Floyd J. McKay is emeritus professor and former chair of the Department of Journalism at Western Washington University. He retired in June 2004, but returned for fall quarter to teach two classes. McKay is a veteran journalist with experience in both print and broadcast. He joined the Western faculty in 1990 and was chair of the department from 1994 to 2002. He is currently engaged in freelance writing and research and lives in Bellingham, Wash.

Education: Ph.D., University of Washington, Communications, 1995.
Dissertation: With Liberty for Some: Oregon Editors and the Challenge of Civil Liberties, 1942-54.
            M.A., University of Maryland, College Park, Journalism, 1990.
            B.A., Linfield College, Journalism and Political Science, 1957.

Honors: Sigma Delta Chi, Regional award, commentary, 1986.
            Jefferson Fellow, East-West Center, 1984.

DuPont-Columbia Broadcast Award, 1977, for documentary and news series, The Timber Farmers, KGW-TV.

Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, 1967-68.

Professional: Bi-weekly contributor to opinion pages, Seattle Times, 2003-

Senior Fellow, East-West Center, 1989.
            Administrative assistant to Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, D-Oregon, 1987-89
            News analyst, KGW-TV, King Broadcasting, NBC, Portland, Oregon, 1970-86.
            Reporter, The Oregon Statesman (Salem), 1960-70.
            Reporter, Springfield (Ore) News, 1958-60.

Books: Reporting the Pacific Northwest: An annotated bibliography of journalism history in Oregon and Washington. (Oregon Historical Society Press, 2004).

An Editor for Oregon: Charles A. Sprague and the Politics of Change (Oregon State University Press, 1998).

Journals: "First Amendment Guerillas: Formative years of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press." Journalism Monograph, Fall 2004 (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications0)

"After Cool Deliberation: Reed College, Oregon Editors and the Red Scare of 1954,"Pacific Northwest Quarterly 89(Winter 1997-98): 12-21.
            "Canada at the Polls: An American Media View," American Review of Canadian Studies (Summer/Autumn 1995): 269-284.
            "Charles Sprague's Internal Wars: Civil Liberties Challenges of an editor and governor," Oregon Historical Quarterly 96 (Winter 1995-96): 326-362.
            "Development journalism in an Asian setting: A study of Depthnews,"
Gazette: The International Journal for Mass Communication Studies 51 (1993): 237-251.