Dana Rosengard Named WVUA 23 News Director

TUSCALOOSA, AL — WVUA 23 News at the University of Alabama this week announced that Dana Rosengard has been named the station's news director.

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Rosengard, an academic and broadcaster with decades of experience in classrooms and newsrooms, will be tasked with managing a small professional staff alongside a team of college students producing 12 newscasts a week.

“(WVUA 23 News) represents the bullseye of my two favorite places: the newsroom and the classroom,” Rosengard said. “I’m very excited to have this opportunity to work in both spaces.”

Rosengard started his broadcast career in Greenville, Mississippi, before cutting his teeth at news stations including Hartford, Connecticut’s, FOX61/WTIC and Boston’s WCVB, along with colleges including the University of Oklahoma and Emerson College in Boston.

“Dana comes to WVUA 23 with many years of experience as a professional journalist, newsroom manager and educator,” Digital Media Center Director Michael Bruce said. “His background is perfectly suited for leading WVUA 23’s mission to provide essential news, weather and sports content to the communities of West Alabama while also providing hands-on learning experiences to University of Alabama students aspiring to work in the media industry.”

Rosengard said his goals at WVUA 23 News will include increasing opportunities for college students seeking careers in news and strengthening their newsgathering and newswriting skills so they can leave school ready for the workforce.

“We have an obligation, an opportunity and a responsibility to supplement what (students) are doing and learning in the College of Communication and Information Sciences,” Rosengard said. “We need to be accountable and always remember that we’re here to serve the public. But we can’t stop shining that proverbial light into the dark corners.”

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