
Bill Drummond
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William J. Drummond’s career includes stints at The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, where he covered the civil rights movement, and the Los Angeles Times, where he was a local reporter, then bureau chief in New Delhi and Jerusalem and later a Washington correspondent. Drummond was appointed a White House Fellow in 1976 by Gerald R. Ford, worked briefly for Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and eventually became associate press secretary to President Jimmy Carter. In 1977 he joined NPR and became the founding editor of “Morning Edition.” Drummond has been honored with a National Press Club Foundation Award, the Sidney Hillman Foundation Award for Journalism Excellence, and the Award for Outstanding Coverage of the Black Condition from the National Association of Black Journalists. His research interest lies in incorporating stress-reduction techniques into journalism education. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Published Stories:
- California's Urban Forests in Desert Settings
- Soundprint
For Soundprint, Professor Bill Drummond travels out West from mountains to shore to ask: When are trees beneficial and when are they not? This 25-minute program airs as part of Soundprint's ongoing series, Tales from Urban Forests. The program broadcasts nationally on NPR beginning June 2.
- Equipping Journalists with Tools for Emotional Balance
- Nieman Reports
For Nieman Reports, Professor William Drummond writes about a class he taught in Spring 2004 on "Emotional Balance for Working Journalists.
- The Haves and Have Nots
- Marketplace Radio
For Marketplace Radio, Professor William Drummond produces a radio piece on Marketplace Radio and KQED-FM examining the shrinking endowment at UC and other institutions of higher learning.
- Arc of Crisis
- SoundPrint Radio
For SoundPrint Radio, Professor William Drummond produces a public radio documentary about teaching the "Arc of Crisis" class - a course that trained students to bring more context and meaning to reporting about the terrorist attacks and the Middle East.
- Classroom Cool
- SoundPrint Radio
For SoundPrint Radio, Professor William Drummond produces a radio documentary on how technology is being jammed into all levels of the U.S. educational system
- What We Teach
- Graduate School of Journalism
For The Graduate School of Journalism, Professor William Drummond writes about how eleven Berkeley journalism students in the Spring 1998 Semester embarked on an experiment to rediscover the roots of community reporting.
Other Works:
The San Francisco Chronicle writes about the "Emotional Balance for Working Journalists" class taught in Spring 2004 by Prof. Drummond Read more...
Prof. Drummond goes on a NASA laser mapping mission as part of a radio documentary on coastal erosion.
Courses Taught by Bill Drummond:
- Fall 2012: Advanced Radio
- Spring 2012: Advanced Radio
- Spring 2012: The Wire: When Journalism Meets Drama
- Fall 2011: The Wire: When Journalism Meets Drama
- Fall 2011: Producing the News at the BBC
- Spring 2011: Intro to Radio
- Fall 2010: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2010: Hyperlocal Site: Richmond Confidential
- Spring 2010: News 21
- Spring 2010: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2010: Freshman Seminar: Revisiting World War II Through the Documentary Lens
- Fall 2009: Reporting the News - Drummond/Snow/Griffin
- Fall 2009: Reporting the news-lab--Drummond/Snow/Griffin
- Fall 2009: World War II Through the Documentary Lens
- Spring 2009: Advanced Radio
- Spring 2009: Satellite Radio: Breaking the Bonds of Earth
- Fall 2008: Satellite Radio: Breaking the Bonds of Earth
- Fall 2008: Reporting the News - Drummond
- Fall 2008: Reporting the news-lab--Drummond
- Spring 2008: Satellite Radio: Breaking the Bonds of Earth
- Fall 2007: FSP: Satellite Radio: Breaking the Bonds of Earth
- Fall 2007: Emotional Balance for Journalists
- Spring 2007: FSP: Satellite Radio: Breaking the Bonds of Earth
- Fall 2006: FSP: Satellite Radio: Breaking the Bonds of Earth
- Spring 2006: FSP: Satellite Radio: Breaking the Bonds of Earth
- Fall 2005: FSP: Satellite Radio: Breaking the Bonds of Earth
- Fall 2005: Reporting the News - Drummond/Griffin
- Fall 2005: Advanced Radio
- Spring 2002: Frosh Seminar: Tabloid Journalism
- Spring 2002: Advanced Radio: Inside Oakland
- Spring 2002: Covering the Arc of Crisis: Kabul to Jerusalem
- Fall 2001: Frosh Seminar: Tabloid Journalism
- Fall 2001: Reporting the News-Drummond
- Fall 2001: Master's Project Tutorial
- Spring 2001: Frosh/Soph Seminar: Journalism of Homicide
- Spring 2001: Master's Project Tutorial
- Spring 2001: Reporting for Radio
- Spring 2001: Advanced Radio: Inside Oakland
- Fall 2000: The Journalism of Homicide
- Fall 2000: Reporting the News-Drummond
- Spring 2000: Frosh Seminar
- Spring 2000: Master's Project Tutorial
- Spring 2000: Covering a Community
- Spring 2000: Advanced Radio: Inside Oakland
- Fall 1999: Frosh Seminar: Daily Cal Critique
- Fall 1999: J200 Weekly Assembly
- Fall 1999: Reporting the News-Drummond
- Spring 1999: Advanced News Reporting
- Spring 1999: Covering a Community
- Fall 2004: FSP: Queer Eye for Straight Journ. Guys
- Fall 2004: Reporting the News-Drummond
- Fall 2004: MINI: The Journalism of the Blues
- Spring 2004: Adv. Radio: Inside Oakland
- Spring 2004: FSP: Old Time Radio
- Spring 2004: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2004: Emotional Balance for Working Journalists
- Fall 2003: Frosh Seminar: Old Time Radio
- Fall 2003: Reporting the News-Drummond
- Fall 2003: MINI: GIS for Journalists
- Fall 2003: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2003: Frosh Seminar: Old Time Radio
- Spring 2003: Master's Project Seminar
- Spring 2003: Advanced Radio: Inside Oakland
- Spring 2003: Illustrating your Story with Super Maps
- Fall 2002: Frosh Seminar: Crime Reporting
- Fall 2002: Master's Project Tutorial
- Fall 2002: Reporting on Aviation
- Fall 2002: Humor in Journalism
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