Here's a brief run-down on each one.

Michele Ewing, assistant professor, public relations

Michele has spent the past 12 years as a strategic communications counselor with Marcus Thomas (formerly Ira Thomas Associates) in Cleveland. She

has been vice president of the public relations division since July 2000. Before that, she worked as director of public relations, account supervisor, senior account executive, and account executive. Her clients have included ALLTEL Communications, First Western Bank, Homer Laughlin China Co., HomeTown Health

Network, Ohio Health Choice, Robinson Memorial Hospital, Sky Financial Group, WCI Steel, and Youngstown State University.

Prior to joining Thomas, Michele was director of public relations for Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital and audio-visual supervisor at Saint Thomas Medical Center in Akron.

She is an accredited member of PRSA and a member of PRSA Counselors Academy.

Michele holds a B.A. in telecommunications from Youngstown State University and an M.A. in journalism from Kent State.

Bill Barre, assistant professor, advertising

Bill brings with him 30 years experience in a wide variety of accounts in multiple industries. He has worked on campaigns for Hallmark, Kraft, Gillette, Stokely-Van Camp, Gatorade, Quaker Oats, Kellogg,

M&M MARS, McDonald's, Citibank, MasterCard, Pfizer, Sears Roebuck, Ford Motor Co., and others.

Besides his work in creative, he also has experience in sales promotion, direct-response, sports and event marketing, and e-commerce.

Most recently, Bill was creative director and partner at LNC in Chicago. Prior to that he worked as creative director at BVK/McDonald-Chicago, at Robert Brandt & Assoc., and at DraftWorldwide. He also has worked at Foote, Cone & Belding, Campbell-Ewald, and J. Walter Thompson.

Bill holds a B.S. in marketing from Bradley University and an M.S. in advertising from the University of Illinois.

Karl Idsvoog, assistant professor, broadcast news

Karl has an extensive background in broadcast journalism. President and owner of 1st Amendment Investigations in Cincinnati, Karl will join us for the start of Spring Semester 2004.

A Nieman Fellow at Harvard, Karl has operated 1st Amendment Investigations since 1998. His clients have included the U.S. State Department, where he went on media training trips to post-Soviet republics and to Damascus where he worked with National Syrian Television.

Other clients have included the International Center for Journalists, Baker & Hostetler, and American Public University.

Prior to starting his own company, Karl worked in New York, Washington DC, Cincinnati and Salt Lake City as an investigative producer and reporter, bureau chief, executive producer and special projects director.

He holds bachelor and master's degrees in journalism and mass communication from the University of Wisconsin.

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