MARK J. LODATO CURRICULUM VITAE

Associate Dean and Professor of Practice

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Arizona State University

555 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004

(480) 276-3652 | mark.lodato@asu.edu | @MarkLodatoASU

Academic Leadership / Curricular Design & Implementation / Recruitment & Retention / Development Enrollment Management / Fiscal Management / Cultural Change / Strategic Planning & Execution

Technology Solutions / Board Relations / Team Restructuring / Alumni Engagement

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mark Lodato is one of three deans who, over the past decade, has positioned the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication as an innovative national leader, increasing enrollment and revenue while reducing dependency on state funding. Student-centric and solutions oriented, he has demonstrated success in partnership development, enrollment management and workplace cultural change. In a university of more than 3,400 faculty, Lodato was just the second to receive ASU President Michael Crow’s Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Curricular Innovation. He has led multiple Cronkite programs to national prominence. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Recruitment: In year leading undergraduate recruitment, increased 2018 freshmen enrollment by 11%, bringing Cronkite the largest freshman class in more than a decade. Retention: Leads student success and student advising teams that contributed to a 93.8% 2018 freshman retention rate; best at the university. Professional Partnerships: Established partnerships with major media outlets including NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, Univision, Fox Sports Arizona, Pac-12 Networks, E.W. Scripps Co., TEGNA and Meredith Corporation. Development: Helped establish multiple six-figure partnerships with national media outlets and manages $1.9 million John S. and James L. Knight grant. Student Success: Led Cronkite students to five Hearst Journalism Award national individual championships in 11 years, a national Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, a national Murrow Award, and dozens of national Society of Professional Journalism Mark of Excellence, Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts and regional Emmy awards.

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Associate Dean 2017-present In 2017 the following duties were added to the assistant dean portfolio: Enrollment Management

▪ Lead undergraduate recruitment and retention, including outreach, advising and student success staff, resulting in an 11% increase in freshman enrollment and a university-best 93.8% freshman retention rate.

▪ Engaging alumni across the country as part of new, more aggressive recruitment and development strategy.

▪ Designed and now implementing new coordinated strategy between high school outreach, undergraduate recruitment and new camps and enrichment programs unit, including “Destination Cronkite,” which helps transfers and other aspiring students engage and identify with the school.

Grant Management ▪ Assigned to manage $1.9 million John S. and James L. Knight Foundation grant funding

innovation in local television news, including hiring of faculty and staff, and serving as principal liaison with high-level executives at Knight Foundation and media companies including ABC News, Univision, E.W. Scripps Co. and more.

Assistant Dean 2010-2017 Curricular Leadership and Design

▪ Supervise broadcast and sports curricula, including design of new skills-based sports curriculum and development of key partnerships with Fox Sports Arizona, the Pac-12 Networks, ASU Athletics.

▪ Supervise all television operations, including establishment of new partnerships with E.W. Scripps Co., NBC News, CBS News, Univision, Meredith Corp., Cox, and AZTV.

▪ Recruit, hire and retain adjunct faculty. ▪ High-level faculty and staff search committee direction. ▪ Director, NABEF Media Sales Institute. ▪ Trained site team member, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

accreditation review. ▪ Collaborated on design and implementation of multi-course Spanish language curriculum,

including immersive student experience producing newscast for Univision Arizona. Enrollment Management

▪ Collaborate on recruitment and retention strategy, course scheduling and increasing alumni engagement resulting in unit with the highest retention rate at Arizona State.

▪ Online curriculum development. Development and Finance

▪ Key liaison in helping secure up to six-figure partnerships with media entities including Nexstar Corporation, Fox Sports Arizona, Meredith Corporation and more.

▪ Member of leadership team responsible for maintaining $24 million annual budget to support 115 full-time employees, 1,600 students and major-market PBS affiliate.

▪ Driver of innovative new revenue concepts including summer camps and institutions. ▪ Grant solicitation experience with ASU Women and Philanthropy, Corporation for Public

Broadcasting, National Association of Broadcasting Educational Foundation, U.S. State Department and more.

Special Projects ▪ Executive Producer, 2016 U.S. Senate Debate, Arizona PBS ▪ Co-Executive Producer, Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona documentary, 2014 ▪ Served as broadcast leader on the 2007-2008 design of the Cronkite School’s $71 million

building. ▪ Co-Author, Accrediting Council on Journalism and Mass Communication 2010 reaccreditation

self-study. ▪ Chair of Cronkite School Standards Committee, ensuring students, faculty and staff abide by the

highest ethical standards and most rigorous academic integrity policy at ASU. ▪ Cronkite School television student award coordinator, during which time Cronkite students have

had the nation’s best record in the major intercollegiate journalism competitions including the Hearst Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards and Broadcast Education Association awards.

Associate General Manager for Innovation and Design, Arizona PBS 2015-present Efficiency & Cultural Change

▪ Serve in newly created position to lead integration of Arizona PBS into the Cronkite School. Tasked with identifying opportunities for organizational restructure which will result in cultural change.

▪ Areas of engagement and influence include finance, community engagement and support (development), educational outreach and public affairs.

Consultant 2016-present Expert Witness

▪ Serve as plaintiff expert witness for national defamation case against a publicly held national media company.

Curriculum Review ▪ Evaluate aspects of other national journalism programs to identify strengths, weaknesses, and

opportunities for growth. News Director and Professor of Practice 2006-2010 Curricular and Program Innovation

▪ Appointed by the Cronkite School to direct and expand national award-winning television curriculum, including supervision of the 30-minute newscast broadcast statewide on Arizona PBS to more than 1.4 million homes.

▪ Established “Cronkite NewsWatch en Espanol,” a 30-minute Spanish-language newscast produced by Cronkite students and broadcast across Arizona on the Telefutura network.

▪ Led partnership with Fox Sports Arizona in the creation of “Sun Devils 101” sports magazine program produced by Cronkite students and aired regionally by FSN Arizona.

▪ Founding director of the Meredith-Cronkite Fellowship program for minority student journalists.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication 2006- present Professor of Practice Principles and History of Journalism

▪ Serve as lead faculty in foundational class of more than 135 freshmen. Graduate Journalism Skills

▪ Taught core skills of television news production to cohort of 30 master’s degree students. Television Newscast Production

▪ Served as lead faculty in national award-winning immersive daily television newscast experience for more than a decade.

Advanced Television Reporting Intermediate Television Reporting Covering the Olympics

▪ Led 25 students to London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 for three weeks to cover the Olympics for commercial media outlets in the United States including the Pac-12 Networks, TEGNA/NBC and The Arizona Republic.

Barrett, The Honors College 2006-present Associate Faculty

▪ Successfully directed more than one dozen students in Barrett honors thesis projects ranging from documentary production and program development to quantitative and qualitative research.

University of Maryland 2000-2003 Merrill College of Journalism Director of Television News

▪ Duties expanded in 2001 to include supervise all broadcast journalism skills courses, including recruitment and retention of adjunct faculty, class scheduling, and grant solicitation. Represented news department interests in UMTV budget negotiations and capital expenditures.

Director, Capital News Service Television ▪ Recruited by the College to design, implement and direct a student television news bureau

covering Washington and Annapolis, Maryland. Supervised the design/build of the Annapolis bureau. Directed students in their political coverage, and supervised UMTV’s nightly newscast reaching more than 400,000 households in suburban Maryland.

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE KPHO-TV (CBS) Phoenix 2003-2006 Investigative Reporter & Fill-in Anchor

▪ Exclusive reports uncovered hidden dangers of SUVs, cell phone abuse by the City of Phoenix, and the availability of controlled narcotics to American youths in Mexico.

KPIX-TV (CBS) San Francisco 2001-2003 Washington Correspondent

▪ Covered Washington politics, concentrating on stories of interest to California. Assignments included The Pentagon on 9/11, the subsequent war on terror, the War in Iraq and the California Energy Crisis.

WUSA-TV (CBS) Washington 1997-2000 Reporter & Anchor

▪ Assignments included the Florida Recount, Monica Lewinsky Investigation and the Capitol Hill Shootings.

KNXV-TV (ABC) Phoenix 1994-1997 Reporter & Anchor

▪ Assignments included Gov. Fife Symington’s criminal trial and the Oklahoma City Bombing. WINK-TV (CBS) Ft. Myers, FL 1990 -1994 Reporter

▪ Assignments included Hurricane Andrew, 1992 Democratic National Convention.

EDUCATION & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Advanced Leadership Initiative 2018 Arizona State University

▪ Selected as one of just 12 next generation leaders at Arizona State to participate in the Advanced Leadership Initiative’s second cohort. This immersive leadership experience included more than 80 hours of training and executive coaching.

Master of Education in Higher and Post-Secondary Education 2015 Arizona State University

▪ Summa cum laude Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy 2013

▪ Selected to take part in this competitive program designed to prepare participants for the rigors and rewards of academic leadership.

Bachelor of Journalism 1989 University of Missouri-Columbia

AWARDS & HONORS (SELECTED)

2017 ASU Advanced Leadership Initiative

▪ Selected for a 6-month immersive, high-level leadership initiative designed to grow proven leaders who can sustain Arizona State University’s vision and mission as a New American

University. One of only 12 selected for approximately 80 hours of development including executive coaching.

Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication ▪ Selected for ACEJMC Accreditation Sight Team for Eastern Illinois University.

2016 Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

▪ Selected to participate in accreditation site visit training. Rocky Mountain Region Emmy Award

▪ Executive Producer, Emmy Award-winning Interview/Discussion-Program/Special or Series for a TV special documenting the life and legacy of the late CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite.

Rocky Mountain Region Emmy Award ▪ Executive Producer, Emmy Award-winning Interstitial, “PBS Kids Channel Interstitials with Miss

K.” 2015 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award

▪ Co-Executive Producer, Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona, a 30-minute student-faculty documentary chronicling heroin abuse in Arizona.

Governor’s Award, Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy Awards ▪ Co-Executive Producer, Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona, a 30-minute student-faculty

documentary chronicling heroin abuse in Arizona. 2014 ASU Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Curricular Innovation

▪ Recognized by ASU President Michael Crow for transforming the student-produced television newscast “Cronkite NewsWatch” from a once-a-week magazine show into a nationally recognized live program that reaches 1.4 million households on Arizona PBS four nights a week.

2013 Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy Fellow

▪ Nominated and selected to participate in this nationally-recognized three day program for new and promising leaders in academia.

Conducting Campus Investigations, Office of General Counsel ▪ Appointed to represent the Cronkite School in day-long seminar designed to ensure campus

investigations are conducted properly. 2007 Rocky Mountain Region Emmy Award

▪ Recognized by colleagues for multi-part investigation into Ford Motor Company and allegations of negligence leading to dangerous “roof crush.”

2001 Parents Association Award, University of Maryland

▪ Nominated by inaugural class of 10 students at Maryland for energetic, creative and thoughtful teaching.

2000 Capital Region Emmy Award

▪ Awarded Emmy Award for three-day immersive report on the United States Marine Corps at Paris Island, South Carolina.

1998 Poynter Institute for Media Studies

▪ Selected to participate in inaugural Poynter Institute for Media Studies multi-day workshop on criminal justice reporting.

1992 Florida Associated Press 1st Place Investigative Reporting

BOARD & COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP (SELECTED) Carol Kneeland Project for Responsible Journalism National Board 2017-present

▪ The Kneeland Project selects journalists from around the country in a rigorous, three-day seminar in news ethics, writing, decision-making, management and leadership. Board members include media industry leaders from companies including E.W. Scripps Co., TEGNA and Raycom Media.

First Amendment Coalition of Arizona 2017-present

▪ Collaborate with media outlets across Arizona to protect the interests of the First Amendment. University Management Team 2014-present

▪ As Associate Dean, responsibilities include participating in this university-wide management effort lead by President Crow, designed to ensure continuity of success and innovation.

Student Success Today 2017-present

▪ As Associate Dean, responsibilities include participating in this university-wide committee focusing on retention and student success.

Athletics Academic Advisory Committee 2017-present

▪ Inaugural member of this new committee designed to ensure academic rigor and success within the Arizona State University Athletic Department.

Executive Committee 2008-present

▪ Key member of this Cronkite School leadership committee, meeting bi-weekly to make key decisions impacting all facets of the school.

Scholarship Committee 2009-present

▪ Meet regularly with the other four members of this committee to evaluate applications and distribute approximately $150,000 in scholarship dollars to Cronkite students annually.

Search Committee Chair 2007-present

▪ Have chaired more than one dozen faculty and staff searches, leading to the recruitment and hiring of a diverse, award-winning group of individuals who contribute regularly to the school’s success.

▪ Broadcast Outcomes Assessment Chair 2008-present

▪ Helped design and supervise bi-annual assessment of undergraduate students, focusing on identifying opportunities to improve pre-requisite classes.

Master’s candidate portfolio committee review 2007-present

▪ Member of team tasked with evaluating master’s candidates work portfolios to ensure successful degree completion while concurrently looking for ways to improve the master’s program.

Standards Committee Chair 2010-2017

▪ Led this critical committee tasked with investigating and adjudicating academic integrity policy cases. The Cronkite School has the most stringent integrity policy of any unit at Arizona State University.

Society of Professional Journalists national awards committee 2010-2015

▪ Worked with this SPJ committee to improve the national Mark of Excellence Awards competition for journalism and communication programs across the country.

Standards Committee 2008-2010

▪ Heard and investigated dozens of academic integrity policy cases as member of this Cronkite School committee.

Master’s Curriculum Development Committee 2006

▪ Served on special committee tasked with designing a new master’s degree curriculum incorporating the Cronkite School’s “teaching hospital” philosophy.

Arizona Children’s Action Alliance 2006-2011

▪ Provided valuable media perspective to this non-profit organization designed to improve children’s health, education, and security through information and action.

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Capital Region 1998-2000

▪ Worked with leadership at local and national media outlets to manage and improve the Emmy Award competition. Expanded collaborative opportunities between area journalism schools and media outlets.

Arizona Associated Press Board of Directors, Board Member 1996-1997

▪ As a reporter, worked with this organization to improve relationships between media outlets, agencies and organizations.

BOOKS Co-author, News Now: Visual Storytelling in the Digital Age, 2011, Taylor and Francis Publishing.

▪ Hundreds of copies in circulation, in use at more than 30 universities around the world. Second edition in development, scheduled for spring 2019 release.

RESEARCH & TEACHING FIELDS Broadcast Journalism Journalism History, Principles and Values Radio News Public Affairs Journalism Sports Journalism COURSES TAUGHT Principles and History of Journalism (Undergraduate) Graduate Journalism Skills (Graduate) Television Newscast Production (Undergraduate and graduate) Advanced Television Reporting (Undergraduate and graduate) Intermediate Television Reporting (Undergraduate) Covering the Olympics (Undergraduate and Graduate)

PRESENTATIONS (SELECTED) “Teaching the Next Generation of Broadcast Journalists” 2018 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

▪ Designed and moderated panel detailing discovery of Knight Foundation study of local news, and impact on journalism education.

“Fake News” 2018 Student Television Network National Convention

▪ Designed and moderated panel exploring impact and dangers of “fake news” accusations to high school students considering careers in journalism.

“The State of the News Media in 2018” 2018 Make-A-Wish Foundation National Strategic Conference

▪ Designed and participated in a panel examining current challenges in journalism as they relate to non-profit communication strategies.

“Turn Your Classroom into a Newsroom” 2018 Journalism Education Association/National High School Press Association

▪ Led session for high school teachers on strategies to incorporate news best practices in a classroom environment.

“Artificial Intelligence: Space and Facilities Planning” 2018 Advanced Leadership Initiative

▪ Explored then shared findings of efforts at Arizona State University to incorporate artificial intelligence in space and facilities planning on campus.

“Social Media Reporting and Storytelling” 2018 Journalism Education Association

▪ Designed and moderated panel exploring the impact and strategies of social media reporting and storytelling.

“Pitching Your Study Abroad Program” 2017 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Designed and moderated panel detailing opportunities to create study abroad programs with a focus on skills-based learning. “Today’s Media and Your HOA” 2017 Community Associations Institute

▪ Presented background on investigative reporting of homeowners associations to attorneys attending annual law seminar for continuing education credit.

“Pitching Your Study Abroad Program” 2017 Broadcast Education Association annual conference

▪ Designed and moderated panel detailing opportunities to create study abroad programs with a focus on skills-based learning.

“Awareness in Reporting Initiative” 2016

▪ Invited to contribute this National Association of Broadcasters effort to raise awareness and improve tactics and standards for covering race.

“Cronkite Media Partnerships” 2016

▪ Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference ▪ Detailed media partnerships with media outlets designed to enhance student learning

experience. “Large Scale Collaboration Leads to Impact” 2015 Broadcast Education Association

▪ Designed and moderated panel explaining how collaboration between the Cronkite School and the Arizona Broadcasters Association led to the production of “Hooked: Tracking Heroin’s Hold on Arizona.”

“Chip Dean” 2015 Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

▪ Moderated discussion with director of Monday Night Football Chip Dean, examining innovation within this legendary sports program.

“Sports Journalism at Cronkite” 2016 Broadcast Education Association annual conference

▪ Designed and moderated panel detailing development of robust sports journalism major at the Cronkite School.

“Robin Roberts” 2014 Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

▪ Moderated discussion with 2014 winner of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

▪ Broadcast Education Association 2013 “Bob Schieffer” 2013 Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

▪ Moderated discussion with 2013 winner of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

“Diane Sawyer” 2010 Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

▪ Moderated discussion with 2010 winner of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Other: Society of Professional Journalists annual convention Investigative Reporters and Editors annual conference Women & Philanthropy, Arizona State University Foundation Salt River Project keynote speaker Arizona League of Cities and Towns Arizona Interscholastic Press Association Arizona Public Service

CONTEST JUDGING

Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards 2018 Juror, Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting 2016-present Best of Gannett 2014 Society of Professional Journalists National Sigma Delta Chi Awards 2012-2013 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, Journalism Center on Children and Families 2011 Society of Professional Journalist National Newscast Competition, 2-year colleges 2010 Regional Emmy Awards, Investigative Reporting 2006

CITATIONS IN MEDIA Quoted in the media as an expert on broadcast news, broadcast television, journalism education, sports journalism and sports broadcasting. Publications and outlets include: The Arizona Republic American Journalism Review Current.org Columbia Journalism Review Associated Press Poynter.org Washington Times (via AP) Arizona Daily Independent APME.org

MEMBERSHIP Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Broadcast Education Association Society of Professional Journalists Radio Television Digital News Association Investigative Reporters and Editors