NewsMcNabb
My blogs
| Industry | Consulting |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Education, Media Critic, Journalist, PR |
| Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Jim McNabb is an Austin, Texas educator, journalist and communicator. He taught "Media--Its Impact on Society and Culture" and "Presentational Speaking" at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas and journalism and advertising at Texas State in San Marcos, Texas. He's seen facts and "alternative facts." He knows the difference between bias and agenda. He's seen TV news go from black and white film to digital; radio news go from vitality to virtually disappearing; Austin go from two daily print newspapers to one; And, he's seen all create web sites, email newsletters and blogs. No one in media particularly likes analysis or criticism, but that's what all media needs. Through the lenses of experience and academe, Jim McNabb sees, analyzes, and communicates. Thus, this blog, "News McNabb." Jim McNabb helped shape the news in Austin, Texas for decades. He has been a TV news manager, talent, reporter, and photographer as well as a radio news director twice. He holds a BA from Baylor and an MA from UT. He's also an ordained and licensed chaplain to communicators. Further, he's a singer/songwriter with eight albums. |
| Interests | Cable, streaming, and broadcast journalism, print news and all applications, public relations, publicity, media criticism, and people. |
| Favorite Movies | Bull Durham, Absence of Malice, Broadcast News, For the Love of the Game, and The Graduate |
| Favorite Music | Eliza Gilkyson, Willie Nelson, Mozart's Requiem, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Paul and Mary, William Byrd, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and much more. |
| Favorite Books | Quiet, Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, Broken Government, The Mouse that Roared, Speak Like Churchill/Stand Like Lincoln, God Save Texas, Songs of America, and many more. |
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