Director of the School of Communication
Assistant Professor of Journalism
Steve Hallock, Ph.D., an assistant professor of journalism, joined the faculty in the fall of 2007 following a two-year stint as an assistant professor of journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He earned his master's degree in journalism at Point Park in 1997 and a Ph.D. in journalism at Ohio University in 2005.
His newspaper experience of nearly 25 years includes national and regional award-winning editorial and column writing for daily newspapers in the West, supervisory positions as editor of two daily newspapers in Ohio and features editor at daily newspapers in Oklahoma and New Mexico, and reporting positions on beats ranging from local government and education to sports and features. He also has been a book reviewer, published short stories in literary magazines, and was a full-time jazz critic in Phoenix.
Hallock has published extensively during his academic career, with columns appearing on op-ed pages in newspapers that include The New York Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Philadelphia Inquirer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dayton Daily News and Denver Post. His first book, based on his dissertation and titled Editorial and Opinion: The Dwindling Marketplace of Ideas in Today's News, was published in 2007 by Praeger. A second book, on the history of the United States during the last half of the 20th century through the reporting and remembrances of 10 prominent national journalists, is under contract. He also has published in scholarly newspaper journals.
He and his wife, Joanne, a paralegal at a downtown Pittsburgh law firm, live in Mount Lebanon.
Contact
E-mail: shallock@pointpark.edu
Office phone: 412-392-4762
Office: 1011 Thayer Hall