
He is the author of "Debating Our Destiny: Presidential Debate Moments that Shaped History," written for MacNeil/Lehrer Productions in 2012 and updated in 2013.

He received his bachelor of arts in English and government from the College of William & Mary and earned his master’s degree in political science from the University of Montana. Before joining the PBS NewsHour, Lee worked briefly in public relations and as a stringer at the Virginian-Pilot. He also teaches media law, with a focus on access and open meeting laws and co-teaches election reporting every two years. With a background in web and digital reporting and social media, Lee teaches courses that include the digital and web reporting, audience engagement, and the school’s introductory media history and literacy course. Lee Banville, Professor Office: DAH 406 Phone: (406) 243-2577 Email: Professor Lee Banville joined the University of Montana faculty in 2009 after 13 years at PBS NewsHour, where he was editor-in-chief of the Online NewsHour.

Jule is married to fellow faculty member Lee Banville. She also helps run the statewide high-school journalism contest. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political journalism from Mercyhurst University in Erie and her master’s in journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in NYC.Īt UM, she serves on the Faculty Senate and as the faculty adviser to the Montana Kaimin, UM's independent student newspaper and website. In 2015, she launched the podcast, Last Best Stories, which consists of sound-rich features only mostly unique to Montana. She also worked as a radio producer for WNYC, the New York NPR station, as part of the original staff that launched “The Next Big Thing.” She continued work in radio as independent producer for various national radio shows.

She’s published several articles about the news business for . She was a daily news reporter at the Erie Times-News in Erie, PA, for a decade. Before moving to Missoula, she was the assistant managing editor at Washington City Paper, the alternative newsweekly serving the District of Columbia. Office: DAH 427 Phone: (406) 243-2237 Email: Professor Jule Banville began teaching at the School of Journalism in 2009 as an adjunct professor before joining the full-time faculty in the fall of 2011. She teaches basic and advanced courses, including elements of news writing, feature writing, opinion writing and advanced audio.īefore she began teaching, Jule worked for newspapers, public radio and ran the editorial for a website covering the Rocky Mountain West. She describes herself an amateur tennis player that inadvertently qualified for a regional USTA competition in 2012. She is married to Chris Johnson and has two children. In 2010 she was awarded the Broadcast Education Association Best of Festival Award and the Broadcast Education Association Radio Hard News Best of Competition. She serves on the Board of Governors for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences-Northwest Chapter. In 2013 Dowling was awarded the Tom Boone Town and Gown award for fostering deeper understanding between Missoula and UM.
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Murrow awards as part of teams that covered a firestorm, flooding, an ice storm and the arrest of a serial killer.ĭowling earned her bachelor’s degree in radio-television from the University of Montana and a master’s in learning and technology. She spent 17 years working in Spokane, working at both the ABC and NBC affiliates. She won a number of Emmy Awards and Edward R. She moved on to stations in Montana, Colorado and Washington, working as a director, technical director, producer, executive producer and managing editor.

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She came to the school after 20 years in the TV news, first at KPAX-TV while an undergrad at UM. She launched the award-winning student radio program, “Footbridge Forum,” a call-in show that features debate on key issues and a search for solutions. She teaches courses in journalism ethics, television writing and producing, and radio reporting. She served as chairwoman of the school’s Radio-TV Department and as the interim dean from 2012-2014 and from 2018-2019. Phone: (406) 243-4143 Email: Denise Dowling began teaching at the School of Journalism in 2000.
