
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
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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
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