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Region 5 Director
Liz Hansen
Eastern Kentucky University
521 Lancaster Ave.
Richmond, Ky. 40475
859/622-1488
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Bio (click to expand) Liz Hansen, director for Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky), has been a professor at Eastern Kentucky University since 1987 where she teaches community journalism, media ethics, media law, reporting and magazine freelancing. She is a former adviser of The Eastern Progress.

An SPJ member since 1976, Hansen served five terms as president of the Bluegrass chapter, is a long-time member of the Bluegrass chapter board, and co-advises the Eastern Kentucky University chapter. She is a member of the national Ethics and Journalism Education committees. She was a founding member of the South Mississippi chapter in the mid-1980s, advised the University of Southern Mississippi chapter, and has been a delegate to numerous national conventions.

Hansen worked as a reporter for the Arkansas Democrat (summers 1970-71), The Springdale (Ark.) News (1972-74) and the State-Times in Baton Rouge (1979-1982). She was a faculty intern for the Grant County (Ky.) News during the summer of 2007. Her freelance work has been published in newspapers and magazines in Mississippi, Kentucky and elsewhere. She has also taught at Iowa State University, the University of Southern Mississippi and the University of Kentucky.

Hansen chairs the Steering Committee of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues. She is also active in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and is vice head of its Community Journalism Interest Group. Her research interests include media ethics, media law and community journalism.

In addition to winning dozens of awards for writing, editing and photography over the years, Hansen received the 2004 Russ Metz Most Valuable Member Award from the Kentucky Press Association for her work on a statewide public records audit. In 2008, she was named Foundation Professor, Eastern Kentucky University’s highest honor for teaching excellence.

Hansen earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1972, her master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University in 1976 and her Ph.D. in communication from the University of Kentucky in 2000.

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Illinois

Pro Chapters

Chicago Headline Club
President: Steve Franklin
Ethnic news project director
Community Media Workshop
312-369-6400
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Web site
Dues: $20

Student Chapters

DePaul University
Adviser: Mike Reilley
14 E Jackson Blvd. Suite 1106
Chicago, IL 60604
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Web site
Dues: $5

Loyola University of Chicago
Adviser: Beth Konrad
820 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
312-915-6534

Northwestern University
Adviser: Michele Bitoun
Medill School of Journalism
847-467-2785
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Southern Illinois University — Edwardsville
Adviser: Tammy Merrett-Murry
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University of Illinois
Adviser: John Paul
Department of Journalism
119 Gregory Hall
810 South Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-265-5370
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Western Illinois University
Adviser: Lisa Kernek
1 University Circle,Simpkins Hall
Macomb, IL 61455
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Indiana

Pro Chapters

Indiana Pro Chapter
President: Eric Bradner
Statehouse Bureau Chief
Evansville Courier & Press
812-431-6102
E-mail
Dues: $10

Student Chapters

Indiana University
Adviser: David Boeyink
Indiana Daily Student
940 E. 7th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-9821
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Web site

IUPUI
Adviser: Deborah Perkins
535 W. Michigan St.
IT 569
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317)278-5328
Dues: $20
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University of Southern Indiana
Adviser: Erin Gibson
University of Southern Indiana
8600 University Blvd.
Evansville, IN 47712
812-465-1125
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Kentucky

Pro Chapters

Louisville Pro Chapter
President: Robyn Sekula
Freelance journalist
E-mail
Web site
Dues: $12

Bluegrass Pro Chapter
President: Adam Baker
LEX 18 Reporter
(859) 259-1818 ext. 174
E-mail
Dues: $10

Student Chapters

Campbellsville University
Adviser: Stanley O. McKinney
Assistant Professor of Journalism
UPO 897
1 University Dr.
Campbellsville, KY 42718
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Eastern Kentucky University
Advisers: Deborah Givens and Liz Hansen
Department of Communication
317 Combs Building
Eastern Kentucky University
521 Lancaster Ave.
Richmond, KY 40475-3102
Phone: Givens 859-622-6564
Hansen 859-622-1488
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Hansen E-mail

Northern Kentucky University
Adviser: Michele Day
Communication Department
Highland Heights, KY 41076
(859) 572-1921
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University of Kentucky
Adviser: Al Cross
Institute for Rural Journalism
School of Journalism & Telecommunication
Lexington, KY 40506
859-257-3744
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Western Kentucky University
Adviser: Mac McKerral
Mass Media & Technology Hall,
Room 222
Bowling Green, KY 42101
270-745-5882
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