Stephen Bird's Biography
Stephen V. Bird, Ph.D., is academic director for the National Journalism Center in Washington, D.C., where he works with interns from around the nation training them in journalistic reporting and writing as well as placing them with national media outlets.
After pursuing a newspaper career for seven years, Dr. Bird returned to the academy, earning his master’s degree from University of Central Missouri and doctorate from Regent University, both in communication. Over the past 16 years Dr. Bird worked in academia as a journalism fellow, instructor, assistant professor, tenured associate professor, and adviser to student publications.
Dr. Bird pursued an active freelance writing career for the past five years, publishing articles with ESPN, Fox, CBS, NBC, The Baltimore Sun, The New York Times, and other national media through The Associated Press. He freelanced for publications in Washington D.C., Boston, Richmond, Roanoke, and a number of small-town newspapers in his home state of Virginia. He is also a freelance writer for Virginia Living Magazine.
As an academic, Dr. Bird publishes research about Civil War journalism, 19th Century journalism, and sports journalism and presents research annually at conferences.
Dr. Bird lives in Virginia with his wife, Wanda, and their three daughters.