Herbert Lowe Email & Phone Number

Gainesville, Fl, Us

Gainesville, Florida, United States

I teach students – in Multimedia Reporting (JOU 3346L), a three-credit intermediate course – to report local news stories involving government and politics, education and schools, public safety and criminal justice, business and economic development, etc., as well as breaking news, trends, profiles and enterprise – and how to present those stories using text, images, audio, video, data, social media, etc. Since spring 2018, 1,400-plus student outcomes from the course have been published by WUFT News, the digital operation for the regional NPR and PBS affiliates. My former students now work full time or have had internships in many of the nation’s best national and regional newsrooms.My three-credit Race, Sports and Culture course – JOU 4930 – focuses on how this intersection in the U.S. has evolved since slavery; how sports have affected societal views on activism, class, criminal justice, race, religion, gender equality, sex, sexuality, etc.; how athletes have advocated for a more diverse and tolerant world, and how sports and race are relayed across TV, film, books, podcasts and social media. Students with no interest in sports say they take the course because it focuses on matters rarely discussed in classrooms across campus, all the more urgent given the national reckoning on race and social justice and especially the increased activism by Black and other athletes.Named the 2021 Faculty Service Award recipient for the College of Journalism and Communications, which has more than 75 full-time faculty members. My service extends to student mentoring, community and professional engagement, as well as committees and governance. This includes governing independent study efforts by graduate and undergraduate students, serving on and leading capstone project committees for master’s degree students, serving on and leading faculty search committees, and serving as faculty adviser to the Gator Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (UF NABJ).

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Served as a lecturer in the department of journalism who specializes in community-based reporting and multiplatform storytelling, as well as topics and issues related to the intersection of race, sports and culture. I am also active in matters related to student mentoring and career development, diversity and inclusion and recruiting the next generation of journalists. With a three-three teaching load (75 percent) and service expectations (25 percent):• Re-created and taught a required three-credit intermediate course – Multimedia Reporting (JOU 3346L) – in which all undergraduate journalism students in the college learn to identify, report and produce multimedia stories from across north central Florida.• Created and taught a three-credit journalism course – Race, Sports and Culture (JOU 4930) – in which undergraduate and graduate students examine the longstanding connection of sports and media to culture and social justice, particularly racial and gender equality.• Created and taught a one-credit university honors program course – Roberto Clemente (IDH 2930) – focusing on a biography of one of baseball’s most revered superstars.• Created online-only versions of both Multimedia Reporting and Race, Sports and Culture for UF’s distance-learning programs.• Coordinated an interdisciplinary town hall meeting on race, social media and sports that attracted participants from ESPN and The Undefeated.com.• Directed UF’s Summer Media Institute, an annual weeklong workshop drawing as many as 150 high school students from across the U.S.• Served as faculty adviser for the UF student chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), and regularly mentored students individually and within campus media to discuss their academic, internship and job pursuits, as well as other concerns.• Broadened my record of thought leadership via commentaries in national publications and continued activities and service in multiple academic and professional associations.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Provided year-round administrative and programmatic stewardship of annual five-day, six-night program that each June brings to campus between 120-150 high school students interested in journalism or communications careers. SMI has existed for decades, and a landscape analysis suggests it may be the largest such program in the nation. Responsible for budgeting, staffing, marketing, programming and pursuing funding for student scholarships. Supervised a part-time assistant program coordinator and multiple undergraduate student assistants year-round – and a doctoral student who serves as head resident assistant and 12-18 students who are RAs and TAs during the actual workshop. Raised the program’s ambitions by elevating the quality of instruction for the afternoon four-hour specializations as well as the morning and evening learning opportunities. Marketing advancements and recruiting more scholarships for needs-based students (about 50 total) helped to improve diversity among the student body as well as draw more participants from across the country (about 40). Also teamed with leaders at WUFT News and the Florida Scholastic Press Association to create a statewide podcast competition for high school students. Inspired my student assistants to partner with members of the Gator Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists for weekly visits to a middle school in Gainesville where a teacher wanted her pupils to produce content for a new school newsletter.I also worked with the college’s dean and development staff to pursue SMI fundraising opportunities. And with the pandemic forcing for the second consecutive year the suspension of in-person activities, I guided my staff during spring 2021 in marshaling faculty to serve nearly 90 students through a weekslong virtual summer program. This new initiative was expected to help make SMI more entrepreneurial with expanded on-demand opportunities.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Provided administrative, curricular and programmatic support for the Perry and Alicia O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism. Each academic year, the fellowship enables three accomplished journalists to produce world-class projects while based at the Diederich College of Communication. The fellows also engage with journalism and graduate students whose activities will range from interviewing sources to shooting and editing audio and video to data mining and other reportorial tasks. In addition, the fellows collaborate with faculty and others across campus with expertise in their chosen topic areas.Besides managing fellows' interaction with assigned student cohorts as well as related summer internship initiatives, I also coordinated a related annual conference each fall that focused on the prior year fellows' outcomes; supervised a team of graduate and undergraduate student program assistants, and coordinated activities of the program's advisory selection committee.See more at http://news.marquette.edu/news-releases/marquette-college-of-communication-extends-solutions-journalism-approach-hires-new-director/#sthash.w1Pr99oR.dpuf

Greater Milwaukee Area

Journalism professional in residence teaching courses focusing on newswriting and newsgathering basics; best practices for using text, video, audio, photos and social media as digital journalists; and the media's coverage of elections and campaigns, major 20th century events, and sports.See www.milwaukeenns.org/millennials and www.milwaukeenns.org/leadership for examples of service learning outcomes from my digital journalism students during fall 2016.Visit my website at http://www.herblowe.com for short stories focusing on my adaptation to journalism education as well my take on matters related to journalism, social media, etc.• Named AEJMC-ASJMC Institute for Diverse Leadership (IDL) Fellow, 2016-17.• Named Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy (SHALA) Fellow, 2015.• Earned 2012 Diederich College Dean’s Recognition Award: Outstanding Faculty Adviser.• Cited by The Marquette Journal as among the “Top 5 Marquette Tweeters,” March 2012.• Earned 2011 Diederich College Dean’s Recognition Award: Outstanding Service.• Earned “Best Edit” Prize, Platypus Workshop (The Digital Journalist), Marquette (July 2011).• Advisory board member, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, based at Marquette.• Co-coordinator, MU centennial celebration of journalism education (2010-2011).• Faculty adviser to campus chapter of National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ-MU).Visit http://www.herblowe.com/curriculum-vitae.html for an online version of my CV.

Greater Chicago Area

Communications consultancy specializing in writing, editing and design for print and multimedia projects; Web design and management; personal and corporate branding; social media; digital asset management; strategic planning, etc.Projects included editing books by pastors focused on helping people deal with wounds from sexual and drug addictions. Transforming branding and significantly improving online presence for clients, including one focused on selling designer hostess aprons, and another who promotes intersection between one’s faith and corporate principles.

Worked with commissioners, staff, advisors and others to research, organize, draft, design and publish the federal commission's final report to Congress and the American people in April 2010. Congress established the commission to plan educational, public and legacy events to mark Lincoln's 200th birthday in 2009. See http://tinyurl.com/ALBCreport

Helped to enhance and enlarge the brand of nonpartisan, nonprofit, public policy, research and education institute established in 1976. Editor of "Continuing the Legacy: A Salute to the Congressional Black Caucus of the 110th Congress," a 160-page, coffee-table book commemorating unprecedented influence of CBC members in Congress and the 2008 presidential election.

Last assigned to new online news team charged with reporting breaking news on Newsday.com for Long Island’s largest newspaper. Previously spent four-plus years covering courts and the district attorney’s office in Queens. Notable coverage on death penalty, kidnapping, child-abuse and wrongful-conviction cases. Initially, general assignment reporter covering Southeast Queens and, on Sundays, City Hall with Mayors Rudolph Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg.Major contributor to series profiling the wrongfully convicted, “The Wronged Men,” that earned prestigious Griot Award from the New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) in 2003.

Cited among "100+ Most Influential Black Americans" by Ebony in 2004 and 2005. Accountable for a $2 million annual budget, 10-member national office staff and annual convention drawing more than 3,000 attendees. Supervised a full-time executive director. Increased NABJ's visibility and advocacy regarding newsroom diversity by regularly meeting with media executives, crafting news releases and appearing in national media. Transformed association's focus from convention to year-round.Served as NABJ vice president-print from 1999 to 2001 and NABJ secretary from 1995 to 1999. Served as chairman (2005-2007) and co-chairman (2007-2009) of the NABJ elections committee. Former president of the Garden State Association of Black Journalists (GSABJ), an NABJ affiliate chapter serving New Jersey; and a past recording secretary of Hampton Roads Black Media Professionals (HRBMP), the chapter serving southeast Virginia.

National board member and communications committee co-chairman for alliance comprised of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) and Native American Journalists Association (NAJA). Helped inspire cooperative spirit among the alliance partners and craft news releases related to UNITY 2004 convention, the largest gathering of journalists in U.S. history (8,100 delegates).

Last assigned to North Philadelphia, spotlighting neighborhood essence and initiatives and major economic development. Initially assigned as politics and government reporter in native Camden, N.J., and in Camden and Burlington counties. Lead reporter on high-profile Camden mayoral election in 1995. Also reported on New Jersey governor’s race in 1993.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Mass Communication

Defended my graduate-level thesis — focusing on journalism and community via a case study of the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Graduate Certificate, Digital Storytelling

Completed the Diederich College of Communication's 15-credit hour graduate Digital Storytelling certificate program. Focused.

Education record

Completed various multimedia courses offered by Sessions.edu, an accredited online Web design school based in New York City.

B.A., Journalism

Activities and Societies: WMUR-AM, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.