2019
World Journalism Education Congress
Organized two sessions–WJEC-Ignite, and the WJEC Creative Competition at the 5th World Journalism Education Congress held in Paris, France
2018
Broadcast & New Media Research Association of China
Organized the Power of Visuals: Language, Storytelling and Research day-long BEA storytelling workshop at the Annual Conference of the Broadcast and New Media Research Association of China. Hangzhou, China
2017
BEA President
Served as president of the Broadcast Education Association Board of Directors in 2017-2018
2016
Best of Festival
Won my second Best of Festival (BOF) award from the BEA Festival of Media Arts for TideSports.com TV. 2016 also marked the second time I won a BOF award and had a paper selected for the annual BEA Research Symposium
2014
Best of Festival
Won my first Best of Festival (BOF) award in Faculty Sports (also the first BOF in Faculty Sports ever awarded) from the BEA Festival of Media Arts, for Houndstooth: Tradition. Community. In addition to the BOF, I had a Top Paper award in the International Division and had a paper selected for the BEA Research Symposium. I was the first person to have a research paper and creative project selected for awards in the same year at the BEA conference.
2011
BEA Festival of Media Arts
One of two faculty members to receive the first faculty awards given by the Sports Division in the Festival of Media Arts. Was given an Award of Excellence for the entry OU Basketball on the Sooner Sports Network.
2010
OBU Centennial Moments
Produced 23 short videos to celebrate the centennial of Oklahoma Baptist University.
2009
Boone Pickens Stadium
Director of the video liveboards (jumbotron) for the first football game from the renovated stadium. Worked as producer/director/technical director on coverage for nearly 30 Oklahoma State University sporting events (football, men’s/women’s basketball) during the 2009-2010 season. I was the on-site supervisor of 20-person production crew for Production Management Television (PMTV).
2008
BEA Sports Division
First chair of the BEA Sports Division (2008-2009). BEA was the first communication association to create an interest division focused on sports media. As the chair, I created the division bylaws, started the research paper competition, and oversaw establishment of the division’s Festival of Media Arts competition.
2007
Powerball Lottery Drawing
Director/Technical Director for the live nationwide Powerball Lottery drawing. The drawing was held on location at the State Fairgrounds Arena in Oklahoma City on the first Saturday night that Powerball was legal in the State of Oklahoma.
2005
New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets
Technical Directed the in-house feed for the first regular-season NBA basketball game ever played in Oklahoma City. I worked as a TD for 20+ home games during the 2005/2006 NBA season.
2002
FORD Center (now Paycom Center)
Part of the crew that cabled the unfinished sports arena for television broadcasts–running triax, coax and audio multicore cable and hookups.
2000
Abe Lemmons Arena
Part of the production crew for the first television broadcast from the newly completed Abe Lemmons Arena on the Oklahoma City University campus.
Oklahoma Wranglers
Part of the production crew for the first television broadcast of an Oklahoma Wranglers arena football team home game from the Myriad Arena.
Gallagher-Iba Arena
Camera operator (camera 5 – slash) for the first broadcast from the renovated/expanded home of Oklahoma State Cowboy basketball. This game against University of Arkansas, Little Rock is also memorable because Jason Keep broke the backboard near the end of the game.
1998
Bricktown Ballpark
Part of the production crew for the first television broadcast from the newly completed home of the Oklahoma Redhawks Triple A baseball team, the Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.
1997
AVID Media Composer 9000
Purhased my first non-linear editing system for the U.S. Postal Service Technical Training Center. The system had a 200MB RAID hard drive tower. Total cost of the system was in the 6-figure range.