Michelle Betz

• International Media Support (West Africa , Great Lakes 2006 - 2008) Conduct missions to numerous post-conflict and post-emergency states to assess media needs and to conduct media support interventions.
• Academy for Educational Development (Nigeria , Ghana 2007) - Led several workshops to train journalists how to cover avian influenza. Adapted training manual for West Africa .
• UNESCO (Rwanda 2005 - 2007) – Ongoing training of student and professional journalists and assisted in launch of university radio station; contract to assist with School of Journalism and Communication curricular revision. Wrote successful grant application (awarded $50,000).
• US Embassy, Accra (Ghana 2007) – Trained radio journalists.
• US Embassy, Lome (Togo 2007) – Trained radio journalists in election reporting.
• Health Journalism Partnership (Ghana 2006) – Awarded $10,000 grant for radio diary project for HIV+ women.
• Population Reference Bureau (Ghana 2006) – Produced workshop for radio talk show hosts about unsafe abortion.
• International Center for Advancement of Journalism (Nigeria 2006) – Trained journalists in Osun State.
• US Embassy, Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire 2006) – Trained journalists on covering HIV/AIDS.
• Internews (Cote d’Ivoire 2006) – Trained journalists on covering HIV/AIDS.
• International Center for Journalists (2006) - Strategic planning report for Sub-Saharan Africa
• US Embassy, Cotonou ( Benin 2006) - Election Reporting for Broadcast Journalists
• VOA/IBB (Mali 2005) – Broadcast Management workshop
• Center for Development Communication (NYC 2004) – Media Skills for UNFPA Asia and Pacific Country Directors
• 660AM-WORL (Orlando 2004) – Broadcast performance coaching

Freelance print and radio work

Various outlets including Africa correspondent for "The Green Planet Monitor" on Rabble.ca, CBC Radio, The World Vision Report, National Geographic Traveler Magazine, The Globe and Mail (Toronto),The Orlando Sentinel, Florida Today. On the Speakers List for the U.S. State Department's Africa Regional Services Bureau.

Ateneo de Manila University – Philippines (Fall 2005)
Lecturer, Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism
Taught online graduate broadcast news writing course.

University of Central Florida – Orlando, FL (1999 – 2005)
Lecturer, Nicholson School of Communication, Division of Radio - Television
Taught primarily electronic journalism courses. Launched and advised award-winning college radio station. Faculty adviser for RTNDA chapter. Produced weekly television newsmagazine program.

National Network of Psychiatric Educators Conference (2003)
Instructor, “Keeping Your Cool Under Pressure: Answering Tough Questions”
Facilitated three sessions of this educational activity at psychiatric conference.  

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN (1998 – 1999)
Instructor, Department of Radio/TV-Photography
Taught introduction to media, TV production for electronic journalism students, electronic journalism and radio production and programming. Supervised production of a 12-hour live telethon for the American Cancer Society. Edited the College of Mass Communication alumni newsletter.

Next Generation Radio Training Projects, National Public Radio Mentor/Trainer
College Media Advisors Convention, Dallas, 2003
National Association of Hispanic Journalists Convention, Phoenix, 2001
National Association of Black Journalists Convention, 2000
Public Radio Conference, Orlando, 2000

Canadian Broadcasting Corp. – Newsworld, Halifax, Canada (1995 - 1998)
Segment Producer, The CBC Morning News
Produced 1-2 segments daily including research, booking and writing for national morning television show (6 hours daily). Arranged and produced exclusive Canadian interview with Prime Minister Netanyahu. Produced for the 1995 G7 Summit held in Halifax and co-produced a live 2 day special road show in 1997
       
Jewish Western Bulletin, Vancouver, Canada (1995)
Senior reporter for weekly newspaper.

CBC-TV News, Vancouver, Canada (1994)
Researcher
Assisted reporters with research and interviews in local newsroom.

Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Vancouver, Canada (1994)
Editor
Compiled and edited a written oral history compilation of former workers at the cannery, now a national historic site.

CTV News, Lillehammer Olympics, Norway (1994)
Production Assistant
Assisted the news team (2 reporters, 1 producer) by taking in feeds, getting interview clips, booking guests, doing research at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

CTV News, London, England (1993)   
Researcher
Researched both news and feature stories for European bureau of Canadian Television. 

CTV Sports, London, England (1993)
Researcher “The Norwegian Way”
Researched a series of 16 documentaries that were broadcast nationally during prime time Olympic broadcasts.

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (1993 –1994)
Teaching Assistant

Supervised all aspects of production for weekly TV news program.

The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Canada (1992)
Editorial Intern
Wrote a series of stories published in this daily newspaper.

Publications:
Betz, M. Manuel des Journalistes Audiovisuels , Nouveaux Horizons (ARS, United States State Dept.), 2007.

Betz, M. “A Different Channel: The Role of Television in International Conflict Resolution” in Media in Conflict Situations: Roles, Challenges and Responsibility, Fountain Publishers (Distributed by Michigan State University Press), 2006.

Betz, M. “Radio as Peacebuilder: A case study of Radio Okapi in the Democratic Republic of Congo ”. Great Lakes Research Journal vol. 1, Dec. 2004, 32-43.

Betz, M. “Chapter 13: The Responsibility Test” in Alan, Jeff, Responsible Journalism: A Practical Guide for Working and Aspiring Journalists, Bonus Books, 2001.

Convention Presentations:

“The Role of Media as Peacebuilder”. International Association of Women in Radio and Television, Nairobi , September 2007.

“Radio as Peacebuilder: A case study of Radio Okapi in the Democratic Republic of Congo”. International Academy of Linguistics, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Cancun, Mexico, November 2004.

“The Mentor-Mentee Relationship: A Co-orientation Perspective of National Public Radio Training Projects.”  Radio-TV Journalism Division at Association for Educators of Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) Convention, Miami, August 2002.

“Whither Local Public Broadcasting in America? A National Survey of Local Public Broadcasters in America"  at Public Service Broadcasting: Beyond 2000 in conjunction with the Banff Television Festival. Banff, Canada, June 2000

Columns:

“Rwanda’s vote: A little bit free, a little bit fair,” Orlando Sentinel, September 1, 2003

“Testing Democracy and free press,” Florida Today, August 25, 2003

“Perfect Time for Israelis, Palestinians to make peace,” Orlando Sentinel, October 2001

“Spiral of Mideast violence like Slinky, falling down stairs”, Orlando Sentinel, October 2000.

Masters Research Project (Unpublished):

“A Different Channel: The Role of Television in International Conflict Resolution", Carleton University, May 1994.