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Lawrence Pintak, Phd Lawrence Pintak, PhD Founding Dean, The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication Washington State University BIO Lawrence Pintak is the founding dean of The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. A former CBS News Middle East correspondent, he has been called the foremost chronicler of the interaction between Arab and Western media. His books and articles focus on America's relationship with the Muslim world, the role of the media in shaping global perceptions and government policy, and the future of journalism in the digital age. Journalism: Pintak reported on the birth of modern Islamist suicide bombing and the rise of Hezbollah in Beirut, the Iran-Iraq War, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and a variety of other stories across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe, including more than a dozen wars, coups and revolutions. His career extends from the Carter White House to the overthrow of Indonesia’s Suharto; from Armenia to Zimbabwe. He has won two Overseas Press Club awards and was twice nominated for international Emmys. Academic Management: Pintak has served in senior academic administrative positions since 2005. Prior to WSU, he spent four years as director of the Kamal Adham Center for Journalism Training and Research at The American University in Cairo, then the only graduate journalism program in the Arab world. Development: Pintak has a strong fundraising track record, having raised in excess of $35 million. Media Development: Pintak created and supervised projects that trained more than 1,000 journalists and bloggers in the Arab world. He has also advised journalism schools in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the former Soviet Georgia, and in the FATA border regions of Pakistan. A curriculum he created for Pakistani journalism schools was the basis of the new national curriculum. He is an advisor to the U.S. State Department on journalism in Pakistan and Fulbright Specialist. Media Freedom: Pintak serves on the Freedom House Middle East and North Africa panel for the annual Freedom of the Press survey. Education: Pintak holds a PhD in Islamic Studies and an MPhil in Theology, Religion and Islamic Studies, both from the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David Research Interests • The relationship between the U.S. and the Muslim world, with an emphasis on the intersection of media, policy, perception and identity • How religion, culture, politics and technology impact the mission and evolution of journalism around the world • The role of journalists, citizen journalists and media activists in conflict zones [email protected] 1240 SW Campus View Dr. Pullman, WA 99163 Office (509) 335-8535 Cell (734) 353-9672 www.pintak.com Lawrence Pintak/pg. 2 [email protected] Professional History CURRENT FOUNDING DEAN AND PROFESSOR; CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NWPR/TV THE EDWARD R. MURROW COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY Appointed in August 2009 to head the newest college at Washington State University, which includes programs in multi-platform journalism and production, advertising, public relations, science communications, health communications, and related topics. The college offers a BA, two Master’s degrees and a PhD program. The college dean is chief executive of Northwest Public Radio and Television, a regional network 19 NPR radio stations and two PBS TV stations. Annual budget: $11.5 million. AAFTE 1,100 on three campuses. Full-time faculty: 45. Full-time staff: 73. About Murrow College: Named for its most illustrious alumni, the college is home to the oldest broadcast program in the U.S., with the first course offered in 1929, and was named among the top three broadcast journalism programs by RTNDA. ComVista ranks it as the top program in research on advertising, media literacy and drug abuse, a top five program in research in media and children, and a top ten program in research on media, politics and government. Key Achievements • Created the financial and administrative infrastructure to accommodate a quadrupling of the unit’s cash flow and significant increase in student and faculty FTE. • Grew enrollments in majors from 450 to 750. • Doubled the size of the full-time faculty to 45. • Launched Digital Murrow initiative that includes: o Restructuring of undergrad curriculum to bolster digital skills across all sequences, collapse sequences into convergence majors and rationalize resources o Addition of new digitally-focused faculty lines in all three sequences o Appointment of an assistant dean-level Director of Digital Initiatives o Creation of new digital newsroom, expansion of labs and infrastructure o Rebuild of college website • Realigned PhD program to focus on Health Communications, Digital Technology and Science Communications and better support the undergraduate program and university priorities. • Arranged integration into the college of two PBS stations and Northwest Public Radio, a regional network of 19 NPR stations to create a “teaching hospital” learning environment. Milestones since then: o Doubled NWPR weekly audience in four years (90,000 to 180,000) o Dramatically increased local news and music programming o Hired former CBS News London bureau chief as head of news and director of freshman radio news “boot camp” o Launched four new stations, including one in Seattle metro that gives the college studios and training facilities in the state’s largest city o Secured $1.4 million donation for new professionally-managed, student-run jazz formatted NPR station. • Launched student-staffed Murrow News Service, providing coverage to regional media. • Created state capital bureau in Olympia, WA. • Launched international Backpack Journalism program. Lawrence Pintak/pg. 3 [email protected] • Launched minor in communication on Vancouver, WA campus with plans to expand to major in fall 2015. • Launched online Strategic Communications MA degree (Jan. 2014). • Initiated creation of new undergraduate degree on Everett, WA campus (fall 2014 launch). • Approved creation of Center for Media and Health Promotion as part of effort to foster stronger research culture. • Secured State Department-funded summer New Media Institute for Arab journalism students (2011-2013). • Arranged for Murrow College to be funded under the Carnegie-Knight Initiative’s project on the FCC Information Needs of Communities. • Secured donation of the papers and memorabilia of the late 60 Minutes Executive Producer Don Hewitt. • Brought to campus Judy Woodruff of PBS, Deborah Amos of NPR, Robin Field of ProPublica, the head of news at NPR, the executive producer of Morning Edition, Ted Koppel, Dan Rather, former CBS News President Andrew Heyward, then-Al Jazeera English Cairo bureau chief Ayman Mohyedin, and the top news exec and lead anchor for Al Jazeera America. Development: Through FY14, raised more than $31 million for the college. Grants: As part of an effort to foster a stronger research culture, faculty grant proposals more than doubled and value of successful faculty research grants skyrocketed from $160,000 to $2.6 million. 2005-2009 DIRECTOR, KAMAL ADHAM CENTER FOR JOURNALISM TRAINING AND RESEARCH THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO Responsible for administering the Arab world’s leading center for journalism studies, and the region’s (then) only graduate degree in journalism, serving both the academic and professional media communities. Secured $4 million in gifts and grants. Key Achievements • Created and directed programs that trained more than 1,000 Arab journalists and bloggers in Egypt and across the region • Created new two-year Master’s degree in television & digital journalism (launched fall 2008 with 21 student cohort) • Lead author of new undergraduate "convergence" curriculum for journalism department • Launched external professional certificate program aimed at working journalists and secured $2 million+ in USAID grants • Secured $2 million donation to build new broadcast facilities, with networked broadcast, print and radio newsrooms, studios and training facilities on new AUC campus • Developed web-based news and information portal for Egyptian civil society (www.egyptcivilsociety.org), with related academic course and training for working journalists and NGO activists • Reached agreement with the International Center for Journalists to base Knight International Journalism Fellows at the Center • Launched the AUC Journalism Fellows program • Repositioned Center’s academic journal, Transnational Broadcasting Studies as Arab Media & Society with new broader policy-focused mission (launched March 2007) generating 90,000 unique visitors in its first two years Lawrence Pintak/pg. 4 [email protected] • Developed advising/partnering agreement with Qatar University under which QU sends its students to the Adham Center for summer courses and graduate training. Arrangement laid the cornerstone for broader university-wide relationship between AUC and QU • Created Middle East Journalism “Boot Camp,” a partnership between AUC, American University in Beirut, and Qatar University. Project brought together Arab and Western students for annual three-week, two-country intensive • Developed “Blogging the U.S. Election” project, which sent Egyptian bloggers to cover the U.S. presidential election (with related U.S. elections resources site, for Arab journalists), and separate training project for online journalists across the Arab world • Created and led team-taught, cross-listed graduate course “Understanding Civil Society” bringing together seven AUC programs involved in civil society issues. Courses taught:
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