Dale Blasingame

Dale Blasingame is an assistant professor of practice in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, where he received the 2017 Presidential Excellence Award for Teaching. Blasingame is a part of the Digital Media Innovation faculty, and he teaches courses that introduce students to different aspects of how technology is changing journalism, media and marketing. Before transitioning to Texas State, Blasingame was a television news producer. He spent nine years at WOAI-TV in San Antonio, where he won two Lone Star Emmy awards and was nominated for a third. In his free time, Blasingame is an avid hiker and traveler. In 2014, he visited all 95 state parks in Texas in one year. His dog, Lucy, completed all 95 park visits in late 2018. Blasingame is now halfway through his mission to visit all 400+ national park properties. He and Lucy were included on Texas Highways Magazine's list of Extraordinary Texans for 2016, and their story has been featured on TV, radio, digital and in magazines.

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