Joseph Kasko
Graduate Assistant

A.A. Holy Cross College
B.A. University of Notre Dame
M.M.C. University of South Carolina

Joseph Kasko is currently working on a Ph.D. in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of South Carolina. He teaches broadcast writing and his research interests include public broadcasting, college radio and politics.

Kasko has worked in broadcasting, both radio and television, for over 14 years and he has held positions as a host, news anchor, reporter, operations manager, news director, music director, and station manager. He currently works part-time at ABC Columbia (WOLO-TV), where he covers news and sports. Prior to joining WOLO, he served as a reporter in Media General's Columbia bureau, where he filed stories for the company’s newspaper and five television stations in South Carolina and Georgia. Kasko has also hosted and reported for the public radio affiliate in South Bend, IN, where he filed a number of stories for NPR and served as a stringer for the network’s sports program, Only A Game.

Kasko has won numerous awards for his reporting, including a national Edward R. Murrow Award, in sports reporting, from the Radio and Television News Directors Association. He also was honored three times as Best Metro-Radio Reporter, from the Indiana Associated Press, in 2004, 2005, and 2007.

E-mail: kasko@mailbox.sc.edu

Office:
Phone: 803-777-9620
Room: Coliseum 3032A

Office Hours:
By appointment

Syllabus:
Jour 202 - Mass Media Writing