SOJ eNews
- Friends, colleagues and former students pay tribute to the late Dr. George Esper
May 16, 2012 - Nutting receives honorary degree at May Commencement
April 26, 2012 - Dahlia receives top teaching honor at WVU
April 18, 2012 - Dr. Colistra named 2012 Excellence in Civic Engagement Award Recipient
April 18, 2012
Student Announcements
- SOJ Commencement This Saturday!
May 10, 2012 - JQE test scheduled for May 10
May 9, 2012 - Open lab hours during finals week
May 1, 2012 - Last chance to claim graduation tickets!
April 25, 2012
Jobs
- The Butler Eagle seeks editorial writer
May 16, 2012 - West Virginia Junior College seeks Career Management Director
May 9, 2012 - Financial writers wanted--Dow Jones Newswires
May 9, 2012 - Office of Senator Jay Rockefeller seeks press assistant
April 23, 2012
Internships
- WVU CPASS seeks communications and alumni affairs intern
May 16, 2012 - Mon General seeks summer intern
May 16, 2012 - Racer X Illustrated seeks intern
May 16, 2012 - WV Public Theater seeks audio visual intern
May 16, 2012
Scholarships & Competitions
John Temple
Associate Professor, Print Journalism Program Chair
John.Temple@mail.wvu.edu
304-293-6116
Associate Professor John Temple chairs the print journalism program and teaches reporting and writing courses. His specialty area is narrative nonfiction writing.
He is the author of two nonfiction books: The Last Lawyer: The Fight to Save Death Row Inmates (2009) and Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner’s Office (2005). In 2010, The Last Lawyer won the Scribes Book Award from the American Society of Legal Writers. More information about Temple’s books can be found at www.johntemplebooks.com.
In Fall 2008, Temple founded the “West Virginia Uncovered” project. In the project, students and faculty provide multimedia training and content for small rural newspapers around the state. The McCormick Foundation, the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the Ford Foundation have all supported the project.
Prior to teaching at WVU, Temple taught and studied creative nonfiction writing at the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned an M.F.A. Temple worked in the newspaper business for six years. He was the health/education reporter for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a general assignment reporter for the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C., and a government and politics reporter for the Tampa Tribune in Tampa, Fla.
