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| Classes: Broadcast
Promotion and Design, Research and Writing,
Laboratory in Media and Advanced Laboratory
in Media |
| First
year at KU: 1997 |
| Degrees: B.S.,
Journalism, University of Kansas; B.S., Atmospheric
Science/Meteorology, University of Kansas;
M.S., Education, University of Kansas |
| Contact: 2075
Dole |
“I
loved it here as a student, and I love it even
more working here with the students.” — Terry
Bryant
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by Brande N. Aleman
Terry
Bryant says he likes all aspects of the journalism
profession, but news is the most exciting.
“I
added the meteorology degree to my journalism degree
in college, because I thought meteorology was interesting
and I only had to go one extra semester,” he
said. “However, I was never one of those people
who was enthralled with the weather.”
When
Bryant was a senior at KU, he began working as the
weekend meteorologist for KSNT-TV in Topeka. He moved
to Tupelo, Miss., in 1986 to become the morning and
noon meteorologist at WTVA-TV. From there he headed
to California, where he was the meteorologist for
two years at KMPH-TV before becoming a reporter,
and then a sportscaster at the same station. He worked
in California for eight years before returning to
KU to pursue a master's degree in education.
He
said he liked being a sports reporter because he
could attend dozens of big sporting events. Bryant
said he enjoyed his time as a meteorologist, but
was always more interested in news.
When
he returned to KU in 1997, he worked as manager of
the J-School’s media labs in the Dole Center
while pursuing his master’s degree. He began
teaching journalism classes in January of 2000.
In
addition to teaching, Bryant organizes and runs the
technical side of J301, the School’s introductory
Research and Writing class. He manages the media
labs and oversees the student lab assistants. Bryant
is the operational manager for KUJH-TV and manages
Jayhawk Sports Talk, the only live show on KUJH.
The show consists of 12 student anchors and 24 student
staff members.
Bryant
says he likes the different activities his job provides,
especially the interaction with students.
“I
loved it here as a student, and I love it even more
working here with the students,” he said. |
