Faculty Members
Lauren Hertel
Lecturer - Department of Telecommunication
M.J.,
New Media, “Going Digital: Creating a Blueprint for Your Paper,” University of California, Berkeley, 2007
M.C.P.,
Urban Design and Development, “Participatory Video in City Planning,” City & Regional Planning, 2003
B.A.,
History, Columbia College of Columbia University, 1992
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Phone: (352) 392-4211
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Biography
INTERESTS
Sustainability in the built environment, distance education opportunities, international consulting
COMMITTEES
Sustainability Committee, University of Florida
Diversity and Faculty Development, College of Journalism and Communications
Advisory Council Faculty Liaison, Department of Telecommunication
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Lecturer, August 2006-present
Teaching beginning and advanced online media skills and theory courses to television and radio broadcast students.
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Graduate Student Instructor, January 2002-May 2005
Taught undergraduate city planning and American cultural landscape courses. Named 2004 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor. Collaborated on new edition of a popular urban planning tour book of Oakland with Paul Groth, Professor of Architecture and Geography.
GRANTS
Florida Turnpike Enterprise Turkey Lake Solar Project
Summer 2009
$315,000 (Co-PI with team from College of Design, Construction and Planning and others)
Developed an Education and Marketing Plan for a proposed solar photovoltaic system at the Turkey Lake Service Plaza.
UF Provost's E-Learning Initiative
Fall 2008
$26,000
Grant to turn my Online 1 course into a completely web-based course. Using the experience to transform Online 2 and Web Skills 4 Everyone into similar experiences.
United States Institute on Journalism and Media
Academic Director, Summer 2008
$285,000
Planned and ran six-week residential institute for 18 journalism professors from 18 countries. Complete program available at http://www.jou.ufl.edu/flinstitute/.
United States Institute on Journalism and Media
Academic Co-director, Summer 2007
$274,000
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
State Department, Washington, DC
Speaker/Specialist Program
2005-present
Traveled to the Russian Far East, Bosnia, Czech Republic and Croatia to lecture on citizen journalism, Web 2.0 and portable devices, and new media law and ethics.
MEDIA EXPERIENCE
The Record, Stockton, CA
Online Editor, August 2005-April 2006
Worked at a mid-sized newspaper (65-75K circulation) in the community news division of Dow Jones. Developed and conducted multimedia training for reporters, editors, photographers and newsroom assistants; participated in new high-level think tank group for future projects; served as a member of the technology subcommittee, chair of the research subcommittee; coordinated all online enhancement opportunities of daily stories with editors, reporters and photographers; directed the work of web designer and night web editors; developed proposals and budgets for all New Media projects and corporate multimedia training.
U.S. Army, Fort Irwin, CA
Intern, Media on the Battlefield Training Program, June-July 2004
Trained U.S. Army soldiers being deployed to Iraq on media relations through live-action scenarios. Produced a dozen television short features, blogged about experience.
Inman News, Emeryville, CA
Researcher, June-August 2003
Traveled across the U.S. looking for new trends in planning for a national real estate development news syndication service.
KQED-FM, San Francisco, CA
Intern, “The California Report”, September-December 2002
Assisted with production of weekly state news magazine at nation’s largest NPR member station. Produced feature story on a local synagogue’s discovery of a time capsule, aired December 2002.
Lone Daughter Productions, New York, NY
Author and Publisher, “AudioGuide NYC”, 1999
Wrote, narrated and published set of audiocassette walking tours of New York City. Reached #4 in category on Amazon.com in four weeks.
Staten Island Public Access Television, New York, NY
Media Trainee, 1996
German Privatization Agency, Berlin, Germany
Associate, 1993-95
Prepared presentations and speeches in English on political and technical topics.
Student Photography Service, New York, NY
Founder and Manager, 1990-1992
Started and ran successful freelance campus photography service while a full-time undergraduate student.
Columbia Daily Spectator, New York, NY
Photo Editor, 1989-1990
Promoted from photo technician to photo editor after two semesters at New York City’s seventh largest English-language daily.
LANGUAGES
Fluent German; basic Spanish.
The Campaign for the University of Florida