Faculty

EDUCATION

• University of Missouri, The Missouri School of Journalism, M.A. in Journalism-Media Management
• Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, B.S. in Broadcast Journalism

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Ithaca College, Roy H. Park School of Communications
  Associate Professor (tenured), Journalism, 2019-present
  Assistant Professor, Journalism, 2013-2019
• Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione (Università IULM), Milan, Italy
  Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Master in Journalism, Spring/Summer 2021
• Institute for Education in International Media, Urbino, Italy
  Faculty Fellow, Summer 2017 and 2018
• Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
  Part-time Faculty, Broadcast and Digital Journalism, January 2012-May 2013 and Summer 2014
• Utica College, School of Business and Justice Studies
  Adjunct Lecturer, Public Relations and Journalism, Spring 2012

SCHOLARSHIP

Books

• Adornato, A.C. (forthcoming, June 2021). Mobile and Social Media Journalism: A Practical Guide for Multimedia Journalism (Second Edition). Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
• Adornato, A.C. (2017). Mobile and Social Media Journalism: A Practical Guide. SAGE Publications/CQ Press.

Selected Journal Publications

• Adornato, A.C. & Horsfall, A.S. (2020). Failed Strategy: Using Trade Secret Laws to Assert Ownership of Employees’ Social Media Accounts in the Journalism Industry. New York University Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law, 9(1), 62-90.
• Adornato, A.C. & Lysak, S. (2017). You Can’t Post That! Social Media Policies in U.S. Television Newsrooms. Electronic News, 11(2), 80-99.
• Adornato, A.C. (2016). Forces at the Gate: Social Media’s Influence on Editorial and Production Decisions in Local Television Newsrooms. Electronic News, 10(2), 87-104.
• Adornato, A.C. (2016). Enhancing Curriculum to Evolve with Industry Practices: Developing a Mobile and Social Media Journalism Course. Journal of Media Education, 7(1), 44-50.
• Adornato, A.C. (2014). A Digital Juggling Act: New Media’s Impact on the Responsibilities of Local Television Reporters. Electronic News, 8(1), 3-29.

Selected Conference Presentations

• Adornato, A.C. & Horsfall, A.S. (2019). Newsroom Ownership of Employee Social Media Accounts: Implications for Journalists. Paper presentation at the World Journalism Education Congress, Paris, France.
• Adornato, A.C. (2018). Hands-On Mobile Journalism Workshop. Workshop panelist at annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC.
• Adornato, A.C. (2018). Teaching Mobile Journalism: Immersion, Diffusion, and Infusion. Panel presentation at the annual convention of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV.
• Adornato, A.C. (2017). Going Mobile in the Classroom: How to Turn a Teaching Distraction into a Teaching Tool. Panel presentation at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Chicago, Illinois.
• Adornato, A.C. (2017). Teaching Entrepreneurship to Media Students. Panel presentation at the annual convention of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, NV.
• Adornato, A.C. & Lysak, S. (2015). A Survey of Social Media Policies in U.S. Television Newsrooms. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA.
• Adornato, A.C. (2014). Forces at the Gate: Social Media’s Influence on Editorial and Production Decisions in Local Television Newsrooms. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Montreal, Canada.

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

• U.S. Fulbright Scholar, Italy

• Park School Faculty Writing Award

• Ava Digital Award, Gold Award for website redesign

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Syracuse University – Syracuse, New York
  Director of Communications, Burton Blatt Institute, November 2010-June 2013
• Colgate University – Hamilton, New York
  Manager of Media Communications, October 2007-October 2010
• WSTM-TV– Syracuse, New York
  Anchor/Reporter, May 2003-September 2007
  General Assignment Reporter, May 2001-May 2003
• WUTR-TV– Utica, New York
  Anchor/Multimedia Reporter/Producer, October 2000-April 2001
• WWNY-TV– Watertown, New York
  Multimedia Reporter, July 2000-September 2000
• WTVH-TV– Syracuse, New York
  Assignment Editor/Writer, May 1999-May 2000
• Dateline NBC – New York, New York
  Research Intern, May 1997-August 1997