Goshen College
Department of Communication, Chair
Work: (574) 535-7745
dstoltzfus@goshen.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2001.
Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “A Paper for the People: E.W. Scripps’s Chicago Experiment in Adless Journalism.”
M.A., Latin American Studies, New York Univerity, 1988.
B.A., English, Goshen College, 1981.
EMPLOYMENT
Professor, Communication, Goshen College, 2000 to Present.
Copy Editor, The Mennonite Quarterly Review, 2004 to Present.
Copy Editor, The South Bend Tribune, 2005 to 2007.
Freelancer and stringer, The New York Times, National Desk, 2001 to Present.
Staff Editor, The New York Times, National Desk, 1997-2000
Reporter and Copy Editor, The Record of Hackensack, N.J., 1989-1997
City Government Reporter, Gannett Westchester Rockland Newspapers, 1987-89
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Top Three Faculty Paper, Newspaper Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2005
American Journalism Historians Assoc. Dissertation Prize, Honorable Mention, 2002
Marion Johnson Fellowship (full tuition and stipend at Rutgers University), 1993-1996
Livingston Awards finalist (for top journalists in the nation under age 34), 1993
New Jersey Press Association, third place, feature article, 1993
New York University Scholarship, 1985
TALKS, PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, INTERVIEWS
“Ciudadanos del Mundo, Armados de Imaginación” (“Citizens of the World, Armed with Imagination”), lecture in Spanish in care of natural sciences and mathematics school, the Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru, August 2008.
“Impact of Unsigned Letters to the Editor in Community Newspapers,” Community Dialogues, Goshen, February 2007.
“Roy W. Howard and the Reshaping of the Scripps Howard Newspapers, 1912-1945,” American Journalism Historians Association, Wichita, October 2006, panel.
Interview with Gary Sieber, WTRC-AM, on “Tuned Out?” conference, March 16, 2006.
“The Right of Review: Signs of Growing Cooperation with Sources,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Antonio, August 2005.
“Faculty Development, Encouraging Scholarship,” Council of Independent Colleges, 2005 Workshops for Departments and Division Chairs, Chicago, June 2005.
“On the National Desk at The New York Times,” Afternoon Sabbatical, Nov. 11, 2003.
“How Do We Read the News?” Mennonite Church USA seminar, Atlanta, July 2003.
“Communication for Service: Sketching the Possibilities,” Retired Faculty Luncheon, Goshen College, May 2003.
“Digging for the heart of a story: analyzing the spin,” an Associated Church Press workshop, April 2003.
“Media in Our Times,” Elkhart Morning Rotary, March 2003.
“A Reporter for the People: Carl Sandburg and the Dream of Ad-free Journalism,” Dean’s Lecture Series, Goshen College, February 2003.
“Editing and Accuracy,” The South Bend Tribune, January 2002. Invited to give a presentation to the news staff and to copy editors.
“Watchdog on State Street: A Scripps Newspaper in Chicago,” American Journalism Historians Association, Pittsburgh, 2000. Refereed paper.
“A Poet in the Rough-and-Tumble: Carl Sandburg as Journalist,” Northeastern Regional Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and American Journalism Historians Association, New York University, 1998. Refereed paper.
“Seeking the Editorial High Ground: E.W. Scripps’s Experiment in Adless Journalism,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, 1997. Refereed paper.
“The Press in the Information Age: Problems of Definition,” Mid-Atlantic Graduate Communication Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1997.
“The Newspaper Preservation Act: Reconsidering Freedom of the Press,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, 1995. Refereed paper.
“Universal Service and the Inner City: Telephone Penetration in Camden, NJ,” with Milton Mueller, Jorge Schement, Bobbie Brody, Kimberly Miller, International Communication Association, Albuquerque, N.M., 1995.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Freedom from Advertising: E.W. Scripps’s Chicago Experiment (A volume in The History of Communication series, edited by Robert W. McChesney and John C. Nerone, University of Illinois Press, 2007). The book was reviewed in Newspaper Research Journal; The Chicago Tribune; Editor & Publisher; H-SHGAPE, the online forum of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era; The Journal of American History; and The South Bend Tribune.
Book Chapters
“An Adless Paper in Chicago,” in Reflections of Power: U.S. Journalism History in the 20th Century (Publication by SUNY Press, pending)
Book Reviews
Manuscript on mass media development in Chicago, reviewed for the University of Illinois Press, February 2008.
“Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Churches of New York City,” The Mennonite Quarterly Review, July 2007, Vol. 81, No. 3.
“Paper Cuts: Review of ‘Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media, The Common Review, Summer 2005, Vol. 4, No. 1.
“Looking at Pictures, Seeing the Pain,” The Common Review, Fall 2003, Vol. 2, No. 3.
Articles
“Partial Pre-Publication Review Gaining Favor at Newspapers,” Newspaper Research Journal, Fall 2006.
“The Dairy Life: From fast track to farming” and “Brothers’ dairy farms rely on cows’ grazing,” The South Bend Tribune, Oct. 15-16, 2006.
“Powerful platform of journalism,” The Goshen College Record, March 9, 2006.
“Students see first hand the effects of AIDS epidemic,” The Indianapolis Star, March 24, 2005.
“Carl Sandburg: Reporting for the People,” American Journalism, Winter 2004.
“A Cup of Justice,” The Mennonite, May 4, 2004
“Still Turning to 606,” The Mennonite, Nov. 18, 2003.
“Objectivity in times of war,” The Goshen College Record, March 27, 2003.
“A Dream of Journalism Without Advertising: The Day Book in Chicago,” The Common Review, Spring 2002, Vol. 1, No. 3.“You Can Tailgate a 90-Year-old Driver, but Not When She’s in the Cockpit,” The New York Times, Sept. 3, 2001.
Blog
Published a blog entitled “Hoosier Prof in Peru”(dstoltzfus.wordpress.com), with reflections on living in Lima, Peru, while serving as director of Goshen College’s study-abroad program in the country, May 2007 to July 2008.
Special Projects
Developed a guide to Spanish in Peru as a yearlong class project using a wikispaces platform (spanishinperu.wikispaces.com), 2007-2008.
Letters
“Columnist should not be called names,” The Goshen News, Feb. 4, 2006.
“Column leaves reader disappointed,” The Goshen News, May 14, 2003.
CONFERENCES
Chair of planning committee for “Tuned Out? A Conversation About Youth and the Future of News Media,” held at Goshen College, March 16-17, 2006; 175 registrants.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Journalism Historians Association
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Council on Church and the Media
Hoosier State Press Association
Indiana Collegiate Press Association
Adviser, 2006-2007.
GOSHEN COLLEGE COMMITTEES, DUTIES, SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Chair, Peace and Justice Journalism Advisory Council, 2005-present.Member, Nominating Committee, 2005-2007.
Member, Academic Affairs Committee, 2004-2006; 2008-present.
Chair, WGCS Advisory Council, 2002-present.
Chair, Communication Department, 2002-2007; 2008-present.
Adviser, The Goshen College Record, 2000-present.
Chair, WGCS Public Relations Task Force, 2003.
Member, Blackboard Task Force, 2001-2002.
Member, Admissions, Scholarship, and Retention Committee, 2001-2002
ACADEMIC COMMITTEES, DUTIES, SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Judge, best-in-class newsletter and Acorn Award, Associated Church Press, Spring 2006; best-in-class for regional newspaper, national or international newspaper, and news service, Associated Church, Spring 2005; in-depth reporting in newspapers and magazines, Associated Church Press, Spring 2004; in-depth reporting and interview categories, Spring 2003.
Judge, news reporting, feature story, photographer-writer, Michigan Press Women, Spring 2006.
Judge, news writing category, Evangelical Press Association, Spring 2002.