Field Notes Productions
Dale A. Willman
Curriculum Vita
WORK EXPERIENCE
Field Notes Productions July 2002 – present - Executive Editor. Produce environmental stories to be aired internationally.
Environment Writer On-Line Newsletter January 2005 - Present - Contributing Editor
Great Lakes Radio Consortium May 2000 – May 2002 - Managing Editor. Responsible for strategic and daily planning for weekly environmental news feed carried by more than 135 public radio stations in 20 states. Manage staff of four, budget of $380,000.
National Public Radio December 1998 – May 2000 - Midwest Editor, National Desk. Responsible for NPR’s Coverage of the region. Managed three staff reporters, a Bureau Chief and numerous station freelancers.
CNN Radio July 1996 – December 1998 - National Correspondent/Environmental Reporter for Atlanta-based news network. Covered the White House, Pentagon and State Department. Network’s travel reporter.
CBS Radio March 1994 - July 1996 - Correspondent. Produced daily morning drive reports for the CBS owned and operated radio stations. Also, news anchor at WCBS-AM in New York City. Operator of remote satellite truck.
Freelance Correspondent/Writer/Producer August 1992 - March 1994 - Anchor/report news for various media outlets, including CBS, NPR; special events news coverage. Periodic Journalism instructor. News Anchor with WTOP in Washington, D.C.
Christian Science Monitor June 1991 - July 1992 - Anchor/Senior Editor, Monitor Radio's "Early Edition." Wrote and hosted for award winning International radio program. As Senior Editor, was responsible for editorial content of show.
CBS Radio April 1987 - June 1991 - Special Events Producer. Location producer for election coverage, presidential events, other special news coverage. Overseas producer/correspondent.
Line producer, RSNS. Produced "Byline Magazine" features package.
National Public Radio December 1986 - June 1991 - Segment Producer. Produced for award-winning news programs, "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered." Edited and re-wrote show segments; field producer. Also, news anchor and programming consultant. Provided NPR's only overseas hourly newscasts, from London during the Persian Gulf War.
News Anchor/Reporter/Editor Talkshow Host
1994 WCBS, New York
1985-1986 WCOL, Columbus
1987-1991 National Public Radio 1982-1984 WOSU, Columbus
1985-1986 WCOL, Columbus
1983-1984 Ohio Public Radio, WOSU
1978-1979 WTVN, Columbus
1976 WSTV All News Radio
News Director
1977 WEIR, Weirton, WVa
TEACHING, TRAINING
January to July, 2005 – Lecturer, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. Environmental Reporting, Spring, Summer terms. News Writing, Spring term, Skidmore’s University Without Walls
January to May, 2004 – Lecturer, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. Environmental Reporting, Spring term
March 2, 2004 – Department of History, The University at Albany, Albany, New York. Presented to documentary course on the use of sound, script editing, visual storytelling
May 31, 2003 – Presenter, “Capital Voices, Capital Lives.” An aural history project for the Capital region of New York. Organized by the Department of History at the University at Albany
January to March, 2003 – Benoit Visiting Distinguished Professor of Media Studies, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. Designed and taught audio documentary course with emphasis on environmental topics
Fall 2002 – Adjunct Professor, the University at Albany, Albany New York. Environmental Reporting
August 2, 2002 – Leader, concurrent training session, Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI) National Conference. Topic: "Getting good sound from the field."
May 2002 – Coordinator for Public Radio Editors training session, Ann Arbor, MI
May 13-19, 2001 – Radio Mentor, “Next Generation Radio Training Project, from NPR.” Seattle, Washington.
May 2000 to May 2002 – Coordinator, periodic trainer, Great Lakes Radio Consortium Radio Producer training sessions
November 16, 2001 – Member, Planning Committee, public radio’s “MegaProject”
May 10, 2001 – Judge, Skidmore College Environmental Program Capstone Projects
Summer, 1999, 2000, 2001 – Trainer, National Environmental Wire for Students training camp
July 1993 – Journalism Instructor, Croatia and Macedonia. Sponsoring organization, “Soros Open Society Fund”
May 1993 – Video Training Instructor, La Paz, Bolivia. Worked with local environmental group to teach video techniques
June and July 1990 – Newsroom Trainer, WCPN Public Radio, Cleveland. Served as NPR trainer, providing guidance on news programming, lecturing on ethical issues, conducting individual training sessions with reporters
1984 to 1985 – Lecturer, The Ohio State University. Classroom lecturer for the Department of Biomedical Communications. Advised student groups working on video projects
1977 – Guest Lecturer, Bethany College, West Virginia. Spoke on various journalism topics
MODERATOR / PRESENTER
September 13-14, 2004 – Participant, “Editorial Principles and Practices for Local Public Broadcasting” workshop, New York, NY. Sponsored by “Best Practices in Journalism”
March 17-19, 2004 – Presenter, “Science Communications and the News Workshop,” Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
September 2003 – Presenter, Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference. Panelist on latest technology; moderator, panel on environmental journalism for radio
October 2002 – Moderator, Plenary Session, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Annual Conference
September 21, 2002 – Skidmore College, Campus Climate Change seminar. Moderated panel on media response to climate change data
July 31, 2002 – Leader, Management Training Seminar, Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI) National Conference. Topic: "Tools for the Newsroom – Outfitting Reporters, Web Tools, Field Producing"
May 18, 2002 – Speaker and presenter, Ohio AP Annual Convention, Columbus Ohio. Spoke about finding enterprise stories.
April 1, 2002 – Moderator, Environmental Health Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY. “Hudson River PCBs and the Health of River Communities – A Symposium for Health Professionals on the Health Impacts of PCBs.”
January 19, 2002 – Co-organized and led tour of World Trade Center site for The Society of Environmental Journalists’ “Boston-to-Baltimore Regional Conference.” Also moderated two panels on present state of the World Trade Center site and its future use
October 13, 2001 – Moderator, Environmental Health Conference, Glens Falls, New York. “Hudson River Community Health Conference – Understanding the health effects of PCBs.”
July 21, 2001 – Presenter, Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI) national convention. Topic: “Crisis News Coverage.”
October 10, 1998 – Presenter, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) conference. National Awards Winner panel
February 10, 1998 – Moderator, Georgetown University School of Law. Sustainability Symposium
1994 – Review panelist for NPR training modules for local station reporters
December 13, 1993 – Speaker, Greater Philadelphia Professional Network. WHYY Studios, Philadelphia. Topic: Diversity in the media
October 1993 – Panelist, RTNDA annual conference. Discussed the fate of FM news.
1993 – Served on organizing committee for RTNDA annual conference. Developed radio panels
1989 – Panelist, Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters annual conference
May 1988 – Executive Producer, “Worldtalk.” Worldtalk was the first syndicated commercial radio talkshow broadcast live between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Hired by Stoner Broadcasting of Annapolis, Maryland to produce special program out of the NPR studios in Washington, D.C.
BOARDS, PUBLIC SERVICE
January 2005 to present – Chairman, Saratoga County Salvation Army Advisory Board
January, 2004 to present – Advisory Board Member, Saratoga County Salvation Army
2004 – Member of the Board, Alleghany Front environmental radio program
2001 to 2004 – Member, Saratoga County’s Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
2001 to May 2002 – Member, Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) Advisory Board
2000 to present – Member of the Advisory Council, Loyola University (New Orleans) Center for Environmental Communications
1999 to 2003 – Advisory Board member, Environmental Journalism Center, Radio-Television News Director’s Foundation
1999 to 2002 – Advisory Board member, National Environmental Wire for Students
1985 – Founding Vice Chairman, Columbus Opera Supers Guild
1983 – Board Member, Ohio Regional China Council
AWARDS
2005 – Member, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Awards Committee
2004 – Member, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Awards Committee
April 2004 – Coordinating Judge, Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI) public radio news competition
April 2003 – Coordinating Judge, Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI) public radio news competition
March 2003 – Editor, winning entry; American Institute of Biological Sciences 2002 Awards. “Unraveling mystery of birds’ night calls,” reported by Daniel Grossman, Honorable Mention
February 2003 – Coordinating Judge, Idaho Press Club’s 2002 Annual Awards contest
August 16-18, 2002 – Judge, 2002 Electronic Media awards, Las Vegas
May 2002 – Editor for award-winning entries in the Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI) annual competition. “The Naked Truth,” by Julia King, First Place, Commentary. “Mallard Ducks on the Decline,” reported by Lester Graham, Second Place, Hard Feature category
May 2002 – Editor for winning entry for 2002 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Use of Sound. “Mallard Ducks on the Decline,” reported by Lester Graham
May 2002 – Editor for two award-winning entries in the New York Festival Awards. “No such thing as a just war,” by Julia King, finalist for Best News Analysis or Commentary; “Mallard Ducks on the Decline,” reported by Lester Graham, Bronze Medalist for Best Sound
April 2002 – Coordinating Judge, PRNDI public radio news competition
March 2002 – Editor for several winning entries in the Michigan Associated Press Annual Awards competition
April 2001 – Editor for several finalists in the American Legion Heart of America Awards competition
April 2001 – Editor for several winning entries in the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Annual Awards competition
April 2001 – Editor for several winning entries in the Michigan Associated Press Annual Awards competition
2002 – Producer of two segments in NPR’s Peabody Award-winning series, Lost and Found Sound, including the most popular segment of the series which documented legendary radio station CKLW
November 1998 – Recipient of the 1998 Edward R. Murrow National Award for Investigative Reporting. Award given by the Radio-Television News Directors Association for the series broadcast by CNN Radio entitled “Broadway’s Dirty Little Secret.”
1991 – Part of team winning 1991 duPont-Columbia Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism. Award given to National Public Radio for its coverage of the Gulf War. Willman anchored newscasts and provided news reports from London from the start of the war until several months past its conclusion
1982 – Jurist, 17 th Annual Gabriel Awards, Columbus OH
EDUCATION
June 2004 – Metcalf Fellow, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
June 2001 – Masters Degree, Environment and Community, Antioch University; Seattle, Washington
May 2001 – Certificate in Environmental Law and Policy, Graduate School, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Washington, D.C.
July 1999 – Fellow, Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, Missoula Montana
1978 to 1983 – Undergraduate work conducted at The Ohio State University; Columbus, Ohio. International Relations
1981 – Intern, CREON Project. An attempt to quantify past behavior of world leaders, in order to predict future behavior
Fall 1976 – Kent State University, Stark County branch. Political Science courses
MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)
National Association of Science Writers (NASW)
Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)
Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA)
Association of Independents in Radio (AIR)
Field Notes Productions
P.O. Box 791
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518.583.7247
info (at) fieldnotes.tv