





{"id":335,"date":"2015-07-20T16:28:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T16:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/jrnl\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2021-11-08T18:47:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T18:47:27","slug":"faculty-bios-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/faculty-bios-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Bios"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/01\/Paul_Brown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-367\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/01\/Paul_Brown-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/01\/Paul_Brown-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/01\/Paul_Brown.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Paul Brown<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Professor, Assistant Department Chair<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Texas at Austin, Master of Arts in Journalism<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional Experience:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>YNN (Your New Now),\u00a0<\/strong>Austin, TX: Weekday news anchor at 24-hour local Time Warner Cable new channel.<br \/>\nMarch 2003 \u00a0to present<\/p>\n<p><strong>KTXS-TV,\u00a0<\/strong>Abilene, TX: \u00a0News director for local ABC affiliate.<br \/>\nFebruary 1993 to February 2003<\/p>\n<p><strong>WROC-TV,<\/strong> Rochester, NY: Reporter and producer for local CBS affiliate.<br \/>\nOctober 1990 to January 1993<\/p>\n<p><strong>KRBC-TV,\u00a0<\/strong>Abilene, TX: \u00a0Reporter, producer, and anchor for local NBC affiliate.<br \/>\nNovember 1988 to October 1990<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brownwood Bulletin,\u00a0<\/strong>Brownwood, TX: Reporter and news editor of daily newspaper.<br \/>\nMarch 1986 to October 1988<\/p>\n<p><strong>KPSM-FM,\u00a0<\/strong>Brownwood, TX: \u00a0Anchor and reporter.<br \/>\nOctober 1985 to March 1986<\/p>\n<p><strong>KLRU-TV,<\/strong> Austin, TX: News intern for local Public Radio Station.<br \/>\nJanuary 1985 to August 1985<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email: <a href=\"mailto:pbrown@austincc.edu\">pbrown@austincc.edu<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Phone: \u00a0<\/strong>512-223-3234<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/jrnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/07\/placeholder.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-340 \" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/jrnl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/07\/placeholder.gif\" alt=\"placeholder\" width=\"124\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a>Rick Espitia<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Adjunct Associate Professor<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Texas at Austin, Master of Arts in Journalism<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional Experience:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The Burnet County Citizens Gazette<\/strong>, Publisher and Editor<br \/>\n1991-present<\/p>\n<p><strong>Burnet Bulletin and Marble Falls Highlander<\/strong>, Publisher<br \/>\n1988-1991<\/p>\n<p><strong>Burnet Bulletin<\/strong>, Editor<br \/>\n1987-1988<\/p>\n<p><strong>KIII Television<\/strong>, Corpus Christi, TX, ENG Editor<br \/>\n1986-1987<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas Highways Magazine<\/strong>, Editorial Assistant<br \/>\n1982-1983<\/p>\n<p><strong>Political Science Quarterly<\/strong>, Editorial Assistant<br \/>\n1975-1976<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/respitia@austincc.edu\">respitia@austincc.edu<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Karina Kling<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/01\/karina_kling_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-366 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/01\/karina_kling_2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/01\/karina_kling_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2020\/01\/karina_kling_2.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Adjunct, Assistant Professor<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><br \/>\nSyracuse University, Master of Science in Broadcast Journalism<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nProfessional Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spectrum News Austin, <\/strong>anchor on Capital Tonight<\/p>\n<p>Emmy-nominated journalist<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press award-winning journalist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email: <a href=\"mailto:karina.kling@austincc.edu\">karina.kling@austincc.edu<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Brown Professor, Assistant Department Chair Education: University of Texas at Austin, Master of Arts in Journalism Professional Experience: YNN (Your New Now),\u00a0Austin, TX: Weekday news anchor at 24-hour local Time Warner Cable new channel. March 2003 \u00a0to present KTXS-TV,\u00a0Abilene, TX: \u00a0News director for local ABC affiliate. February 1993 to February 2003 WROC-TV, Rochester, NY:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}