Bill Israel

Bill Israel, assistant professor, received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa, and master’s and doctorate degrees (1999) from the University of Texas Austin. Israel teaches reporting for print and broadcast, computer-assisted reporting, online journalism, and objectivity and power, which includes a focus on race and social movements, and information technology in social & historical perspective. Israel worked as press secretary to an Iowa gubernatorial candidate, as assistant to the California Senate majority leader, and as press secretary and legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator in Washington. He worked in public relations in the medical, academic, and information technology sectors. In radio, television, and print media he has worked as reporter, producer, editor, and anchor. He has worked for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee, Dallas Morning News, USA Today, CBS Radio, ABC-TV News, and a variety of other regional print and broadcast news outlets. He received the UMass President’s Award for Public Service in 2003 for his leadership in developing the Information Technology minor for undergraduates and a model IT curriculum.