Phil Harding, BBC at Gaylord College

March 24-27, 2008

Posted March 18, 2008

Phil Harding, former executive and editor at the BBC, will be at the Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma March 24-27. Harding will be visiting as a precursor to an intersession study abroad course taught by Gaylord College Dean Joe Foote and Ralph Beliveau in London this coming May.

After retiring from the BBC in 2007, Harding is now a professional journalist and media consultant speaking at colleges and conferences worldwide. He has recently been made a fellow of the prestigious Society of Editors. Harding’s career at BBC began in 1969 and encompassed a variety of editorial and managerial positions that placed him in charge of many of the BBC’s most prestigious programs on radio, television and in recent years online. Harding served as the BBC’s chief political adviser in 1995 and 1996, when he left the BBC, he was in charge of all English language output on the BBC World Service.

Harding will be speaking with various journalism classes on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, he will spend the day with the staff and crew of OU Nightly, the award-winning student-produced television newscast. Harding will also attend the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Oklahoma City with Dean Foote on March 27. See complete itinerary below.

In May 2008, Dean Foote and Beliveau will take a group of journalism students to London for a week of study and travel. The group will visit the BBC and various other London media and advertising outlets.

Itinerary

Monday, March 24, 2008

Noon                 Lunch with faculty, Hall of Fame Room

3 p.m.                Multimedia Journalism, Warren Vieth, Copeland Hall 215

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

9 a.m.                Electronic Media Criticism, Ralph Beliveau, GYLD 2025

10:30 a.m.        Writing for Broadcast, Steve Bennett, GYLD 1030

11:30 a.m.        Multimedia Journalism, Keith Greenwood, Copeland Hall 215

6 p.m.                Survey of Broadcasting, Ken Fischer, GYLD 2020

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

9:30 a.m.          Arrive at Gaylord Hall

10:15 a.m.        TV News, Dana Rosengard, GYLD 1020

12:30 p.m.        TV News, Dana Rosengard, GYLD 1020

3 p.m.                Visit/Watch the preparation of OU Nightly daily newscast

4:30 p.m.          Watch OU Nightly

5 p.m.                Debriefing with OU Nightly

6 p.m.                Readings in Mass Communications, Charles Self, GYLD 2025

Thursday, March 27, 2008

9 a.m.                Introduction to Public Relations, Katerina Tsetsura, DH 125

10:30 a.m.        Current Issues in Broadcasting, Namkee Park, GYLD 2020

Noon                 Broadcast Management, Namkee Park, GYLD 2520

5:15 p.m.          Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Annual Convention