Vitae Ronald J. Osgood TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 1987 - Present FULL CLINICAL PROFESSOR & MANAGER, PRODUCTION FACILITIES Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University, Bloomington Member of the faculty, teaching courses in managing, designing and producing traditional and digital media projects/programs. Staff responsibilities include planning, coordinating and evaluating all production related facilities, courses and services. Supervise associate instructors technical staff and student workers. Responsible for facility design and contractual work with support and engineering services. IU Courses Taught: T206, Introduction to Design & Production ; T283, Production Techniques & Practices ; T351, Video Field Production ; T352, Video Postproduction ; T353, Audio Production ; T355, Digital Video ; T356, TV Studio Production ; R403, Corporate Video Management & Operations ; T431, The Television Documentary ; T435, Video Documentary ; T436, Informational Video ; T437, News Forum ; T583, Methods in Teaching Media Production. 2002 2002 VISITING LECTURER Institute for Shipboard Education, University of Pittsburgh Taught for the Semester at Sea Program while on leave from Indiana University during the spring 2002 semester. Taught three courses (Media Design, Digital Photography, Documentary Video) on a voyage around the world. Ports included Havana, Cuba; Salvador, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; Port Louis, Mauritius; Chennai, India; Singapore; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Hong Kong; Shanghai, China; Osaka, Japan. 1981-1986 COORDINATOR OF TELEVISION AND AUDIO, College of Education, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Responsible for all television, video and audio services for the College. Managed all department activities, including training and supervising staff, budgeting, developing Departmental policies and procedures, and selecting and evaluating all equipment purchases. Produced video programs for classroom, cable and other distribution technologies. Taught graduate level courses in media selection and production through the Department of Instructional Design & Technology. 1
1978 1981 MEDIA SPECIALIST Blackhawk Technical Institute, Janesville, WI Responsible for audio, photography and video production in support of curriculum. 1968 1972 United States Navy. Vietnam Veteran. Served 3 years onboard USS Oriskany (CVA34). Interior Communications electrician second Class Petty Officer. EDUCATION 1976 B.S. Communication. Major, Radio-TV-Film. Southern Illinois University. 1977 M.S. Education. Major, Educational Media. Southern Illinois University. RECENT AWARDS/GRANTS Co-Producer/Director. Visual Storytelling Interactive DVD, Best of Competition, Broadcast Education Association Festival Of Media Arts, April 2008. And When I Dim the Light. Silver Reel, Media Communications Association- International 2007. Indiana University Overseas Study Course Development Grant (Japan). 2007. New Frontiers Grant. Lilly Foundation. High Definition Video Production. My Vietnam Your Iraq. 2007. And When I Dim the Lights. Selected, Flyover Film Festival. Chicago. October 2006. Indiana s Earthquake Risk. National Telly Award. 2006. Recipient. Pop Culture Association Annual Documentary Award. 2006. People In The World Are Just Like Me. Finalist, New York One Minute Film Festival. January 2006. And When I Dim the Light: The Recording Session for Teardrops Will Fall. Award of Excellence. Broadcast Education Association (BEA). April 2005. Trouble No More: The Making of a John Mellencamp Album. Regional Emmy. Entertainment Category. Cleveland. October 2004. 2
Teardrops Will Fall. Honorable Mention. Best Digital Narrative. IDEAS Fest. April 2004. Selected. National Association of Television Programming Executives (NATPE) Faculty Fellow. 2003. To Washington. Award of Excellence. IDEAS Festival. April 2003. Teaching Excellence Recognition Award. Dept. of Telecommunications. 1998 & 2000. Bloomington: Side B. Second Place. Silverstate Documentary Festival. 2000. Teaching Excellence Award. School of Continuing Studies. 1999. Telecommunications Is Everywhere. Philo Award. Chicago Video Festival. 1998. Student Choice Teaching Award. Department of Telecommunications. 1998. SELECTED CREATIVE WORK & EXHIBITIONS Producer/Director. My Vietnam Your Iraq. Feature Documentary. October 2008. Co-Producer/Director. Visual Storytelling Interactive DVD, Best of Competition, Broadcast Education Association Festival Of Media Arts, April 2008. Indiana s Earthquake Risk. WTIU (PBS) South Central Indiana, 2007 Producer/Director. People Around the World Are Just Like Me. Broadcast on Discovery Channel Affiliate in Latin America. Spring 2007. Producer/Director. And When I Dim the Lights. Flyover Film Festival. Chicago. October 2006. Producer/Director. Indiana s Earthquake Risk. Broadcast on public television stations in Evansville (WNIN), Fort Wayne (WFWA) and Muncie (WIPB). July, August & September 2006. Asia Compassion Project: Bringing Hope To Children In Need, Screenings in United States, Thailand and Myanmar. 1000 DVD s distributed in the U.S. and Asia 2006-2007. Executive Producer. Send In The Clowns. Broadcast on WTIU 2006. 3
Executive Producer. From Checkered To Green, Broadcast on WTIU 2006. Producer/Director. People Around the World Are Just Like Me. Currently in use at the University of Wyoming in Interpersonal Communications classes. Director. John Mellencamp s Words & Music Tour Video. Screened at more than 25 venues around the U.S.A. during John Mellencamp s greatest hits tour.2005. Producer/Director. Indiana s Earthquake Risk. Indiana State Emergency Management Agency and the Indiana Geological Survey. Nine Hundred DVD s distributed throughout Indiana. Broadcast in Evansville, Muncie and Fort Wayne. 2005. Producer/Director. People In The World Are Just Like Me. New York One-Minute Film Festival. Online screenings. 2005/06. Producer/Director. Shirts & Skins: The Sociology of Basketball. Films for the Humanities & Sciences. International Distribution. January 2005. Screenings of Trouble No More: The Making of a John Mellencamp Album. Apple Store, Chicago. October & Indianapolis, November. Key Cinemas, Indianapolis, Dec. 2004. Producer/Director. Trouble No More: The Making of a John Mellencamp Album. DVD sales through retail stores. Rental through Netflix and Blockbuster, January 2004 to present. Producer/Director. Trouble No More: The Making of a John Mellencamp Album. Monthly broadcasts on Trio Satellite Network. 2003-04. Producer/Director. To Washington (music video). MTV & VH1. July Nov. 2003. Producer/ Director. The Bradford Woods Experience (Informational video). Bradford Woods & The Monroe County Community School Corporation. August 2003. Producer/Director. Shirts & Skins. Broadcast on WTIU. March & October 2002. Producer. A Day in the Life of the S.S. Universe Explorer. Institute for Shipboard Education. April 2002. Producer/ Director. LASIK Eye Surgery (Eight marketing videos for regional optometrists). Southern Indiana Eye Center. 2001. Producer/Director. Fund raising video. Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools Corporation. 2000. 4
RECENT PRESENTATIONS Development of My Vietnam Your Iraq. Kern Visual Communications Conference. Rochester, NY. March 2008. Long Format Documentary. Media Communications Association-International. Milwaukee, WI. September 2007. My Vietnam Your Iraq: Part Two. Viscom. Estes Park, CO. June 2007. Cinema Verite and the Observational Documentary. International Communications Association. Dresden, Germany. June 2006. My Vietnam Your Iraq Work in Progress. Viscom. Halfway, Utah. June 2006. Development of an Observational Documentary. University Film and Video Association Annual Conference. Chicago. August 2005. The Making of Trouble No More. Viscom. Monterey, CA. June 2004. Workshop on Creating an Effective Demo Tape. Broadcast Education Association. April 2004. Eyewitness to the War: Vietnam. Semester at Sea. March 2002. Media Designers and Computer Specialists Can Work Together. Easwari Technical College. Chennai, India. February 2002. Student Portfolios & Demo Reels. Broadcast Education Association. Las Vegas. April 2001. Case Study: Producing an Informational Video for High School Students and University Faculty. Viscom. Chico Hot Springs, Montana. June. 2000. Digital Video Production. Ford Motor Company International Communications Conference. Dearborn, Michigan. October 2001. 5
RECENT PUBLICATIONS Visual Storytelling: Videography & Post Production in the Digital Age. Wadsworth Cengage. Book & Companion DVD. January 2008. Introduction To Production Techniques & Practices. Wadsworth/Thomson Publishing Company. 4 th Edition. 2006. ISBN 0-759-39172-6. Nonlinear Editing Equipment. Book Chapter. Broadcast Technology Update. Focal Press. 1997. RELATED ACTIVITIES Member, Broadcast Education Association. Member, International Documentary Association. Member, Media Communications Association-International. International Television Association (ITVA). Board of Directors 1989-92. Chair, Education Committee. 1992-93. Conference Advisory Committee 1992. Student Liaison Committee 1991-94. Advisor, Student Special Interest Group,1989-93. Chair, Conference Program Planning Committee 1986. Judge, Preliminary Festival Panel, Several Festivals 1988-95. ITVA, Founder, IU Chapter 1988, Founder, Eastern Iowa Chapter 1983. Association for Community Colleges Media Division, National Video Festival Judge 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998. Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Board Member at Large. Telecommunications Division 1984-86. 6