Michael A. Rizzo

Michael Rizzo is an adjunct professor and the immediate past director of the Journalism Program at St. John’s University. He is also the former General Manager/Executive Director for News and Sports at ABC News Radio, Executive Producer at ABC Sports Radio, a news writer, producer, and sports director at ABC-TV News, and Managing Editor at Fios1 News and News12. Professor Rizzo remains active in the news media to stay current on industry trends. He is a freelance reporter and photographer
for The Tablet newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Queens Courier newspaper. He has presented at numerous academic conferences on topics related to
journalism skills, ethics and modern trends in news coverage. He has also written about teaching journalism for the Communicator, the newsletter of the Radio and
Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). Under his leadership at ABC, ABC News and Sports Radio won numerous Edward R. Murrow awards from the RTDNA for
writing, outstanding broadcasts and overall excellence. At ABC Radio, Rizzo was also the Executive Producer of The Fabulous Sports Babe Show and the syndicated
Speaking of Sports commentary show by Keith Olbermann. Rizzo graduated from Fordham University with a BA in Communications where he was also the News Director
at the school’s radio station, WFUV-FM. He also has an MBA from St. John’s University. He is a former board member of The Deadline Club, the New York City chapter of
the Society of Professional Journalists and the former New York State Coordinator for the RTDNA.Experiential Learning, Citizen Journalism, Ethics and Objectivity in news reportingTrends in modern journalism

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