HATTIESBURG, Miss.  – Andy Barth, a veteran reporter in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. markets, has joined The University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication and Journalism faculty as a visiting distinguished lecturer in broadcast journalism for the fall semester.

As a reporter at Baltimore’s WMAR-TV for 35 years, Barth filed stories from Washington, Mexico, Israel and Russia, but his focus was on local news.  He has reported on presidential campaigns, inaugurals, impeachments and funerals. He covered the sniper siege of 2003 and subsequent trials of 2004; he has been to the World Series, national political conventions, World's Fairs and Bicentennial Celebrations. While in Baltimore, he pioneered two popular franchise features, known as "Andy at Large," and "How Do They Do That?"

Barth is currently working as a weekend reporter for WTTG, the Fox affiliate in Washington, and commuting to Hattiesburg for his teaching duties.

“Andy brings a wealth of very impressive experience to the classroom,” said Chris Campbell, director of the School of Mass Communication and Journalism.  “Like our other distinguished lecturers, he adds real world perspective to the lessons he teaches.  Our hope is that our broadcast journalism students are able to learn firsthand about the realities and expectations of being reporters in our media-savvy world.”

Barth is the school’s third distinguished lecturer. Clarence Williams, who won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography at the Los Angeles Times, is the school’s distinguished lecturer in photojournalism. Kurt Brautigam, former Mississippi Power manager of external communications, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in public relations. 

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