Dr. Roger Heinrich

DR. ROGER HEINRICH ‘75, Murfreesboro, Tenn., is currently an assistant professor in the College of Mass Communications at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.Earning a Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Tennessee Knoxville in August 2001, Dr. Heinrich spent 26 years in broadcasting, most recently as news director for the Horne Radio Group in Knoxville.

Dr. Roger Heinrich, assistant professor of electronic media communication at Middle Tennessee State University, doesn't have the ratio of cameras to student that he would like in his broadcast journalism classes.However, he encourages students in earlier prerequisite courses to acquire their own digital camcorder in preparation for news production.As a result, 14 of the 17 students in his news production course have their own cameras - a high percentage no doubt helped by the falling costs of digital video camcorders.

Roger Heinrich, Middle Tennessee State University, USAheinrich@mtsu.edu