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David Baird
Professor of Communication
Anderson University
Office hours
These are my office hours for Spring 2010, but it's better to make an appointment if you can.
Monday: 2:00-5:00
Tuesday: Appointment only
Wednesday: 2:00-4:00
Thursday: 3:00-5:00
Friday: 2:00-5:00
Twitter is often abused, but I've found my personal account to be worthwhile enough that I've started a public feed. This new feed focuses on Department- and communication-related topics, not personal stuff, and as a rule I won't be "return following" my students so as to respect their privacy. You may expect a maximum of three (maybe four?!) posts a day.
Feel free to follow along at https://twitter.com/dabaird
Television pioneer Pem Farnsworth
This is a short clip from an interview that another professor and I conducted in Fort Wayne, Ind., on April 12, 1999, with Elma (“Pem”) Farnsworth, widow of Philo T. Farnsworth—the man often credited with inventing electronic television. In the interview segment, Mrs. Farnsworth explains why the kids at her son’s school didn’t believe that her husband had anything to do with television. Mrs. Farnsworth, who died in 2006, worked alongside her husband for many years, and she was in the San Francisco lab with him when the first electronic television picture was transmitted on Sept. 7, 1927.
News and blog entries
Washington Journalism CenterTerry Mattingly, director of the Washington Journalism Center, is planning to be at AU on Monday, Feb. 8. If you’d like to discuss the WJC and digital journalism... Read more »
Imago Film FestivalJudson University wants you to know about the Imago Film Festival, April 5-9, 2010. Read More →
“Cinema Magic”Here’s a Heartland Film Institute event that may be of interest to aspiring filmmakers. Note that advance registration is required. Read More →
1926 ‘televisor’ demonstrationHad a chance over break to visit the site of John Logie Baird’s 1926 demonstration of mechanical television. Here are pictures of the London site and its... Read more »
Follow AU grad in HaitiAU comm grad Luke Renner, who has been trying to start a film school in Haiti, is in Port-au-Prince. Follow his Twitter feed at firesideint. Read More →
Job fair updateHere’s the latest on the Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors and Hoosier State Press Association Foundation Journalism Job and Career Fair, scheduled... Read more »
Photojournalism internshipsAn Indianapolis-based photojournalism organization called World Next Door is looking for summer interns. Click on “Join us” for more information. Read More →