Hampden H. Smith III
Professor (in phased retirement)
Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia 24450
540-458-8434; FAX 540-458-8845
E-mail: SmithH@wlu.edu

Employment:

• Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. - head, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, 1989-2003; professor of journalism, 1986- ; associate professor, 1980-1986; assistant professor, 1974-80. Teach reporting, editing, publication and Web design, in-depth reporting, newspaper management, photojournalism, state and local government; liaison with news media industry; coordinate activities of journalism department, including planning, budgeting and staffing.
• The News Leader, Richmond, Va. - assistant city editor, 1972-4; national-foreign news editor, 1970-2; photo editor, 1969-70; copy editor, 1969.
• The Progress-Index, Petersburg, Va. - city editor and acting managing editor, 1969; national news editor, 1968-9; special assignment reporter, 1968.
• Virginia Commonwealth University - adjunct faculty in journalism, U.S. government and politics, 1968-72.
• Staunton (Va.) Leader Papers - Sunday editor, city and general assignment reporter, 1964-8.
• WGBH-TV (PBS), Boston, Mass.- acting director of public affairs, 1963-4.

Consultations:

• Charleston, W.Va., Gazette - Newsroom consultant, August 2004 -
• Florida International University – Consultant on convergence and equipment, July 2003
• Emerson College - Consultant on journalism lab, June 2002
• Georgian Court College - Consultant on journalism program, July 2000
• American University in Cairo - Journalism Department assessment, Oct. 10-13, 1999
• The Tampa Tribune - workshop for reporters, Dec. 29-30, 1994
• University of Richmond - journalism program, November 1994
• Virginia Press Association annual convention - copy editing workshop, Feb. 6, 1993
• South Carolina Press Association - workshop on writing, Sept. 17, 1993
• The Tampa Tribune - consultant on newsroom policy, procedures and personnel management; writing coach, June-July 1992.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer - complete revision of policy guidelines, creation of procedures and design manuals, revision of stylebook, consultation on personnel policies, 1985.

Professional activities:

• Fulbright lectureship at the University of Tirana, Albania, January-June 2004
• Workshop for professional journalists on coverage of presidential campaigns, sponsored by the U.S. State Department, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 8-10, 2004
• Panelist, conference on "The Dynamics of Convergent Media," University of South Carolina, Nov. 14-16, 2002
• Head, ACEJMC re-accreditation visit team, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, La., Nov. 11-13, 2002
• Member, board of directors of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government, 2001 -
• Coordinator, Newspaper-in-Residence program with the Anniston, Ala., Star, -2001 - .
• Faculty, Virginia Press Association Community Journalism Workshop – June 27-30, 2001.
• Member, ACEJMC re-accreditation visit team, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., Feb. 18-21, 2001.
• Representative of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communications (ASJMC) on the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) - 2000-.
• ASJMC Administrative Affairs Committee - chairman, 1999-2001; member, 1998-.
• Coordinator, Newspaper-in-Residence program with the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union, 1999-2001.
• Fulbright lectureship at the American University in Bulgaria, August 1998-May 1999.
• Member, Committee on Exemplary Practices in Journalism Education, ACEJMC, 1998-9.
• U.S. Speaker for the U. S. Information Service on journalism ethics, investigative reporting and Western journalism principles and practices, Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 15-21, 1998, and Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 1-6, 1998.
• Panelist, Strategic Planning for Curriculum Development and New Media Technology, ASJMC Administrators Workshop, New Orleans, Dec. 6, 1997
• Member, ASJMC Membership Committee, 1997-1999.
• Member, American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) Convention Program Committee, 1997-8. Member, ASNE Values and Ethics Committee, 1997-8. Member, ASNE Human Resources Committee, creating report based on survey of newsroom personnel, 1996-7.
• Participant, ASNE copy editors conference, University of Kansas, Oct. 8-9, 1996.
• Member, review committee for Council for the International Exchange of Scholars' Fulbright exchange program in the former CIS, November 1996.
• Member, ACEJMC re-accreditation visit team, American University, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12-14, 1996.
• Host, Southeast Regional Convention, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, Roanoke, Va., March 14-16, 1996.
• Fulbright Teaching Fellow, Moscow State University journalism faculty, Moscow, Russia, September 1992-January 1993.
• Chairman, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation workshop on copy editing, W&L, April 21-4, 1991
• Member, ACEJMC re-accreditation visit team, University of Texas at Austin, Oct. 21-24, 1990.
• Member, ACEJMC re-accreditation visit team, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Oct. 13-15, 1991.
• Copy editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, summers 1982-8, 1990-1, 1993-.
• Participant, W&L Journalism Ethics Institute, 1975-.

Selected publications and papers:

• "Corruption merely hidden by Tirana mayor's cleanup," Charleston, W.Va., Gazette, Aug. 20, 2004
• “The Press and Presidential Campaigns in the United States,” American Studies conference, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 7, 2004
• "The Guarantee of Assessment," ASJMC Insights, Winter 2001
• "Backward on the Balkans," Letter to the Editor, Washington Post, June 2, 2000.
• "Troubled nations need infrastructure of trust," Charlottesville, Va., Daily Progress, Oct. 3,1999.
• "For Colleges, the blows keep coming," Roanoke Times, May 20, 1998
• "Only on the tenure track," Free for All, Washington Post, Dec. 20, 1998
• Contributed to Quality Editing and Changing Face of the Newsroom reports of the American Society of Newspaper Editors Human Resources Committee, 1996
• "When News Drowns out Truth," Letter to the Editor, Washington Post, Jan. 2, 1995.
• "Russians Struggle With Inefficiencies, Inflation, Hustlers," Richmond Times-Dispatch, Feb. 21, 1993.
• "Russian Feasts, Roman Decadence," The Moscow Times, Dec. 12-13, 1992.
• Analyst, WVTF Virginia election coverage, Nov. 4, 1996.
• "Donna Rice to the press: 'I lost everything': Some troubling issues involving public figures," Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Fall 1990.
• "Teaching reporting, editing on computers becomes obligation," Journalism Educator, Winter 1989, pp. 44-45.
• "What happens when you introduce undergraduates to graduate-style research? Well ... the students prove up to the effort ... and the professor is pleased," AEJMC Newspaper Division Newsletter, June 1988, p. 5.
• "Newspaper Readership as a Determinant of Political Knowledge and Activity," Newspaper Research Journal, Winter 1986; related paper given at 1985 annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association.
• "Accreditation Issues Debated at 1983 AEJMC Convention: An Educator's Perspective," Journalism Educator, Winter 1984, reprint of comments at Corvallis plenary session.
• "A Comparison of Agenda Setting in the United States by the Mass Media and Political Parties," 1980 AEJMC annual convention; updated for Mass Media and the Political Process: Reshaping American Democracy?, Washington State University, 1982.

Education:

• Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., 1958-62, BA in English.
• Boston University, Boston, Mass., 1962-3, 1967, MA in U.S. government and politics.
• University of Richmond, Richmond, Va., 1972-4 part time, graduate courses in business administration.
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1975-8 part time, graduate courses in U.S. government and politics.

Community activities:

• Member, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation Board of Trustees, Staunton, Va., 1999- ; executive committee, 2004 -
• Member, Board of Associates, Randolph-Macon College, 2004 - 
• Member, Vestry, R.E. Lee Memorial Church (Episcopal), Lexington, Va., 1984-7, 1998-2001.
• United Way of Lexington and Rockbridge County, various positions, including campaign chairman and president, 1980-.

Honors:

• Distinguished Alumni Award, Randolph-Macon College, October 2004
• George Mason Award for service to Virginia journalism, Society of Professional Journalists, Richmond chapter, June 2003.