WNPR news director John Dankosky has been awarded the Robert C. Vance Endowed Chair in Journalism from Central Connecticut State University. John also hosts the weekday interview program “Where We Live”. He is the first holder of the chair and will teach a course each semester during the 2010-2011 academic year.
The journalism program at CCSU only began last fall and they certainly picked an excellent ambassador for the program.
From the CCSU press release:
The endowed chair was created by a gift from the Robert C. Vance Charitable Foundation and named for the esteemed journalist who was editor and publisher of The Herald of New Britain during the1950s….Dankosky’s broadcasting career has spanned over two decades. He was hired by Connecticut Public Broadcasting in 1994 having previously worked at stations in Pittsburgh and Boston. He has also served as an editor for National Public Radio in Washington, D.C. For the last six years, he held an additional position as an adjunct professor at Quinnipiac University where he taught graduate journalism courses.
