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'''Ronald L. "Cameron" Sanders''' (born May 30, 1958) is an [[United States|American]] journalist, as well as a consultant to non-profits and corporations on media matters. |
'''Ronald L. "Cameron" Sanders''' (born May 30, 1958) is an [[United States|American]] journalist, as well as a consultant to non-profits and corporations on media matters. |
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==Career== |
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He was a reporter at [[KOTV-DT|KOTV]] Channel 6 CBS in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], [[WEAU]] Channel 13 NBC in [[Eau Claire, Wisconsin]] and [[KBSD]] Channel 6 CBS in [[Dodge City, Kansas]]. Business Editor at [[KOCO]] Channel 5 ABC in [[Oklahoma City]], Economics Correspondent at [[KDFW]] Channel 4 then CBS (1983–1988) in [[Dallas]], and became a reporter at [[Financial News Network]] (later [[CNBC]]). |
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He served as business editor and host of public radio's ''[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]]'' and a correspondent for [[CNN]] from 1989–1993, being based in Los Angeles. He served as a Vice President of [[A. G. Edwards]] (now [[Wells Fargo Advisors]]) from 1993–2002, based in [[St. Louis]], Missouri. Following his time at CNN and public radio, Sanders was President of the Media Communications Association-International and Chairman of the [[University City, Missouri]] Commission for Access and Local Original Programming (CALOP),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucitymo.org/index.aspx?NID=373 |title=University City, MO - Official Website - CALOP |publisher=Ucitymo.org |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> which allocated funds derived from [[cable TV]] subscribers to fund local filmmakers to create quality programs about local culture, arts and history. While CALOP Chair (and, later, Executive Director), he hosted ''Liquid Light,'' a prime time cable television show on the Higher Education Consortium cable channel (HEC-TV}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hectv.org|title=HEC TV|publisher=Hectv.org|accessdate=2012-08-24}}</ref> in the St. Louis region (2003–2008), which featured local filmmakers and documentarians. |
He served as business editor and host of public radio's ''[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]]'' and a correspondent for [[CNN]] from 1989–1993, being based in Los Angeles. He served as a Vice President of [[A. G. Edwards]] (now [[Wells Fargo Advisors]]) from 1993–2002, based in [[St. Louis]], Missouri. Following his time at CNN and public radio, Sanders was President of the Media Communications Association-International and Chairman of the [[University City, Missouri]] Commission for Access and Local Original Programming (CALOP),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucitymo.org/index.aspx?NID=373 |title=University City, MO - Official Website - CALOP |publisher=Ucitymo.org |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> which allocated funds derived from [[cable TV]] subscribers to fund local filmmakers to create quality programs about local culture, arts and history. While CALOP Chair (and, later, Executive Director), he hosted ''Liquid Light,'' a prime time cable television show on the Higher Education Consortium cable channel (HEC-TV}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hectv.org|title=HEC TV|publisher=Hectv.org|accessdate=2012-08-24}}</ref> in the St. Louis region (2003–2008), which featured local filmmakers and documentarians. |
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Ronald L. "Cameron" Sanders (born May 30, 1958) is an American journalist, as well as a consultant to non-profits and corporations on media matters.
He served as business editor and host of public radio's Marketplace and a correspondent for CNN from 1989–1993, being based in Los Angeles. He served as a Vice President of A. G. Edwards (now Wells Fargo Advisors) from 1993–2002, based in St. Louis, Missouri. Following his time at CNN and public radio, Sanders was President of the Media Communications Association-International and Chairman of the University City, Missouri Commission for Access and Local Original Programming (CALOP),[1] which allocated funds derived from cable TV subscribers to fund local filmmakers to create quality programs about local culture, arts and history. While CALOP Chair (and, later, Executive Director), he hosted Liquid Light, a prime time cable television show on the Higher Education Consortium cable channel (HEC-TV}[2] in the St. Louis region (2003–2008), which featured local filmmakers and documentarians.
Sanders wrote a chapter in the book, Creating Digital Content (McGraw-Hill 2002), entitled "The Case for Professional Communicators in a Digital Age." He is currently a media consultant and advisor.
Sanders has interviewed Ronald Reagan (in office and prior), George Herbert Walker Bush (in office and prior), Bill Clinton (in office and an prior). He also interviewed Jimmy Carter repeatedly.
Awards
Cameron Sanders was named an Admiral in the Third Texas Navy by Texas Governor Ann Richards on June 13, 1991 for his "service to Texas." He was awarded a Telly Award in 2006 as host of HEC-TV's Liquid Light for an interview show on University City: The First Decade (a documentary that he had commissioned as Chair of CALOP). Sanders' team at A.G. Edwards won an additional 22 Telly Awards under his management as well as seven Awards in Excellence in Media or AiME Awards (also known as Golden Reels) from the Media Communications Association-International. Sanders contributed to KOCO's George Foster Peabody Award in 1982 for "Oklahoma's Shame." He won awards from the Dallas Press Club, the Los Angeles Press Club and numerous state Associated Press Awards. In 1981, he was recognized by the Northwest Broadcast News Association for a segment on the Mariel boatlift Cuban Refugee Camp at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin near Sparta, Wisconsin.
References
- ^ "University City, MO - Official Website - CALOP". Ucitymo.org. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "HEC TV". Hectv.org. Retrieved 2012-08-24.