Dr. Ronald R. Rodgers has more than 20 years of experience in the newspaper business, working overseas in Japan and South Korea, and in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, and Alaska as a reporter, editorial writer, copy editor, slot editor, assigning editor and page designer. He is currently an assistant professor in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida where he teaches editing, advanced editing and literary journalism. He has also taught at four other universities – the University of Arizona, Temple University’s branch campus in Tokyo, the University of Alaska in Anchorage, and Ohio University. His research agenda is driven by his professional experience, and his research interests revolve around media history, especially the formation of normative standards and the historical and contemporary agents of influence on journalistic conduct and media content.