Assistant Professor KOMU Executive Producer
Radio-Television Journalism
5550 Highway 63 South
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200
Phone: 573-884-6397, Ext. 208
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HOLLY EDGELL is an assistant professor and executive producer at KOMU and serves as the adviser for the Missouri School of Journalism student chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists. She comes to the School with experience in television news and academia. She worked as a newscast producer in Youngstown, Ohio, at WFMJ-TV and in Pittsburgh, Pa., at WTAE-TV. Edgell's career later took her to Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as medical news producer at duopoly WOIO-TV and WUAB-TV, and to Detroit's WDIV-TV, where she worked as consumer news producer. Before coming to the University of Missouri, Edgell spent four years as an assistant professor in Florida A&M University's journalism school. Early in her career, Edgell was the first news director for Great Belize Television in Belize, Central America. She helped launch News 5, which was the first independent (non-government) news program to air in that country. Edgell earned a master's degree in journalism with a concentration in media management at Kent State University in Ohio. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Michigan State University. Edgell is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). She has traveled extensively overseas and speaks Spanish.
