Richard J. Schaefer

Dept. of Communication and Journalism

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131-1171

Phone: (505) 836-3673

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Education

1992 Ph.D., Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1987 M.S., Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1973 B.A., English, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.

1975-79 Enrolled in technical courses in film and television production at: The Film School, Half Moon Bay, California; San Francisco Art Institute; and the School of Communication Electronics in San Francisco, California. Awarded a First Class FCC License in 1979.

Teaching Experience

1996-present: Assistant and Associate Professor, University of New Mexico. Areas included broadcast journalism and media writing, along with telecommunications, new technologies, and research methods. Recently taught courses: Writing for the Mass Media, Broadcast News I and II, Telecommunication Theory and Technology, Foundations of Communication Research, Seminar: Communication and Media. Director of Master’s Program and the undergraduate broadcast sequence.

2003, Spring: Visiting instructor at International College at Beijing in China. Taught a U.S. style journalism and media writing course and supervised internships at multinational and Chinese corporations.

1991-1996: Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Areas included broadcast journalism and television production, telecommunications and new technologies, and information gathering for the mass media.

1987-90 Teaching Fellow, Department of Communication, University of Utah. Assistant taught introductory mass communication, television production, and oversaw campus TV newscast.

1980-83 Taught short courses in film and video production for the Utah Media Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Other Work Experience

1984-87 Research Assistant at public television station KUED-TV in Salt Lake City. Conducted in-house programming and audience research which employed both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

1983-84 Consultant for WICAT Systems in Orem, Utah. Worked as principal writer and production coordinator for an R&D interactive videodisk project. Interactive videodisks combine computer and video technologies for instructional purposes.

1979-83 KUTV Television, Salt Lake City, Utah. Worked as an editor for evening newscasts; designed, co-produced and edited a two-person anchor-less newscast, produced and edited national segment fed via satellite from Washington, D.C., and performed some operations for KUTV's Engineering Department. Continued to work on an irregular basis for KUTV until 1986.

Theses

Schaefer, Richard J. (1992). Prestige, advocacy, and journalistic authority: An audio-visual analysis of four CBS documentaries. An unpublished doctoral dissertation, Department of Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1987). A public television fund drive: People's descriptions of the circumstances that influence pledging. An unpublished master's thesis, Department of Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Refereed Publications

Schaefer, Richard J. & Gonda, Gillian K. (2003). U.S. public television workers’ initial impressions of the DTV transition. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, 19:1.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1998). The Development of CBS News Guidelines during the Salant Years. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 42:1, 1-20.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1997). Editing Strategies in Television News Documentaries. Journal of Communication, 47:4, 69-88.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1995). A Nation at Risk: How an embattled agency set the policy agenda for education in the 1980s. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, 11:1, 1-14.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1995). A Theoretical and normative approach to National Information Infrastructure policy. Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy, 5:2, 4-13.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1995). Deconstructing military propaganda: CBS's 'The Selling of the Pentagon.'" Studies in Communication, 5, 69-100.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1994). Reconsidering Harvest of Shame: The limitations of a broadcast journalism landmark." Journalism History, 19:4, 121-132.

Schaefer, Richard J. & Avery, Robert K. (1993). "Audience conceptualizations of Late Night with David Letterman. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 37:3, 253-273.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1991). Public television constituencies: A study in media aesthetics and intentions. Journal of Film and Video, 1:1-2, 46-68.

Other Publications

Schaefer, Richard J. (Fall 2001 through Spring 2007). Writing for the mass media notebook. A 200-page notebook for C&J 151/171, Writing for the Mass Media, desktop published with proceeds sent to the C&J Department.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2003). Whither digital television? Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 47:1, 145.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2001). Reflections on Herb Schiller. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 45:1, 184-185.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1999). Four articles, including "David Lowe, "News Guidelines at CBS," "Palmer Williams," and "Peter Davis." In Encyclopedia of Television News, Ed. Michael D. Murray, Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press.

Richard J. Schaefer (1996, Feb.). Annotated Synopsis of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. A synopsis of new legislation that was electronically published through the Communication Technology and Policy Division Web Page. (www.unm.edu/~aejmcctp/ctphome.htm and http://excellent.com.utk.edu/CTP/telcom96.html)

Richard J. Schaefer (1996, March). "Contemporary Issues and Perspectives on U.S. Telecommunication Reform." Discussion paper distributed by the Texas A&M Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics.

Richard J. Schaefer (1994-1995). "Telecommunication Legislative Update." Electronically distributed newsletter (Issues distributed via Journet and Communet listservs.)

Reviews

Schaefer, Richard J. (2003). P. H. Longstaff: The Communications Toolkit: How to Build and Regulate any Communication Business. Journal of Media Economics, 16:4, 283-286.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1995). "Selling of the Pentagon." Journalism History, 21:1, 50-51f.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1995). Review of Silencing Science: National Security Controls and Scientific Communication. Sciphers, 15:3, 7-8.

Grants, Funded and Unfunded Projects

Grant submission entitled “Migration Stories Website: Demystifying the Mexican-U.S. Immigration.” to the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Innovation Competition and the Knight Foundation. Richard J. Schaefer, PI, with co-PIs. Arturo López Durán and Ilia Rodríguez. Grant submissions for $250,000 and $475.000 for a Website designed to inform teenagers in Mexico and the United States, as well as migrant workers in the United States about the realities of worker migration.

Cross-Boarder Issues Group (2007, Oct.-Nov.). Schaefer, Richard J., executive producer of five extended public radio reports on Mexican migration to the United States.

Coordinator and instructor for an exchange program (July 2007) entitled Cross-Boarder Issues: In-Depth Journalistic Experiences in which teams of Mexican and University of New Mexico students produced journalistic reports on issues affecting both Mexico and the United States. In 2007 the course was taught in Cuernavaca, Mexico and the primary topic was Mexican worker migration to the United States.

Supervisor of a Graduate (Student) Research Development Grant (2007) for $1,500 to graduate students Santhosh Chandrashekar and Laura Burton to conduct a survey evaluating the SafeTeen Safe Driving Program in Albuquerque high schools.

SafeTeen New Mexico Grant (2007) of $1,500 to produce an assessment survey of the SafeTeen Safe Driving Module in New Mexico High Schools.

University of New Mexico Office of the Vice President for Student Services Grant (2007) of $5,000 to develop a course entitled “Cross-Border Issues: In-Depth Journalistic Experiences” between the University of New Mexico and Universidad Fray Luca Paccioli in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Instructor for exchange students from Universidad Fray Luca Paccioli in Cuernavaca, Mexico during April 2006 and April 2007. Worked with the broadcast students on studio techniques and digital editing.

University of New Mexico TAS Grant (2006): Grant ($2996) to purchase equipment to enable students to perform multi-camera remote Web broadcasts of sporting and news events using laptops and digital cameras.

University of New Mexico Office of International Studies Grant ($2,500) to develop a course entitled “Cross-Border Issues: In-Depth Journalistic Experiences” between the University of New Mexico and Universidad Fray Luca Paccioli in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Thesis project chair for Loretta Sanchez’s 26-minute video entitled “Public Accessible” on Albuquerque public access Channel 27 (2006, August).

University of New Mexico Research Allocation Committee (2005): Grant ($2996) to collect data on network editing techniques and conduct on-camera interviews with network editors and producers.

Facilitative Leadership: Four-part 47-minute DVD on communication techniques for managers for Domenici Littlejohn Inc., in association with Janet Cramer, published in 2005.

NASA PURSUE Project: Co-PI with Janet M. Cramer on a $22,000 grant to engage undergraduate students in research and develop a promotional video for the PURSUE Project. May through December 2001.

Albuquerque Radio Broadcasters: A $4,000 grant to train students in the use of digital audio editing. August 2000.

University of New Mexico Teaching Allocation Committee: Administrator on grant to develop A-V materials for the Telecommunication Theory and Technology course that was offered for the first time in the fall of 1998.

New Mexico Health and Human Services Department: Served as PI on a grant to produce 60 second radio spots for the New Mexico "Salud Project." Students voiced over the "Salud" script.

Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project: Assisted UNM students and employees with the digital video postproduction on Tufts University School of Medicine video on uranium mining in the Southwest. August-September, 1997.

UNM Research Opportunity Program: Organized a research assistantship for a graduate student who assisted with the preliminary stages and coding of a longitudinal study on television news editing techniques. Summer, 1997.

Bernalillo County Environmental Health Department: Trigger Videos for Communication Training. Organized production on trigger videos that illustrated communication problems as part of a larger research project directed by UNM researcher, Corinne Shefner-Rogers. November, 1996 through April, 1997.

RIAS Foundation Journalist Exchange Program: Served as co-coordinator of RIAS Foundation's educational exchange of former East German journalists to Texas. Fall, 1993 through Spring, 1995. ($1,000 teaching stipend to Richard Schaefer for each of two sessions)

Electronic Access to Audio-Visual Archives project: Received a Texas A&M Research Minigrant to investigate the potential of accessing public domain audio-visual records via the Internet. January, 1994.

Selected Papers and Presentations

Schaefer, Richard J. (2007, February). “Teaching digital media at a public commuting university.” An invited presentation to the New Mexico Media Industries Conference in Albuquerque, NM.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2006, August). “A time series analysis of network news editing strategies from 1969 through 2005.” A competitive paper presented to the Radio-Television Journalism Division at the AEJMC annual convention in San Francisco, CA.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2006, June). “Network news editing strategies.” A paper presented at the Visual Communication Conference in Midway, UT.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2003, April). Polysemy and press theory: An analysis of Chinese and American interpretations of ongoing news. An invited paper presented at the 2003 International Symposium on American Studies at Nankai University in Tianjin, China.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2002, August). Senior Scholar panelist to the Communication Technology and Policy Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) program on Copyright Policy in the Digital Age, in Miami, Florida on August 8, 2002.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2001, August). "A longitudinal analysis of network news editing strategies from 1969 through 1997." A competitive paper presented to the Visual Communication Division at the AEJMC annual convention in Washington, DC.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2001, August). "A positivist's approach to media ecology." An invited presentation sponsored by the Communication Technology and Policy and Media Management Divisions at the AEJMC annual convention in Washington, DC.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2001, July 25). "The State of Media Effects, Particularly Related to Children." A one-hour invited presentation broadcast on radio throughout Suriname as part of "The Influences of the Media: Capabilities and Possibilities," an international conference funded by the United Nations Fund for Women and the United Fund for Children, held in Paramaribo, Suriname.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2001, April). "Should BEA have an E-journal?" An invited presentation at the Broadcast Education Association annual convention in Las Vegas, NV.

Gonda, Gillian Kennedy & Schaefer, Richard J. (2000, August). “The transition to digital television: A case study of KNME-TV.” A competitive paper presented to the Communication Technology and Policy Division at the AEJMC annual convention in Phoenix.

Schaefer, Richard J. (2000, August). “Some new economic assumptions for the communication media.” An invited paper presented to the Communication Technology and Policy Division at the AEJMC annual convention in Phoenix.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1998, Feb.). "Competing typologies for Information in an Age of convergence." An invited paper for the AEJMC Convergence Conference in Dallas, Texas.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1997, August). "Integrating non-linear video into the curriculum." An invited presentation to the Communication Policy and Technology and Mass Communication and Society Divisions of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's annual convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1997, March). "The quality of media content in traditional media and the Internet: Broadcast Web sites." An invited presentation for the Media Management and Entrepreneurship Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's Mid-Year Conference in Boulder, Colorado.

Schaefer, Richard J. & Rush, J. R. (1996, August). "A Policy Analysis of the Telecommunications Act of 1996." A paper presented to the Law Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's annual convention in Anaheim, California.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1996, April). "The Development of CBS News Guidelines During the 1960s and 1970s." A paper presented at the annual Broadcast Educator's Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1996, March). "Overview of the Telecommunications Act of 1996." A paper presented to EEJMC's Mass Communication and Society and Communication Technology and Policy Divisions' Mid-year conference in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1996, March). "Contemporary Issues and Perspectives on U.S. Telecommunication Reform." A discussion paper issued by the Texas A&M Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics. Accepted with research award in March, 1996.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1996, February). "Contemporary Issues and Perspectives on U.S. Telecommunication Reform." A paper presented at the AEJMC Media Management and Entrepreneurship and Communication Technology and Policy Mid-year Conference in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1995, August). "Electronic Access to Historic Audio-Visual Library and Archival Collections: Implications for Educators and Communication Scholars." A paper presented to Communication Policy and Technology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's annual convention in Washington, D.C.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1995, May). "The Politics of the New Mediated Communication." A paper presented at the annual International Communication Association Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1995, April). "The National Digital Library Strategy and Public Information." A paper presented at the Media, Government, and Public Policy Convention at Syracuse University.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1995, April). "Richard S. Salant and the CBS Television News Guidelines." A paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1995, February). "National Digital Library Strategy: Journalists and Electronic Access to Governmental Audio-Visual Archives." A paper presented at the Texas Association of Broadcast Educators Conference in Austin, Texas.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1994, August). "A Theoretical and Normative Approach to National Information Infrastructure Policy." A paper presented to Communication Policy and Technology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Atlanta, Georgia.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1994, May). "Accessing Audio-Visual Library and Archival Collections through the Information Highway." A paper presented at the Visual Communication Conference in Blairsden, California.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1993, June). "Visualizing abstract information: A case study in the nontraditional use of scientific visualization." A paper presented at the Visual Communication Conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1993, April). "The public policy implications of 'Harvest of Shame.'" A paper presented to the History Division at the Broadcast Education Association Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1993, April). "Compositional techniques used in four seminal CBS documentaries." A paper presented to the Television Production Division at the Broadcast Education Association Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1993, February). "The editing techniques used in four editorially-pointed CBS documentaries." A paper presented at the Texas Association of Broadcast Educators Conference in Dallas, Texas.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1992, November). "CBS News guidelines and the limits of authenticity" A competitive paper presented at the national Speech Communication Association annual convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1992, February). "The compositional styles of the television documentary." A paper presented at the Texas Association of Broadcast Educators Conference in Dallas, Texas.

Schaefer, Richard J. (1989, February). "The forces and constituencies of public television: A study in media aesthetics and intentions." A paper presented at the Western Speech Communication Association annual convention in Spokane, Washington.

Avery, Robert K. & Schaefer, Richard J. (1988, November). "Audience conceptualizations of Late Night with David Letterman. A paper presented at the Speech Communication Association annual convention in New Orleans.

Awards

May, 1996: Outstanding Teacher Award for the 1995-1996 academic year. Presented by the Department of Journalism Student Organizations at Texas A&M University.

March, 1996: Research expenditure from the Texas A&M Center for Biotechnology Policy and Ethics for issuing "Contemporary Issues and Perspectives on U.S. Telecommunication Reform" as a discussion paper.

January, 1994: Received a $1,000 Texas A&M Research Minigrant to investigate the potential of accessing public domain audio-visual records via the NII.

November, 1993: Received a Texas A&M Center for Teaching Excellence Award.

Current and Recent Academic and Community Service

Current director of the undergraduate Journalism Concentrations and former director of M.A. Graduate Studies for the Department of Communication and Journalism. College of Arts and Sciences representative to the University of New Mexico Interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Program. Univ. of New Mexico ARTSLab Steering Committee member. Expert participant in research projects on cognitive machines (Sandia National Labs and the UNM Center for High Performance Materials- 2006). Review and Criticism Editor of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media for 2000-2003. Formerly an ex-officio director of the New Mexico Broadcasters Association. Former Chair of the KUNM Radio Board and Long Term Planning Committee member, as well as former head of the Communication Technology Division of AEJMC. Former author of the "Telecommunications Legislative Update," an electronically distributed newsletter, which was also reprinted in many academic and technology newsletters.

Memberships

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Broadcast Education Association, International Communication Association, New Mexico Broadcasters Association.

Personal

Enjoy studying languages (Spanish and Chinese), finance, sports, and outdoor recreational activities.