College of Information and Communications
Faculty and Staff
Lena Sadiwskyj
Title: | Adjunct Faculty |
Department: | School of Journalism and Mass Communications College of Information and Communications |
Email: | sadiwskl@mailbox.sc.edu |
Office: | School of Journalism and Mass Communications 800 Sumter Street, Room 204 Columbia, SC 29208 |
Facebook: | My Facebook page |
LinkedIn: | My LinkedIn profile |
Education
B.A., English Literature, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
M.A., English Literature, McMaster University, ON, Canada
Background
Lena Sadiwskyj spent more than 11 years as a network reporter and producer for CBC
Television in Canada. She came to the USA, to be an assistant professor of journalism
at the University of Missouri and executive producer at KOMU-TV. Sadiwskyj held news
management roles at television stations in Birmingham, Dallas and Phoenix. As a news
director, she has led newsrooms in Shreveport, Orlando, Tucson, Knoxville, Dothan
and most recently at WACH Fox News in Columbia, where she hired more than 10 broadcast
graduates from our School of Journalism.
Sadiwskyj's digital experience includes the role of editor-in-chief, for Taptu, in Cambridge, England . She was responsible for content strategy and execution; the app was introduced in the Apple store in November 2010.
In 1992, while teaching at Missouri, Lena Sadiwskyj was chosen to be part of a news and broadcast management team that consulted TV and radio journalists in Warsaw and Krakow, as Poland moved from Communism to a democracy.
Teaching
Sadiwskyj believes in hands-on instruction, constructive coaching and mentoring. She develops an engaging, collaborative environment, so students grow in critical thinking and creative skills. Sadiwskyj also taught Capstone classes at the University of Missouri, where she was an assistant professor of journalism.
She will teach three courses, while co-teaching Senior Semester, including Writing for Mass Communications, Advanced Broadcast and Online Journalism Production, and Digital Journalism.
Publications
News Now Visual Storytelling in the Digital Age by Susan Green, Mark Lodato, Carol Schwalbe and B. William Silcock. Authored "Live from the Studio" section. (2011)
TV News Producing J358 by Lena Sadiwskyj. University of Missouri textbook (1993)
Awards
Sadiwskyj has won multiple Associated Press and regional journalism awards for investigative reporting, breaking news coverage and special reports.
Personal
Sadiwskyj has lived in three countries (England, Canada and the United States) and
worked as a journalist and newsroom leader in two provinces and eight states. She
has traveled extensively in Europe, the Caribbean and North America.
In 2019, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and has plans for more ecotourism adventures.
She was named "Media Ambassador" for the 2023 SC7 Expedition and loves to hike. She plays
USTA tennis.
Sadiwskyj enjoys most music and is known to share songs with her teams, as great examples of writing to video. She also loves films: an all-time favorite is "Cinema Paradiso."