EUGENE, Ore. -- (March 15, 2013) -- Tim Gleason, dean of the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication, will receive the 2013 Charles E. Scripps Award as journalism and mass communication administrator of the year.
The Scripps Howard Foundation’s national journalism awards, established in 1953, recognize outstanding print, broadcast and online journalism in 15 categories. Two additional categories honor college journalism and mass communication educators for excellence in administration and teaching.
The award, which includes a $10,000 prize, will be presented in August at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference in Washington, D.C.
Gleason, who holds the position of Edwin L. Artzt dean of the journalism school, has served as dean since 1997. He has been a member of the UO faculty since 1987.
In addition to managing an increase in enrollment of nearly 100 percent since he took the helm, Gleason shepherded the school through an 18-month, $15 million renovation of Allen Hall. The school celebrated the building’s grand opening on March 1.
Gleason received a doctorate in communications with an emphasis in communication law from the University of Washington. Before entering graduate school in 1981, Gleason was a photojournalist and reporter on Eastern Long Island in New York for 10 years.
About the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication
The University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication produces outstanding writers, editors, digital media makers, strategists and critical thinkers by providing a program grounded in ethics, innovation and social responsibility. The SOJC hosts annual Journalists- and Executives-in-Residence programs, as well as events such as the Ancil Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism, the Hulteng Conversations in Ethics and the annual Johnston and Ruhl Lectures. The school counts nine Pulitzer Prize winners among its more than 9,000 graduates.
About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is among the 108 institutions chosen from 4,633 U.S. universities for top-tier designation of "Very High Research Activity" in the 2010 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The UO also is one of two Pacific Northwest members of the Association of American Universities.
MEDIA CONTACT: Kellee Weinhold, UO School of Journalism and Communication, 541-346-2897, kelleew@uoregon.edu
Note: The University of Oregon is equipped with an on-campus television studio with satellite uplink capacity, and a radio studio with an ISDN phone line for broadcast-quality radio interviews.