Biography
Othello Richards comes to BYU with more than 10 years of professional television news experience as a reporter, video editor, videographer, web producer, and associate producer. A BYU grad, Othello has worked in the Salt Lake City, Tri Cities Washington, and Spokane, WA news markets. He's appeared on air several thousand times, covering stories dealing with crime, courts, city and county government, weather, and sports.
Research Interests
Media cognition and emotionVisual attention to media messages
Science communication
Teaching Interests
Television News Media, New Media Videography, Video Editing, Communications Research MethodsEducation
- Media and Communication, , Texas Tech University (2021)
- Mass Communications, , Brigham Young University (2017)
- Communications, Broadcast Journalism , Brigham Young University (2003)
Honors and Awards
- 2nd Place – Top Faculty Research Paper Competition, Communication Technology Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (2022 - Present)
- Regent Professors’ Graduate Student Research Small Grant, Texas Tech University (2020 - Present)
- BEA 2019 Top Debut Paper in the News Division, Broadcast Education Association (2019 - Present)
- Alf and June Pratte Award for Best History of Journalism Paper, Brigham Young University (2017 - Present)
- Texas Tech Graduate Recruitment Fellowship, Texas Tech University (2017 - Present)
- 1st Place-Region RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award , RTNDA (2013 - Present)
- Top-3 Television News Reporters, The Inlander (2009 - Present)
- 1st Place-Region, SPJ Mark of Excellence Award , Society of Professional Journalists (2004 - Present)
- Certificate of Special Merit, The William Randolph Hearst Foundation (2003 - Present)
- BEA 2019-2020 Vincent Wasilewski Scholarship, Broadcast Education Association (2019 - 2020)
- Helen DeVitt Jones Endowed Graduate Fellowship, Texas Tech University (2017 - 2020)
- J.T. and Margaret Talkington Graduate Fellowship, Texas Tech University (2017 - 2020)