NEWS CLIPPINGS

The article below was published in The Enterprise, the major daily newspaper serving the southeastern Massachusetts region, on Sunday, June 21, 1998. Reporter Jeanne Rideout interviews Dr. Covington on the subject of applying motivational principles in media management, which is one of Dr. Covington's primary areas of expertise.

The Friday, March 6, 1998, edition of The Pow Wow, the student newspaper of Northeast Louisiana University, published this article on a book-sgning appearance at NLU, Dr. Covington's alma mater.

The article at left appeared in the Thursday, August 15, 1996, edition of The Ouachita Citizen, and describes Dr. Covington's work with KMCT television (Channel 38), where during the summer months he produced a series of public affairs programming for the station. At the time the story
was written, Dr. Covington was in
his second year of doing a series called "Focus," featuring interviews with local personalities.

The Thursday, March 23m 1995, edition of The Bridgewater Independent reported on an appearance by Dr. Covington on "Town Meeting Louisiana Style," which was carried by cable television stations across the state. Dr. Covington was interviewed by host Jim Brown, who is also the State Insurance Commissioner for Louisiana, and he talked about new media technologies and their impact on existing broadcast systems.
The story also noted that a paper authored by Dr. Covington, "The Application of General Systems Theory to the Management of Broadcast Stations in a Multichannel Marketplace," had won second place in a national professional competition.

Dr. Covington arranged a tour of Boston television station WBZ-TV4 for his students recently, and above they pose with WBZ personalities John Dougherty, second from right, and BSC alumnus David Robichaud, right. BSC students are, from left, Donna Nadeau, Rob Hare, (Dr. Covington), Brian Gallagher, and
Kerry Kenealy.

Robert Charles Payne, author and
businessman, is shown being interviewed by Dr. Covington on the set of KMCT Channel 39 for the "Focus" television series produced by Dr. Covington. The photograph was published in the Thursday, August 15, 1996, edition of The Ouachita Citizen.

The February 5, 1998, edition of The Comment, the student
newspaper at Bridgewater State College, published this story
about Dr. Covington's new book. In the interview, Dr.
Covington is quoted as saying, "Writing books is part of my
job because it's directly related to what I teach." For a
description of Dr. Covington's book, return to the home page
and click on "book."