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The Reynolds Center has announced its 2009-10 free workshop schedule.
Select a workshop and register from the drop-down menu below.
Online Seminars
The Reynolds Center registration for Fall 2009 free online seminars.
Reynolds Center Staff
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Andrew Leckey
Andrew Leckey was named President of the Reynolds Center and became the Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism in 2009. He was the first Director of the Center at its launch in 2003. Andrew is a long-time syndicated investment columnist for the Chicago Tribune, a former CNBC anchor and the author or editor of 10 financial books. He received the National Association of Investors Corporation's "Distinguished Award in Investment Education” and was the first Director of the Bloomberg Business Journalism Program at the University of California, Berkeley. He is frequently interviewed on business and business journalism topics, most recently by The New York Times, Newsweek, American Journalism Review and “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”
E-mail Leckey 602-496-9186
Linda Austin
A former business editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Linda Austin became executive director of the Reynolds Center in 2009. She spent the past decade as a top newsroom leader, serving as the editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky; executive editor of The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Ind.; and managing editor of the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C. Before that, she held a variety of positions in her 12 years at The Inquirer, including graphics editor, assistant managing editor/finance and editor/publisher of the monthly PhillyTech magazine. Her other newspaper credits include the Dallas Times Herald in Texas, The Straits Times of Singapore (as a Luce Scholar) and the Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina. She is a 2009 fellow in the Punch Sulzberger Executive News Media Leadership Program at Columbia University’s Journalism School.
E-mail Austin 602-496-9187
Robin J. Phillips
Robin J. Phillips became the Reynolds Center’s Web Managing Editor in August 2009, after working as online community manager for azcentral.com, the Web site of The Arizona Republic in Phoenix. She has also served as deputy business editor at The Republic and Newsday, as well as editor for BusinessWeek Online’s small business channel. Robin was an adjunct professor of new media at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York and has presented at various journalism organizations on the use of social media as a reporting tool. She holds a degree in journalism and political science from the University of Hawaii.
E-mail Phillips 602-496-9190
Micah Jamison
Micah Jamison became the Reynolds Center's Web developer in August 2009. He's responsible for devising creative solutions to deliver online training and resources at BusinessJournalism.org. Previously, he worked with cutting-edge technology at Bank of America, PowerLytix LLC (now part of Barclays Bank) and Global Edge Marketing, all in Spokane, Wash. , and as a consultant developing interactive Web sites for diverse businesses. He enjoys traveling to exotic places, recently returning from a five-week backpacking trip through Ecuador.
E-mail Jamison 602-496-5127
Kelly Carr
As Senior Online Producer, Kelly writes and edits stories for BusinessJournalism.org, manages daily content flow to the site and works with freelancers around the country. She also is responsible for organizing and editing the Reynolds Center’s training materials, as well as participating in its workshops. She joined the staff in December 2007 as an Assistant Web Editor. Kelly has experience as a reporter for several newspapers, most recently The Arizona Republic, and has been an adjunct professor at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College and holds a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from West Virginia University. Kelly also was a fellow at The Poynter Institute and a contributing writer for Cancer Stories: Lessons in Love, Loss & Hope.
E-mail Carr 602-496-5439
David Hill
As Program Manager, David is responsible for managing and reconciling daily financial accounts, making budget forecasts, assuring compliance with grant requirements, and serving as the primary contact for workshop hosts, trainers and attendees. Before joining the Center in April 2008, he spent six years as the Business Manager for Student Government and the Rebel Yell at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. There he managed a $1.5 million budget and the awards he received included Professional Staff Member of the Year. Before that, he was an instructional specialist for the Arizona State University Learning Resource Center. He holds a B.S. in Economics from ASU.
E-mail Hill 602-496-9188
Jackie Sponberg
Jacalyn (Jackie) joined the Center as Program Coordinator in July 2007. She is responsible for registrations and workshop materials for the Reynolds Center and coordinates entries from around the country for the annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Journalism. Before joining the Center, Jackie spent six years at the Kyrene School District in Tempe, Arizona, holding positions in attendance reporting, supplemental education and human resources. Previously, she co-owned a video store in Naples, Florida. She holds a business management degree from the University of Phoenix.
E-mail Sponberg 602-496-9189
Carol Legg
Carol Legg is a graduate student at the Cronkite School with a focus on broadcast. As a graduate assistant for the Reynolds Center, she helps with research, blog updates and audio and video projects. She received her B.S. in Finance and a Certificate in International Business from The W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in 2006. After graduating, Carol joined Morgan Stanley in Scottsdale, Ariz., as a Wealth Management Analyst. She has also worked in the real estate sector with a primary focus on residential investment, and she has a pilot's license for private, single-engine aircraft.
E-mail Legg
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Communication at Arizona State University. The Center was launched in 2003 at the American Press Institute with a grant from the Las Vegas, Nev.-based Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. Designed to be an ongoing, long-term venture, it sponsors daylong workshops, online seminars and a Web site devoted entirely to business journalism. The Cronkite School at ASU is a leading professional journalism school with nearly 2,000 undergraduate and master's students.
Mailing Address:
Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
555 N. Central Avenue, Suite 302
Phoenix, Ariz. 85004-1248
Copyright © 2009 Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism
The Reynolds Center has announced its 2009-10 free workshop schedule.
Select a workshop and register from the drop-down menu below.
The Reynolds Center registration for Fall 2009 free online seminars.
Reynolds Center Staff
AIM THIS PAGE
Andrew Leckey
Andrew Leckey was named President of the Reynolds Center and became the Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism in 2009. He was the first Director of the Center at its launch in 2003. Andrew is a long-time syndicated investment columnist for the Chicago Tribune, a former CNBC anchor and the author or editor of 10 financial books. He received the National Association of Investors Corporation's "Distinguished Award in Investment Education” and was the first Director of the Bloomberg Business Journalism Program at the University of California, Berkeley. He is frequently interviewed on business and business journalism topics, most recently by The New York Times, Newsweek, American Journalism Review and “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”
E-mail Leckey 602-496-9186
Linda Austin
A former business editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Linda Austin became executive director of the Reynolds Center in 2009. She spent the past decade as a top newsroom leader, serving as the editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky; executive editor of The News-Sentinel in Fort Wayne, Ind.; and managing editor of the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C. Before that, she held a variety of positions in her 12 years at The Inquirer, including graphics editor, assistant managing editor/finance and editor/publisher of the monthly PhillyTech magazine. Her other newspaper credits include the Dallas Times Herald in Texas, The Straits Times of Singapore (as a Luce Scholar) and the Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina. She is a 2009 fellow in the Punch Sulzberger Executive News Media Leadership Program at Columbia University’s Journalism School.
E-mail Austin 602-496-9187
Robin J. Phillips
Robin J. Phillips became the Reynolds Center’s Web Managing Editor in August 2009, after working as online community manager for azcentral.com, the Web site of The Arizona Republic in Phoenix. She has also served as deputy business editor at The Republic and Newsday, as well as editor for BusinessWeek Online’s small business channel. Robin was an adjunct professor of new media at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York and has presented at various journalism organizations on the use of social media as a reporting tool. She holds a degree in journalism and political science from the University of Hawaii.
E-mail Phillips 602-496-9190
Micah Jamison
Micah Jamison became the Reynolds Center's Web developer in August 2009. He's responsible for devising creative solutions to deliver online training and resources at BusinessJournalism.org. Previously, he worked with cutting-edge technology at Bank of America, PowerLytix LLC (now part of Barclays Bank) and Global Edge Marketing, all in Spokane, Wash. , and as a consultant developing interactive Web sites for diverse businesses. He enjoys traveling to exotic places, recently returning from a five-week backpacking trip through Ecuador.
E-mail Jamison 602-496-5127
Kelly Carr
As Senior Online Producer, Kelly writes and edits stories for BusinessJournalism.org, manages daily content flow to the site and works with freelancers around the country. She also is responsible for organizing and editing the Reynolds Center’s training materials, as well as participating in its workshops. She joined the staff in December 2007 as an Assistant Web Editor. Kelly has experience as a reporter for several newspapers, most recently The Arizona Republic, and has been an adjunct professor at Arizona State University’s Cronkite School. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College and holds a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from West Virginia University. Kelly also was a fellow at The Poynter Institute and a contributing writer for Cancer Stories: Lessons in Love, Loss & Hope.
E-mail Carr 602-496-5439
David Hill
As Program Manager, David is responsible for managing and reconciling daily financial accounts, making budget forecasts, assuring compliance with grant requirements, and serving as the primary contact for workshop hosts, trainers and attendees. Before joining the Center in April 2008, he spent six years as the Business Manager for Student Government and the Rebel Yell at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. There he managed a $1.5 million budget and the awards he received included Professional Staff Member of the Year. Before that, he was an instructional specialist for the Arizona State University Learning Resource Center. He holds a B.S. in Economics from ASU.
E-mail Hill 602-496-9188
Jackie Sponberg
Jacalyn (Jackie) joined the Center as Program Coordinator in July 2007. She is responsible for registrations and workshop materials for the Reynolds Center and coordinates entries from around the country for the annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Journalism. Before joining the Center, Jackie spent six years at the Kyrene School District in Tempe, Arizona, holding positions in attendance reporting, supplemental education and human resources. Previously, she co-owned a video store in Naples, Florida. She holds a business management degree from the University of Phoenix.
E-mail Sponberg 602-496-9189
Carol Legg
Carol Legg is a graduate student at the Cronkite School with a focus on broadcast. As a graduate assistant for the Reynolds Center, she helps with research, blog updates and audio and video projects. She received her B.S. in Finance and a Certificate in International Business from The W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in 2006. After graduating, Carol joined Morgan Stanley in Scottsdale, Ariz., as a Wealth Management Analyst. She has also worked in the real estate sector with a primary focus on residential investment, and she has a pilot's license for private, single-engine aircraft.
E-mail Legg
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Communication at Arizona State University. The Center was launched in 2003 at the American Press Institute with a grant from the Las Vegas, Nev.-based Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. Designed to be an ongoing, long-term venture, it sponsors daylong workshops, online seminars and a Web site devoted entirely to business journalism. The Cronkite School at ASU is a leading professional journalism school with nearly 2,000 undergraduate and master's students.
Mailing Address:
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
555 N. Central Avenue, Suite 302
Phoenix, Ariz. 85004-1248
Copyright © 2009 Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism