your time as a rock music critic for singer. My wife's brother adored her, and she was playing at a club in NYC. It ended up being a differ- ent type of interview than most that I'd done be- cause we had dinner together (instead of meeting at a record company office). over Stones, but what's your favorite Seen a Face.' WSBU 88.3, The Buzz? rejected every year. Once I became a teacher, one of my students heard about my background with music and asked me if I'd like to do a show. I really look forward to it, and I try to do a theme for each show. technology in the classroom to keep tell my students, `I'm not going to teach you how to use social media. I'm going to teach you how to use it as a journalist.' I also have some of my classes run their own blog. I've done campaign blogs where each student covers a certain state, and during non- campaign years we run a baseball blog where each student covers a baseball team to learn what it's like to write for a beat. was, `Beatles or Stones?' and I an- swered `Beatles,' which he replied was the wrong answer," Lee laughed. meeting his wife of 37 years. Anne teaches undergraduate journalism courses. They were married in the chapel on campus. said Lee. "I came to make journalism better by working with students who will become the next wave of journal- ists." an honors course, Decision 2014: An Exploration of Cam- paign for Governor of New York State, which he devel- oped. The course looked at all components of elections in broad terms and then specifi- cally applied them to the New York state governor election. Lee's students also researched what the media was covering versus what voters were inter- ested in. can see what the press is covering," said Lee. "Then we looked at a Sienna College poll where the voters were asked, `what's the most important issue to you?' You could see a real dif- ference between coverage and what was important to people." early to determine his long-term goals for the program, but said his first goal is keeping the program at its already high standard. is already doing well and is successful, it's kind of a challenge, first of all, to make sure you maintain the high level that it's at." directly impact students because they are so eager to learn. He loves receiv- ing emails from recent alumni about their lives post-grad. An alumnus emailed him with news about starting graduate school and pursuing a career as a music writer. said Lee. "Something that may seem small to me like a note to a student when they are doing a good job means so much to them," said Lee. College and received his Ph.D. in Media Studies from Rutgers Univer- sity. One of Lee's biggest goals for the future is to make sure his students are passionate about their fields, espe- Lee. "There's often excitement around things like radio, advertising and pub- lic relations, which are all important, but I want to also make sure that there's that same excitement about being a journalist." accomplish whatever plans they may have. into any career," said Lee. "You learn to collect information, organize it and communicate it, and that's what a journalist does. That's what a public relations professional does. In so many fields you follow that same process." N 2 2 Q |