Sid Bedingfield
Visiting Professor
Broadcast Journalism Sequence

M.A., University of South Carolina
B.A., Florida State University

Sid Bedingfield joined the faculty in 2007 after working in daily journalism for more than 25 years. He teaches courses in broadcast and multimedia journalism, media and politics, and technology and society.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Bedingfield is a doctoral candidate in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. His research focuses on the intersection of media and politics, in both historical and contemporary contexts.

In nearly 20 years at CNN, Bedingfield held positions that included managing all domestic news programming and production, overseeing documentary and long-form programming, handling day-to-day newsroom management, and helping to launch CNN International.

In 2001, Bedingfield directed CNN’s coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath, coverage awarded RTNDA’s Edward R. Murrow award. CNN documentary productions, under Bedingfield’s guidance, received Polk, Emmy, Headliner, Overseas Press Club and Edward R. Murrow Awards.

While working for CNN International, Bedingfield served as senior producer for coverage of Nelson Mandela’s 1994 election in South Africa, the British handover of Hong Kong in 1997, and the elections of Boris Yeltsin in Russia in 1996, and Tony Blair in Great Britain in 1997.

Before joining CNN, Bedingfield spent eight years working for newspapers and the UPI wire service, including a stint as UPI’s state editor in Columbia.

E-mail:bedingfield@sc.edu

Office:
Phone: 803.777.6272
Fax: 803.777.4103
Room: 4011B

Hours:
Tues. and Thurs. 9:30 - 11 a.m
Mon. and Wed. 2:00 - 3 p.m.
Thurs. 10:00 - 11 a.m.
And by appt.

Syllabi:
Jour 326_003 - Electronic Journalism

Jour 434_001 - Electronic Journalism

Jour 434_002 - Electronic Journalism