Faculty/Staff Bios - John K. Hartman
Dr. John K. Hartman, 62, joined the Central Michigan University faculty in 1984 and is a professor of journalism. He holds a B.A. in journalism, M.A. in radio-TV-film, and Ph.D. in communication from Bowling Green State University. He has served in a variety of capacities in journalism, advertising, public relations, broadcasting and politics in the professional world. He is the author of The USA TODAY Way (1992) and the The USA TODAY Way 2 The Future (2000) and is a quoted authority on journalism issues in major publications, including the Times of London, New York Times, Washington Post, Business Week, Boston Globe, Newsday, Detroit News & Free Press, Toronto Globe & Mail, Nieman Reports, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Editor & Publisher, American Journalism Review, American Editor, and Business 2.0 among others. He has sponsored visits to CMU by Tom Curley, president and publisher of USA TODAY, in 1989 and 1997 and Peter Prichard, president of the Freedom Forum, in 1999. He received the Spirit of Detroit Award in 1997. He received the professor stipend from CMU in 1998, 2002, and 2006. He was nominated for the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award on two occasions. He did research about the free young-adult-targeted daily newspapers and online news sites in Chicago in 2005 and will be conducting similar research in Columbus, Ohio, in 2008. He regularly presents papers, serves on and conducts panels at journalism education conventions. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2004 in Boston. His delegate’s diaries can be found at www.dacor.net/john.hartman/dd . He is an occasional columnist for the Toledo Free Press. He attended the USA TODAY 25th anniversary activities at American University in 2007. He is scheduled to teach journalism and consult for King Saud University in Saudi Arabia for three weeks in both spring 2008 and fall 2008. He serves as a part-time public relations consultant to the mayor of Toledo, Ohio.
