JOHN WELSH
Adjunct Instructor

Classes you teach: Advanced News Production & Tech TV

Past experience: Radio in the 70s-80s; television in the 90s till now. Shot everything I could.

Current industry contributions: Freelance handheld camera..will shoot most anything!

Favorite local newscast: Channel 7 Action News

Favorite local news reporter or anchor: Glenda Lewis

What do you watch when you turn on the TV? News, football...sometimes something just catches my eye.

Prefer to be on camera/on-air or behind the scenes? Hand-held camera, please!

How far should someone go to get a story? No one should be physically hurt.

Do you watch reality TV? Survivor

Favorite TV commercial: Anything Bud

What TV advertisement bothers you the most? Anything political

Who would you most like to interview? Walter Cronkite

What do you consider your most important role at the school? Teaching others what I know so they can take my job -- seriously!

How do you stay on top of trends in the industry? I work freelance as much as possible.

What do all successful grads seem to have in common? They have to want to work. There are no free passes in this line of work.

Why do you turn on the radio? Information, music and BOB and TOM!

Do you have a favorite radio station? WWUP

Where do you look for creative inspiration? In the back row of my classes

What do you enjoy most about working at Specs? The students who make it. we don't get to see them all but it is nice to see them return with the fire of sucess in their eyes...

Favorite place: L'arbre croche

One thing you'd like to learn: Truly a way to keep humans from killing humans.

Subjects that interest you: Hunting, hiking, soccer but most of all my wife, Martha.

Favorite movie: The Searchers

Places traveled: Gettysburg, various places in Canada, the midwest but I love north Michigan. All due respect but there is nothing like it.

Greatest accomplishment: Worked as sole pit cam for live coast to coast race on ESPN when 2nd cam broke down.

Best book: The Frontiersman

Special talents/skills/hobbies: I like to coach soccer, being on sidelines of a high school football game is awesome, no matter what the weather.