Jill Olmsted Associate Professor SOC | Journalism

Additional Positions at AU: Team member, Middle States Commission on Higher Education; Former Chair, University Senate; Member, Sexual Harassment Workshop
Degrees: BA Journalism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; MA Journalism and Public Affairs, American University
Bio: Jill Olmsted is a full-time professor of Journalism and the former Journalism Division Director. She is the author of Tools for Podcasting (2019), teaches podcasting and advised the AU law school on creation of a podcast. She worked as an on-air television and radio news anchor, reporter, and editorialist as well as a producer, editor, photographer, and news manager for stations around the country. She covered local, national and international news events on issues that included national political conventions, the Pope’s U.S. visit, U.S. Open Golf Championships and a terrorist attack in Israel. She also worked as a Washington, D.C. correspondent for nationally syndicated programs, covering the White House and federal agencies. She also provides media training for law enforcement and government agencies and writes about media issues.

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Teaching

"Tools for Podcasting," Open Textbook Library, University of Minnesota
"Writing To Video," New York, St. Martin's Press
“Broadcast News Writing & Reporting” New York, St. Martin's Press. Ch. 16 "Collecting Information from Documents"
"Fox-Reuters News Service," The Communicator, Radio-Television News Directors Association
"The Short Life of Radio Editorialist," The Masthead, The Quarterly Journal of the National Conference of Editorial Writers
"Blindman’s Bluff," Researcher on CHICAGO TRIBUNE newspaper series made into a book and documentary
"Health Care or Scare?" The Communicator, Radio-Television News Directors Association
"Feeding Frenzy," The Communicator, Radio-Television News Directors Association
"Rep. Bill Sarpalius-New Subcommittee Chairman Still Teaching Agriculture," Cotton Commentary, National Cotton Council of America
"Friends of Ed Share Tales," The Communicator, Radio-Television News Directors Association
"Fairness Doctrine: Beast or Benefactor?" The Masthead, The Quarterly Journal of the National Conference of Editorial Writers

The Presidential Debates, SNL Financial
Death of Adjunct Faculty Member in India, Fox 5 News www.youtube.com/watch
Meet the Press Host David Gregory, SNL Financial
Mary Cheney’s privacy sparks a journalism debate, chron.com,
Media coverage of Scooter Libbey Trial WUSA TV
Ruppert Murdock buying the Wall Street Journal, Sky News
ABC News Response to wounding of anchor Bob Woodruff. Hollywood Reporter, Reuters
Entertainment Weekly, ABC News, Yahoo News
Benjamin Ladner, WAMU-Radio, Gazette Newspapers
Cell Phone video, WRC-TV
Internet News, WRC-TV

Voice overs for PSA’s for the National Association of Broadcasters
Washington Correspondent, WGN-Radio "WEEKEND FARMING AMERICA," syndicated.
Editorialist: WRC-AM Radio, Washington, D.C.
Audiocassette: "Vocal Expressiveness" Writer, voice talent; audio training tape for news voice delivery

Woman of Achievement Award, Toledo, Ohio chapter, Women in Communications
Crystal Award, Best Television Feature Reporting. Toledo, Ohio, chapter, Women in Communications
Noblitt School Bell Award, Best Television Education Reporting in Ohio
School Bell Award, Outstanding education reporting, The Minnesota Education Association
AP Spot News Award, Continuing coverage of the Sandra Karnes murder trial
Proclamation: "Jill Olmsted Day," by Mayor Donna Owens, Toledo, Ohio
Proclamation: Ohio Senate, 117th General Assembly of Ohio, in recognition of outstanding service
Proclamation: Ohio House of Representatives, 116th General Assembly of Ohio, congratulations
Resolution: Children's Miracle Network Telethon, Medical College of Ohio, For service, Co-host
Jack Jurey Scholarship, The American University, Washington, D.C.

Community Spotlight on Solar Power-Interactive Journalism Program americanobserver.net/solar/
Community Spotlight on Animals-Interactive Journalism Program americanobserver.net/pets/
Community Spotlight on Podcasters–Interactive Journalism Program xserve.soc.american.edu/podcast/
Community Spotlight on DC’s Party Animals-MA Grad Boot Camp www1.soc.american.edu/dcpartyanimals/

Journalism Division Director, School of Communication, American University, Washington, D.C.
Associate Division Director, Weekend Program Director, School of Communication
Chair, University Senate, American University
Member, University Council, American University
Member, Middle States "Leadership, Governance and Administration Task Force, American University
Evaluator, APEL (AU Gateways), American University
Member, Sexual Harassment Advisory Committee, American University
Member, Governance Task Force, American University
Assistant News Director, KCCO-TV, Alexandra, MN.