New dean named for UNR journalism school

CARSON CITY — An Oregon college dean was named Monday as the new dean of the Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism and Advanced Media Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Alan G. Stavitsky, senior associate dean of the University of Oregon’s George S. Turnbull Portland Center, will assume his new duties on April 1.

Early in his career, he worked in television and radio as a news director, news anchor, investigative reporter, talk show host and producer.

He joined the Oregon School of Journalism and Communication as assistant professor in 1990. In 2004, he was named a full professor. Two years later, he was appointed senior associate dean and founding director of the Turnbull Center.

Stavitsky is the author of “Independence and Integrity: A Guidebook for Public Radio Journalism” and co-author of “A History of Public Broadcasting.”

He has served as a consultant to local, national and international public broadcasting organizations on issues of media ethics and programming and has advised the Corporation for Public Broadcasting on policies to preserve editorial independence in public media.

The Reynolds School of Journalism was named in honor of the late Donald W. Reynolds, longtime owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Nevada Appeal in Carson City and many other newspapers and media outlets around the country. Before his death in 1993, Reynolds attended the dedication ceremonies for UNR’s School of Journalism.

Much of his fortune went to the Reynolds Foundation in Las Vegas, which has made many charitable grants, including an $8 million grant that is funding improvements at the Reynolds School of Journalism.

Contact Capital Bureau Chief Ed Vogel at evogel@reviewjournal.com or 775-687-3901.