Paul C. Isom
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- School: North Carolina State University
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- Department: English
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Location:
Raleigh, NC - 27695 - Dates at North Carolina State University: October 2013 - November 2019
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Biography
North Carolina State University - English
Writing, editing, teaching, advising -- and internships.
Paul
Isom
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
I work with students to find internships and and work with internship hosts to establish placement for students. In addition to directing the internship program, I teach editing, advanced news and article writing, opinion writing, and I advise approximately 70 journalism minors.
I have taught at five universities and have directed university student media organizations that employed as many as 300.
Specialties: internships, job coaching, teaching, advising, communication, editing, writing, reporting, web development, SEO, student development
Experience
East Carolina University
Teaching instructor
Developed and taught coursework for Media Writing and News Writing courses. Was responsible for developing course lecture and assignments and evaluating material generated by students.
East Carolina University
Media director
Oversaw production of two magazines, newspaper, FM radio station, closed-circuit TV station. In 2011, The East Carolinian won 2nd Place in the Best Newspaper category at the Southeast Journalism Conference, the one and only time the paper has been so honored.
North Carolina State University
Internship coordinator, adviser, instructor
Paul worked at North Carolina State University as a Internship coordinator, adviser, instructor
Murray State University
Lecturer
Developed and taught discipline's coursework including newswriting, editing, feature writing, and script writing. Responsible for developing course lecture and assignments and evaluating material generated by
students. Other duties included academic advising of students during preregistration and late registration, serving as co-adviser of Society for Collegiate Journalists.
Education
University of Alabama
M.A.
journalism
University of Alabama
B.A.
journalism
University of Alabama
Instructor
Teach two or three sections per year of Journalism 311, News Reporting and Writing; Journalism 313, Public Affairs Reporting; Journalism 316, Feature Writing or Journalism 415, Magazine Writing. Responsible for developing course lecture and assignments and evaluating material generated by students.University of Alabama
Newspaper project coordinator
Through this graduate assistantship, directed creation of community newspapers at five rural Alabama high schools. Tutored students' journalistic, documentation, writing, and business skills; fostered relationship between directing institution, rural high schools, and rural communities; and developed and shared research pertinent to rural areas.University of Alabama
Media director
Trained and coached writers, editors, designers and photographers. Implemented yearly budget of $1.2 million. Responsible for implementation of state's high school journalism outreach program, the Alabama Scholastic Press Association, geared to identify the top communications students in the state, enhance their high school curricula and recruit them to the university.
Publications
UNC music librarian made R&B history’s liner notes
News & Observer
“I was in the library constantly and a friend who works there said, ‘You know Jill Shires, our music catalog librarian, played on a song recorded in Muscle Shoals.’"
UNC music librarian made R&B history’s liner notes
News & Observer
“I was in the library constantly and a friend who works there said, ‘You know Jill Shires, our music catalog librarian, played on a song recorded in Muscle Shoals.’"
Teaching the truth about fake news
News & Observer
Understanding the difference between news and opinion is key to understanding what we’re reading.
UNC music librarian made R&B history’s liner notes
News & Observer
“I was in the library constantly and a friend who works there said, ‘You know Jill Shires, our music catalog librarian, played on a song recorded in Muscle Shoals.’"
Teaching the truth about fake news
News & Observer
Understanding the difference between news and opinion is key to understanding what we’re reading.
UNC music librarian made R&B history’s liner notes
News & Observer
“I was in the library constantly and a friend who works there said, ‘You know Jill Shires, our music catalog librarian, played on a song recorded in Muscle Shoals.’"
Teaching the truth about fake news
News & Observer
Understanding the difference between news and opinion is key to understanding what we’re reading.
