prestigious Dissertation Award

Ginger Blackstone, Ph.D. Mass Communication 2016, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Broadcast Educators Association (BEA) for “The Worst of Times: The Prevalence and Power of Fear in Television News.”

Established by Kenneth Harwood, Professor at the University of Houston and a former President of BEA, the award offers $1,000 for the outstanding Ph.D. dissertation in broadcasting and electronic media for over 25 years. The award will be presented at the BEA Annual Convention in Las Vegas on April 23.

Blackstone is an assistant professor at Harding University, where she teaches Broadcast Journalism and Communication Research courses.  She also serves as news director for the university’s live weekday half-hour newscast.

While at UF, Blackstone served on the Dean’s Graduate Student Advisory Council, was a member of the Delta Epsilon Iota academic honors society, and spent time working in the Innovation News Center. She also served as the president of the college’s Graduate Students in Mass Communication Association for the 2014-2015 school year. She has a Master of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Arkansas and a Bachelor’s degree in Radio/TV Broadcasting at Harding University.

Posted: March 30, 2017
Category: Alumni News, College News
Tagged as: Award, BEA, Ginger Blackstone, Harwood Outstanding Dissertaton Award