Chet Hunt
Professor Emeritus
in the San Antonio CollegeJournalism-Photography Department
408 Pike Road
San Antonio, TX 78209
(210) 824-4371 cfhunt@gmail.com
Hear audio of some of my Wonderings posts at right in Blog Billboard.
Education – B.A. in social sciences, 1958, from Southwest Texas State College (now Texas State University-San Marcos); M.A. in journalism, 1966, from the University of Texas-Austin. Postgraduate work at the University of Texas School of Law and at the University of Texas in junior college administration and journalism.
Honors – High School Journalism Teacher of the Year (1976) from the University Interscholastic League Press Conference; Journalism Achievement Award (1971 and 1972) from the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund; editor and managing editor of Acequia, San Antonio College faculty journal (four years); former editor of the Community College Journalist; former editor of the Region 8 Texas State Teachers Association Newspaper; "Legend of Texas Scholastic Journalism" by Interscholastic League Press Conference in 2002; 2005 NISOD recipient; Retired Aug. 31, 2006
Professional organizations – Society of Professional Journalists, San Antonio Association of Black Journalists, Texas Association of Journalism Educators, Community College Journalism Association, College Media Advisers, San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists, Texas Junior College Teachers Association, Texas Association of Journalism Educators, Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Advisers, Public Relations Society of America and Society for News Design
College teaching experience – UT-Austin, reporting, editing and advising scholastic publications; San Antonio College, Introduction to Mass Communications, Introduction to Magazine Editing, Editing of Copy, Principles of Public Relations, Principles of Advertising and adviser to The Ranger, The Fourth Write and the online version of The Ranger
Workshops – Taught at high school workshops in Austin; Norman, OK; Las Cruces, N.M.; San Angelo; Dallas; Arlington; College Station; San Marcos; Huntsville; Commerce; Columbia, S.C.; Kingsville; Kilgore; and San Antonio. Taught at college workshops in Arlington, Houston and Dallas and SPJ's Photography Workshop for High School Teachers at SAC — Co-founder of the Urban Journalism Workshop at San Antonio College, a project with Dow Jones Newspaper Fund and the San Antonio Express-News — instructor in workshop for 22 years
WRITING TIPS — Here's help for COLUMN WRITING, , FEATURE WRITING, EDITORIAL WRITING, UIL CONTEST HELP, SPEECH WRITING, HEADLINES and REVIEW WRITING / A REPORTER'S CHECKLIST / DESIGN Here are links to the best in design trends from nationally known designers / WHAT IS NEWS? — Read what your publication should expect./ NEWS VALUES / COPY EDITOR'S HELP — Here are tips to make you a better copy editor / INTERVIEWING — It's the first step to a great story / YEARBOOKS AND YOU — It's a big job, but someone has to do it / NEWSPAPER FRONT PAGES FROM AROUND THE WORLD — Look for daily front pages / ONLINE RESOURCES FOR REPORTING / PHOTO TIPS FOR PHOTOJOURNALISTS / MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS / GETTING A JOB / MEDIA LAW / LIBEL / MEDIA ETHICS / MAGAZINES / MAGAZINE FORMULA / THE QUERY LETTER / NEWSPAPERS / HISTORY OF MUSIC / PUBLIC RELATIONS / ADVERTISING / RADIO / TELEVISION / NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION / LETTER TO THE EDITOR / BRAINSTORMING / THE CREATIVE PROCESS / FOUR FREEDOMS / POWELL'S FIVE LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION / KING LECTURE — The Edith Fox King Lecture brings a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist or photojournalist to San Antonio College to speak each year, and the public is invited