Riya V. Anandwala | Oct. 27, 2008
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To an audience of other doctoral students and associate professor Radhika Parameswaran, Grieves spoke on “It takes courage: Transborder journalism in the SaarLorLux region,” which addresses journalism that crosses borders in the region of Saarland in southwestern Germany.
His work started as a paper for his international journalism course in fall 2006. But Grieves was intrigued by how journalists feel about working in such areas and that led him to go deeper into the research. This is a part of his dissertation, which he hopes to complete by the end of this academic year.
He conducted his study in the Saarland in southwestern Germany, in Lorraine in northeastern France and in Luxembourg.
"I spoke with journalists and managers at a number of radio and television stations, large and small, public and private. I also spent time in archives, in a university library and in stations’ video archives, watching old and current transborder programs," he said.
He traveled to Europe in the summer of 2007 as part of a U.S. and German exchange program for broadcast journalists and conducted a number of interviews then.
Parameswaran said his presentation was thoughtful.
“I could see quality in his research,” she said. “His professional background has really helped him in this research. Also, he interviewed journalists, which is not very easy to do."
Grieves worked for CNN in Atlanta from 1994 to 2001 and then moved to Oregon Public Broadcasting for a year.
Other Ph.D. candidates Ammina Kothari, Lindita Camaj and Jeff Cannon gave their feedback after the presentation.
Grieves will present a version of his talk during interviews with universities. After having worked for a number of years as a writer and producer for television news, he’s now preparing for a career as a professor of journalism.
"In a rapidly changing media world, my aim is to suggest different ways of conceptualizing the profession of journalism, which in turn has an impact on how we think about journalism education," he said.
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