Wayne Slater
Curriculum Vitae
Moody College of Communication The University of Texas at Austin 300 W. Dean Keeton Street 512 914-7596 Austin TX 78712-1073 [email protected]
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Education
B.S. West Virginia University, West Virginia 1970 Graduate study Ohio University, Ohio 1972
Experience
2017, Lecturer, The University of Texas at Austin Moody College of Communication, Austin TX
2008 - 2015, Senior Political Writer, The Dallas Morning News
1985 - 2008, Austin Bureau Chief, The Dallas Morning News
1982 - 1985, News Editor, The Associated Press, Denver CO
1978 - 1982, Correspondent, The Associated Press, Peoria IL
1975 -1978, Reporter, The Associated Press, Topeka KS
1972 - 1975, Broadcast Editor, The Associated Press, Charleston WV
1970 -1972, Reporter, The Parkersburg Sentinel, Parkersburg WV
Books
The Architect: Karl Rove and the Dream of Absolute Power, 2006, Random House. Coauthored with James Moore Rove Exposed, 2006, John Wiley & Sons. Coauthored with James Moore
Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, 2003, John Wiley & Sons. Coauthored with James Moore
Journalism Areas of Expertise
National Politics: Reported on the presidential races 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012. Covered every national political convention between 1984 and 2012
Texas State Politics: Covered Texas governors Mark White, Bill Clements, Ann Richards, George W. Bush, Rick Perry, Greg Abbott. Reported on the Texas Legislature from 1985 to 2013
Politics and Religion: Extensive reporting on the role of evangelical Christianity in American politics. Appeared in the four-part BBC documentary series The Protestant Revolution: The Politics of Belief and Frontline’s The Jesus Factor on PBS
Appearances in Documentary Films
Journeys With George directed by Alexandra Pelosi, HBO Films, 2003
Bush’s Brain directed by Michael Shoob and Joseph Mealey, BeBe Films, 2004
All About Ann directed by Keith Patterson and Philip Schopper, HBO Films, 2014
Along Came Kinky directed by David Hartstein, Blue Suitcase Productions, 2009
Hot Coffee directed by Susan Saladoff, HBO Films, 2011
The Protestant Revolution: The Politics of Belief, BBC London, 2008
Media Appearances
Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC
The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC
Meet the Press, NBC
The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News
Frontline, The Jesus Factor, PBS
Good Morning America, ABC
The Morning Edition, NPR
Road to the White House, C-Span
To the Point with Warren Olney, NPR
Open Source with Christopher Lydon, WBUR
Awards
First Place, Specialty Reporting, The Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Awards, 2015
Peter Lisagor Award for Reporting Excellence, The Chicago Headline Club, 1979
Teaching
The University of Texas at Austin
The American Political Campaign in Journalism, Literature and Film (undergraduate), Moody College of Communication, 2017 The Modern Political Campaign (graduate), LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT-Austin, 2005 - 2007
Washburn University, Peoria IL
Elements of Journalism (undergraduate), 1979
Memberships
Headliners Foundation Board of Governors, Austin TX