Individually they have worked variously as daily and weekly newspaper reporters and editors, radio and television broadcast journalists, public relations professionals, photographers or freelance writers. Their academic work includes numerous publications, conference presentations and lectures.
Faculty remain active as professional writers, broadcasters, consultants and speakers.
In addition, faculty advise undergraduate majors, WRFW-FM, NewsCenterU and The Student Voice. Department faculty take pride in their close, personal attention to the academic and professional success of their advisees and graduates. Colleen Callahan, Department Chair Colleen Callahan, department chair, has taught photography, news writing, editing, news reporting, mass media and society, history of mass communications, and newsletter journalism since 1986. She administers the annual campus-wide photography contest and exhibition, and coordinates the department's internship program. Through a grant, she taught photography at the Hubbs Center for Lifelong Learning in St. Paul in 1999.