Location: Louisiana
William R. Davie
What do you do? I am a professor and sequence coordinator, mass communication/broadcasting at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. How did you get your job? Application and interview following PhD program at the University of Texas at Austin. What is the best professional lesson you learned at the J-School? Accuracy, accuracy, accuracy! What advice … Continued
Don Wells
The last time Don Wells, BJ ’68, got fired from a newspaper job, he decided to take his act on the road. Literally. It was 1975, and after working in advertising sales at a number of West Coast papers, Wells found himself at the Fairfield (Calif.) Daily Republic. He had a major disagreement with his … Continued
Peter Mayer
What do you do? Chairman of the board of Peter A. Mayer Advertising, Inc. in New Orleans, Louisiana. Actually semi-retired. How did you get your job? Survival. What is the best professional lesson you learned at the J-School? Show up when you have an assignment. What advice do you have for current students? Get as … Continued
Paul Greenberg
What do you do? I am the program director for journalism and media arts at Tulane University in New Orleans, La. I also do freelance writing for local, regional and national publications. I also write a weekly current events, news and information blog at http://www.greenbergrants.blogspot.com/. How did you get your job? I started as an … Continued