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Larry
Day |
| Classes: research
and writing, Spanish for journalism and mass
communication, news reporting, news editing,
introduction to mass communications, investigative
reporting, mass media and minorities, mass media
and society |
| First
year at KU: 1966 - 1988, 2002 |
| Degrees: BA,
journalism, Brigham Young University; MA, journalism
with minor in Spanish, Brigham Young University;
Ph.D., journalism, with minor in Latin American
Studies, University of Minnesota |
“I
like the opportunity to meet with and learn from
students who aspire to be journalists.” — Larry
Day
Larry
Day likes teaching at KU — in fact, he simply likes
teaching, period.
Day
began teaching at the University of Kansas in 1966,
and over the next 22 years he taught reporting and
many other courses. In 1988, he moved to the University
of West Florida, where he taught until 2000. He then
spent some time as a reporter for the Miami Herald.
In
the spring of 2002, he taught journalism full-time
at Brigham Young University. He returned to KU in
fall of 2002 and taught in the Spanish department.
In spring 2003, he returned to the J-School. He now
splits his time between the Spanish department and
the School of Journalism.
While
teaching, Day has been a foreign correspondent for
the United Foreign Press and has worked at the Kansas
City Star. Day was the assistant editor for International
Projects at Meridian Magazine in 2002.
He
said he simply loved teaching and decided to return
to it after he retired.
"I
like the opportunity to meet with and learn from
students who aspire to be journalists," Day said. "I
hope that my experience and background adds a perspective
to the educational process."
Day
began his professional career as a correspondent
for United Press International in Latin America.
He then worked at the Minneapolis Star Tribune as
a copy editor.
Day
has made it a goal to educate young professionals
through his experiences. He has directed workshops
for professional journalists at newspapers in 15
Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Day
enjoys writing humorous fiction. He is the humor
columnist for the Kaw Valley Senior Monthly. He
said he picked up the paper one day and thought it
could use some humor.
"I
had just written a piece of fiction, so I e-mailed
the editor and asked if he wanted a humor writer," Day
said. "That is how I got the job."
Day
and his wife also write children's stories. He likes
to play golf and used to run competitively. Day says
he and his wife are huge KU basketball fans. Day
calls himself “absolutely, positively out of
my mind crazy” about the Jayhawks, but he says
his wife is even more so.
"We
came here and became Jayhawks," Day said. "From day
one of season one, we were fans."
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