Mario Murillo
Encyclopedia
Mario A. Murillo is a journalist
who has worked in commercial, public, and community radio
for over 22 years. He hosts and produces Wakeup Call
on WBAI
-Pacifica in New York
. An associate professor at Hofstra University
, Murillo is also the author of Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest, and Destabilization and Islands of Resistance: Puerto Rico, Vieques and U.S. Policy.
He was born in New York City, his father from Bogotá, Colombia, his mother from Moca, Puerto Rico.
Currently, he is Associate Professor of Communication at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where he coordinates the Audio/Radio program within the Department of Radio, Television, Film. He is also Executive Producer of "Hofstra's Morning Wake Up Call," the daily morning drive radio program on WRHU 88.7FM, Radio Hofstra University.
He is a Fulbright Scholar, having received a research and teaching fellowship in Colombia in 2008. As part of his project, he is working in the Faculty of Communication at the Universidad Pontificia la Javeriana, collaborating with members of the radio program at the University.
He has a BA in Political Science and Journalism from New York University, and an MA, also from NYU, in Media Ecology.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
who has worked in commercial, public, and community radio
Community radio
Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...
for over 22 years. He hosts and produces Wakeup Call
Wakeup Call
Wakeup Call is a morning radio program produced in New York City by the WBAI station of the Pacifica Radio Network. The program is hosted by Deepa Fernandes and airs Monday through Friday.-External links:* Official Site* Official Site...
on WBAI
WBAI
WBAI, a part of the Pacifica Radio Network, is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station, broadcasting at 99.5 FM in New York City.Its programming is leftist/progressive, and a mixture of political news and opinion from a leftist perspective, tinged with aspects of its complex and varied...
-Pacifica in New York
New York
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. An associate professor at Hofstra University
Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...
, Murillo is also the author of Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest, and Destabilization and Islands of Resistance: Puerto Rico, Vieques and U.S. Policy.
He was born in New York City, his father from Bogotá, Colombia, his mother from Moca, Puerto Rico.
Currently, he is Associate Professor of Communication at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where he coordinates the Audio/Radio program within the Department of Radio, Television, Film. He is also Executive Producer of "Hofstra's Morning Wake Up Call," the daily morning drive radio program on WRHU 88.7FM, Radio Hofstra University.
He is a Fulbright Scholar, having received a research and teaching fellowship in Colombia in 2008. As part of his project, he is working in the Faculty of Communication at the Universidad Pontificia la Javeriana, collaborating with members of the radio program at the University.
He has a BA in Political Science and Journalism from New York University, and an MA, also from NYU, in Media Ecology.