Lee Hood, Ph.D.

Lee Hood teaches broadcast news. Before returning to higher education, she was a television news producer in Denver, where her shows won regional Emmy awards for spot news and hard news coverage.  She also worked in radio news and sports as well as newspapers. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. Her doctoral dissertation was on the relationship of audiences to local television news. Her research interests also include news production practices and media use in families. She has been at the University of Colorado since 1992, and on the faculty since January 2000.

Lee's narrative:

I spent ten years as a TV news producer at network affiliates in Columbia, Missouri, Huntsville, Alabama, and Denver, Colorado (KMGH and KUSA), and more than six additional years as a freelance producer and writer, including stints at KCNC and KWGN in Denver.  I have produced several thousand newscasts over the course of that time!  I also have experience in anchoring, reporting, photography and editing for TV.  Prior to my TV experience, I worked as a radio sports reporter and as a newspaper reporter and editor. 

My early radio days!