University of New Mexico
Department of Communication & Journalism
UNM Lobo  
Dennis F. Herrick, M.A.
 M.A., University of Iowa, 1998
 

Lecturer Emeritus 
Journalism 

Research:
Media management issues related to consolidation, circulation, ownership, media economics, convergence and entrepreneurship. Also, early contact between Europeans and native tribes in the 16th century in the Caribbean and Americas.

I am working on two projects:

  • A second edition of my 2003 textbook for university and college-level media management courses.
  • A historical novel on the 1540-41 Tiguex War between Coronado and the Rio Grande Pueblo tribes.

Sample Publications:

  • Herrick, Dennis (2011). "The Tiguex War in Fact, Folklore and Fiction," chapter 15 in The Latest Word from 1540, eds. Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint, University of New Mexico Press.
  • Herrick, Dennis (October 2010). "Missing," fictional short story, The Story Teller Magazine.
  • Herrick, Dennis (March 2008). "The State of U.S. Newspapers," FriendsoftheTribune.com.
  • Herrick, Dennis (December 2005). "Spirit Journey," fictional short story, Wapsipinicon Almanac literary magazine.
  • Herrick, Dennis (March 2005). "Hunting Season," fictional short story, Tony Hillerman Mystery Contest winner, Cowboys & Indians Magazine.
  • Herrick, Dennis (December 2001). "Acquiring a neighbor's paper often the fastest, safest way to grow," Publishers' Auxiliary, National Newspaper Association.
  • Herrick, Dennis (December 2000). "What you should know to sell your newspaper," Publishers' Auxiliary, National Newspaper Association.

Teaching:
I taught a variety of courses in the journalism sequence, including: CJ 271-Writing for Print Journalism; CJ 371-Persuasive Writing; CJ 372-Copy Editing and Layout; CJ 374-Desktop Publishing; CJ 375-Intermediate Reporting; CJ 376-Media Management; CJ 465-Mass Communication Ethics; CJ 475-Advanced Reporting/Advanced Multimedia Journalism (all at the University of New Mexico); as well as Specialized Reporting and Writing, and Media Management (University of Iowa).

Service:

  • Chair of the Undergraduate Journalism and Mass Communication Committee and adviser to journalism and mass comm students, 2009-2010
  • Chair of the Undergraduate Journalism Committee and adviser to journalism students, 2004-2007
  • Chair of the 2010 Lecturer II search committee
  • Editor of the departmental newsletter, 2003-2010
  • Web supervisor for C&J Web site and faculty Web sites 2001-2011
  • Service on three department committees each semester
  • Faculty adviser to the C&J chapter of Society of Professional Journalists, August 2002-May 2009

Outreach:

  • Sponsor of the Herrick Pueblo Scholarship open to any UNM student from one of New Mexico's pueblos since 2009
  • Freedom of Information chair for the state of New Mexico
  • Editor of a bimonthly Vietnam veterans newsletter
  • Board of Directors of Friends of Rio Rancho Open Space
  • Speaker at Tony Hillerman Mystery Writers Conference
  • Former writing coach for New Mexico Business Weekly
  • Site steward for Archaeology Conservancy on LA 54147
  • Judge for Suburban Newspapers of America national contest
  • Planning Committee for Associated Press Managing Editors newsroom training seminar, TRAIN
  • Panelist, Native American Journalists Association national conference, 2009

Photo Credit: Susan M. Boe

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