About

Rob Melton (the backstory)

JOBS PEOPLE HAVE PAID ME TO DO...

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. Portland Public Schools. 2010-2020.

TEACHER. Benson Polytechnic H.S., Portland, Oregon. English, Journalism and Communications I, Student newspaper adviser. September 1994–2010. Site Council Chair 2004–2006.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR. Teaching Journalistic Writing, Reporting, and Editing. University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa. July 1992–2008.

TEACHER. Journalism, Photography and English at Wilson H.S., Portland, Oregon. Student newspaper adviser. September 1984–June 1994.

EDITOR. Apple Edvantage newsletter for Northwest Educators. 1989-1991.

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR. Desktop Publishing For Educators. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. January 1988–June 1989.

TEACHER. Journalism and Photography at Roseburg Senior H.S., Roseburg, Oregon. Student newspaper adviser. August 1979–June 1984.

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR. School of Journalism. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. Winter term 1984.

METRO STUDENT NEWS BUREAU. Lane Education Service District. Fall 1978–Spring 1979.

REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER. Hermiston bureau, Pendleton East Oregonian daily newspaper. October 1976–April 1978.

EDITOR. 1976. Photographer. 1975. UO Yearbook. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

EDITOR. 1973–74. Student Newspaper. Santa Rosa Junior College. Santa Rosa, California.

NEWSPAPER EDITOR. Healdsburg Tribune, Cloverdale Reveille. Weekly newspapers in Sonoma County, California. June 1972–September 1975.

LIFEGUARD. California. 1969-1971.

I KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT (ALSO SEE ABOVE AND BELOW)

M.S., EDUCATION. Curriculum and Instruction. Portland State University. Portland, Oregon. 1996. “Prewriting Strategies as an indicator of success on the Oregon Writing Assessment Test.” The study found a strong correlation, at the .001 level of significance, between the number of prewriting strategies students used and their performance as a writer on the writing assessment test.

B.S., JOURNALISM. Minors: English, political science. University of Oregon, Eugene. August 1976.

A.A., Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California. June 1974.

GRADUATE, Cloverdale High School, Cloverdale, California. June 1972.

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING LICENSE – Licensed to teach endorsements in grades PK-12: English Language Arts, Speech, Communications: Publishing and Broadcasting (CTE). Effective 2021 through 2026.

MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER WORK WHICH HELPED ME PAY IT FORWARD 

OREGON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. Board of Directors 2006–2012. OEA Resolutions Committee 2005-2007. NEA Resolutions Committee member representing OEA teachers 2005–2007. OEA-NEA Member 1979–present.

PORTLAND ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS. Executive Board 2004–2012. (Ran for President and lost. No regrets.) PAT Member 1984–present. PAT-RA, OEA-RA, NEA-RA. Building Rep, PAT-OEA-NEA PIE, Teacher Voice In Politics Political Action Committee Board Member. Membership Committee, Legislative Committee, Bargaining Committee, Study Leave Committee, Instructional and Professional Development Committee and High School Reform Subcommittee.

JOURNALISM EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. Vice-President 1997–2001. (Ran for president and lost by 5 votes. Ended a long successful streak. If you don’t challenge yourself you’ll never know what you can do. See above.) Responsible for $1.5 million budget including investments, operating revenue and scholarships; monthly reports and annual audits; planning two conventions a year. Board member 1987–89, 1993–2001 representing Northwest. Publications Commission. I served as a member of the Curriculum Committee, and as chairman of the Conventions Committee which recommended changing the way conventions are sponsored, financed and organized. Those recommendations were fully implemented. I redesigned the JEA/NSPA convention program in fall 1988, and produced a 250-page resource notebook for two conventions (Fall 1988, Spring 1989). I was chair of the planning committee for the spring 1987 national convention in Portland, Oregon, and on the planning committee of the Fall 1988 convention in Washington, D.C. Responsible for developing JEA Bookstore and increasing sales to the point where a full-time manager was hired. Convention Chair 1987. National Convention Speaker. Member 1979–present.

OREGON JOURNALISM EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. Past President. Board member. 1993–2001, 1982–88. Past president. Helped found organization as charter member. Founder and Summer Workshop Director 1983–1990 at Southern Oregon State College in Ashland, Ore. Member since its incorporation in 1982. Served previously as president (1984-88), first vice-president (1983-84) and secretary (1982). Its goal is to promote high standards in journalism through education. Responsibilities as president included supervising a variety of activities—including a bimonthly newsletter, fall press day for high school students and advisers, a summer workshop, teacher in-service day, mail-in clip contest, write-off competition, spring awards banquet, critique service and scholarship competition.

NORTHWEST SCHOLASTIC PRESS. Executive Director 2011-2012. Nonprofit administration; work with board to achieve organizational goals; event management for annual Oregon high school press conference; newsletter writing/editing/proofreading; promote and coordinate resources for contests, competitions and scholarship programs; WordPress site administration for nwscholasticpress.org website, including copywriting, photo and graphic preparation. Provide consulting services to teachers and their students, including travel, to improve journalism programs. Founded in 1984, NWSP provides services to the scholastic journalism community in the Northwest, including conferences, workshops, contests, critiques, awards and scholarships. NWSP is an affiliate of Journalism Education Association. Nonprofit 503(c)(3) and Public Charity 509(a)(2).

ASSOCIATED STUDENT PRESS WEB SITE. Content and Design Consultant. 1998.

PORTLAND CENTER STAGE/OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL. Docent. Volunteer 1990–2017. 

EDITORIAL BOARD CHAIR. The United Methodist magazine. Oregon-Idaho Conference. 1994–1997.

CONTEXTUAL LEARNING CONSORTIUM. Oregon State University. Dale Parnell, coordinator. 1995–1998.

OREGON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 1985–90.

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

ACADEMIC PLANNER. Roosevelt High School, Portland, OR. 2016-2019.

EDITOR. Newspaper Designer’s Handbook by Tim Harrower.

FRIESENS YEARBOOK CURRICULUM GUIDE. Writing Chapter by Rob Melton. Friesens Corporation. 2011.

NEWS WRITER’S HANDBOOK. 2005.

THE SECOND PAGE: An advanced PageMaker curriculum. By Rob Melton, Pam Oman and Mary Pulliam. Jostens. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1992.

ADVERTISING A–Z. By Rob Melton and Sunny Stautz. Journalism Education Association. 1991.

NEWSPAPER STAFF MANUAL. By Rob Melton. 200 pages. 1989.

TEACHER RESOURCE NOTEBOOK. Editor. Manhattan, Kansas. Journalism Education Association. 1989.

JEA CURRICULUM NOTEBOOK. Editor. Manhattan, Kansas. Journalism Education Association. 1988.

SOMETIMES HARD WORK, GREAT PEOPLE, AND A GREAT PRODUCT GET NOTICED —

CARL TOWLEY AWARD. Journalism Education Association’s highest award. 2002.

SPEAKER. Workers Rights Board Hearing/Jobs For Justice. 2002.

NEWSPAPER INNOVATORS IN EDUCATION AWARD. Newspaper Association of America/Freedom Forum. Vienna, Virginia. August 2001.

2001 AL NEUHARTH FREE SPIRIT STUDENT JOURNALISM CONFERENCE. Oregon Adviser Delegate. Washington, D.C. November 2000.

NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA DIVERSITY WORKSHOP. Washington, D.C. July 1998.

WHO’S WHO AMONG AMERICA’S TEACHERS. November 1997, 2005. Nominated by former students who have made the Dean’s List at college.

NSPA PIONEER AWARD. National Scholastic Press Association. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 1994.

NSPA PUBLICATION AWARDS: 14 NSPA All-Americans, 7 Regional Pacemakers (top 20), 2 national Pacemakers (top 5). Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1982–91.

MEDAL OF MERIT. Journalism Education Association. November 1991.

NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME. Inducted for winning more than 10 consecutive years of All-American Awards, regional, and national Pacemaker Awards. Spring 1991.

MASTER JOURNALISM EDUCATOR. Journalism Education Association. 1993. CJE 1990.

CENTER FOR SHAKESPEARE STUDIES. Spring Symposium Scholar. Ashland, Oregon. 1990.

AEJMC/ANPA RECOGNITION. Journalism program named one of the top 70 in the country. Fall 1990.

DISTINGUISHED ADVISER. Dow Jones Newspaper Fund. Runner-up, journalism teacher of the year. November 17-19, 1988. Special recognition adviser November 1983.

ASSOCIATED PRESS MANAGING EDITORS AWARD. East Oregonian reporting team. April 1977.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Distinguished Adviser. November 17-19, 1988. One of five teachers honored along with the national high school journalism Teacher of the Year. Special Recognition Adviser. November 19, 1983. One of 11 teachers honored along with the national high school journalism Teacher of the Year.

AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T GET NOTICED — 

I've provided election-related consulting editing, reframes, and advice to statewide and national association leaders. I've done a lot of behind-the-scenes work for people and causes I believe in. If people are going to buy in, it must be we, not me.

Rep. Larry Galizio, the one who authored the Oregon Student Free Speech Law for high school and college students. I helped with behind-the-scenes organizing and recruitment of student speakers, and gathering advice from an OEA lobbyist friend about how to navigate a bill into law. I wasn't at the signing with the governor because I was teaching a week-long advisers workshop at the University of Iowa School of Journalism, but one of my national advisers, Angela Marie Pena, was there in my place.

Mary Beth Tinker came to Oregon. We had lunch together, and she spoke to students in Portland from around the state. She asked me to talk about how we got the free speech bill passed. Dream come true!

When I was a senior in high school and the local weekly hired me as their editor, I covered crime, politics, weddings, business, city council, police, Little League, sports -- you name it. After reporting on the old police chief versus the new police (one drove home the drunks and the other arrested them -- you can only imagine the drama), the New Yorker weekly columnist came to Cloverdale to cover the story and -- this has never been revealed before -- interviewed me in the diner next door (that was a thing of his), and also John Sink (one of my tennis partners) and Margery Mills (a friend). My sister married the son of one of the city council members of that time. It was published a week later. Small world.

Al Neuharth, publisher of USA Today, bet me I couldn't recite the First Amendment from memory – which I did.  He paid me $20, and also gave me an autographed copy of his book, which I still have.

Our first national newspaper award for our high school newspaper was designed entirely in Helvetica. We sweated the type details to get it just right because the editor claimed he couldn't tell the difference between Times and Helvetica. I never believed that, but he did go on to work on Microsoft Books -- which were all set beautifully in Helvetica!

Another amazing Roseburg journalism student is now the editor of a major Pacific Northwest daily newspaper. I've occasionally heard about others over the years.

I wrote a book for high school newspaper staffs (mostly mine!) about advertising, and a group of students created a company that was based on an idea I always shared, which was to decide on 3-5 personality words to describe your finished project or design. They built out one of the first web-based advertising agencies on that idea and it is still a highly successful business.

I was also the Writers In The Schools (WITS) coordinator at Benson (when did I ever sleep?!) and frequently had writers in my classroom for workshops that lasted a few weeks. It's fun and fascinating to see how they teach students to write, and then read their books! I'm a fan of all of them!

Speaker at journalism workshops and conventions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Washington D.C.

PLACES I’VE BEEN

Traveled throughout Europe June–August 1973. Visited England, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and Morocco, North Africa. Mexico. Canada.

After travelling abroad, I returned with a strong desire to see and get to know the rest of the place I call home. I spent the next 40 years traveling across the country visiting, photographing, and talking to locals about the places they call home.

I also decided to write and photograph about the places I call home. I’ve been to every corner in Oregon, and lived in Southern Oregon, Eastern Oregon, and Western Oregon.

Speaker at journalism workshops and conventions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Washington D.C.

States (28 and counting): Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., Wyoming. (The states get bigger as you head west, and I've been to 18 of the 22 states west of the Mississippi except for North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. That covers a lot of real estate. Plus 10 of those states that get smaller as you head east!)

FAMILY FIRST

Family is the reason I was able to do all this, and for whom I did all this. Most of these experiences were not full-time jobs, and some were to showcase what I could do and some of them actually paid me so my family could do things together.

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 VITAE 

Teacher, Journalism and English. Benson Polytechnic High School, 546 Northeast 12th, Portland, Oregon 97232. I taught sophomore and junior English and Journalism. I advised Tech Pep, the school’s newspaper; served on the Technology Committee which will decide how to spend $1.25 million over the next seven years; was  part of a contextual learning team of instructors teaching Communication Major juniors. September 1994— 2010.

Associate Professor. University of Iowa School of Journalism, Iowa City, Iowa. Writing for Publication. July 1992—2008. (Last class was onsite and online. Took the next year off for total knee replacement surgery. All good things come to an end.))

Teacher, Journalism, Photography and English. Woodrow Wilson High School, 1151 Southwest Vermont, Portland, Oregon 97219. I advised Statesman, the school’s newspaper, the literary/arts magazine Veridian from 1987–89, and the 1989 school multi-image slide show; produced the annual forecasting guide from 1984–87, and managed the Macintosh Desktop Publishing Lab. (Equipment included Macintosh Pluses, Macintosh SEs, Macintosh II, Microtek 300ZS scanners, on an AppleShare network using Microsoft Word 4.0, PageMaker 4.2, Quark Xpress, PrePrint, FreeHand and a variety of other application and utility software.) Taught freshman, sophomore and junior college prep English. September 1984 to 1994.

Editor, APPLE EDVANTAGE. Newsletter for Northwest Educators produced for the Portland Education District Apple Computer Team. 1989–1991.

Teacher, Desktop Publishing for Educators. Portland State University/Portland Public Schools, Portland, Oregon. This class teaches educators how to use the Macintosh computer and related software and hardware to produce well-written, well-designed publications and instructional materials. January 1988 to June 1989.

Teacher, Journalism and Photography. Roseburg Senior High School, 547 West Chapman Drive, Roseburg, Oregon 97470. I advised the school newspaper, the Orange R, the literary/arts magazine Images, the fall sports magazine Tribe and the annual multi-image show Flashback. I also helped publish the school district’s quarterly newspaper, District 4 Cast, and was responsible for preparing and printing the high school’s annual Curriculum Guide. August 1979–June 1984.

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Journalism. University of Oregon School of Journalism, Eugene, Oregon 97403. J 455G—Methods of Teaching High School Journalism. December 1983–March 1984.

Student Teacher, Journalism, Photography and English. South Eugene High School, Eugene, Oregon. Spring term 1979.

Metro Student News Bureau field staff representative, practicum project, Lane Education Service District. Fall 1978–Spring 1979.

Reporter/Photographer. Pendleton East Oregonian daily newspaper, Hermiston, bureau. October 1976–April 1978.

Editor, 1976 Oregana yearbook. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

Editor, Healdsburg Tribune, Cloverdale Reveille for vacationing editors. Summers and school vacations from June 1972–September 1975 for the Mendocino Publishing Company of Ukiah, California.

Editor/Reporter, The Oak Leaf student newspaper. Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California. September 1972–January 1974.

Graduate School of Education. Portland State University. Portland, Oregon. Master’s program. 1993. Standard Secondary Teacher Certification, Journalism/Language Arts/Speech. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. Expires February 1996.

B.S., Journalism, minor emphasis in English, political science. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. August 1976.

A.A., Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California. June 1974.

Journalism Education Association. Northwest Regional Director: April 1993 to present. Publications Commission/Board of Directors: April 1987 to April 1989. Member since 1979. I served as a member of the Curriculum Committee, and as chairman of the Conventions Committee which recommended changing the way conventions are sponsored, financed and organized. Those recommendations have been fully implemented. I redesigned the JEA/NSPA convention program in fall 1988, and produced a 250-page resource notebook for two conventions (Fall 1988, Spring 1989). I was chair of the planning committee for the spring 1987 national convention in Portland, Oregon, and on the planning committee of the Fall 1988 convention in Washington, D.C.

Oregon Journalism Education Association. Past President. Founder and Summer Workshop Director 1983–1990 at Southern Oregon State College in Ashland, Ore. Member since its incorporation in 1982. Served previously as president (1984-88), first vice-president (1983-84) and secretary (1982). Its goal is to promote high standards in journalism through education. Responsibilities as president included supervising a variety of activities—including a bimonthly newsletter, fall press day for high school students and advisers, a summer workshop, teacher in-service day, mail-in clip contest, write-off competition, spring awards banquet, critique service and scholarship competition.

Association for Education in Journalism/Mass Communication. Member from 1983-88.

Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Education Committee. Member 1985-90. This committee is made up of college journalism educators, high school journalism educators and newspaper publishers. NSPA PIONEER AWARD. For outstanding contributions to scholastic journalism. November 1994.

Journalism Education Association. Medal of Merit. November 1991. For distinguished service to scholastic journalism on the national level.

Oregon Press Women. State-wide writing competition committee, 1986-87. “A Day with the Pros.” Spring teachers in-service day planning committee, 1987-88.

Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi. Member 1975-78. Willamette Valley Chapter, Eugene, Oregon.

 National Scholastic Press Association Regional Pacemaker: October 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991 to Statesman, Woodrow Wilson High School, Portland, Oregon; October 1982, 1983 and 1984 to Orange R, Roseburg Senior High School, Roseburg, Oregon. The award is given annually to the four best high school newspapers in the Pacific Region’s seven western states, making it one of 20 in the nation to receive this award each year. Five-Star All-American Award: 1980 to present. This is the highest award in regular competition, making the publication one of the 40–50 top publications in the nation.

National Scholastic Press Association NSPA Hall of Fame at the University of Minnesota. Inducted April 23, 1991. In recognition of sustained excellence in national competitions with other high school student publications, and for receiving consistently the All American Honor Rating in these evaluation and competition programs.

AEJMC/ANPA Recognition. Journalism program identified as one of the top 70 in the country in Fall of 1990.

Certified Journalism Educator. One of the first 33 teachers to be certified by JEA. March 1990.

Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Distinguished Adviser. November 17-19, 1988. One of five teachers honored along with the national high school journalism Teacher of the Year. Special Recognition Adviser. November 19, 1983. One of 11 teachers honored along with the national high school journalism Teacher of the Year.

National Scholastic Press Association/American Newspaper Publishers Association. Pacemaker Award: November 1986, to Statesman, Woodrow Wilson High School, Portland, Oregon; November 1983 to Orange R, Roseburg Senior High School, Roseburg, Oregon. The award is given annually to the five best high school newspapers in the nation.

Hooray For High School Journalism. “Newspaper Showcase.” Statesman layouts and coverage featured in the showcase section about high school newspapers. December 1988.

Acorn Education Systems. “Front Page Design.” 1986. Four Statesman Page 1 designs featured in updated slide show.

Scholastic Journalism, 7th Edition. Writing, page design and advertising packet examples from Orange R used to illustrate text. 1986.

Press Time. Writing and page design examples from Orange R used to illustrate text. 1986. Oregon Scholastic Press/OJEA State Write-Off Competition. First Place Sweepstakes Award: October 1984, 1985.

Oregon Journalism Education Association Publications Olympics. First Place Sweepstakes Award: May 1984, 1985. State high school mail-in competition. In 1988, Best of Category in In-Depth supplement (on AIDS); Best of Category, Editorial Cartooning; Best of Category, Photography; Excellents in all other categories. Portland Advertising Federation High School Advertising Competition. First Place: April 1, 1983, to Roseburg Senior High School for campaign “Oregon—A State of Adventure” by Journalism I class in statewide competition.

Associated Press Managing Editors Award. Media citation to the East Oregonian for coverage of the Michael Olds murder and kidnapping. Member of the team of reporters covering the event in April 1977.

July 31– August 4, 1993 Stanford Newspaper/Yearbook-by-the-Bay. July 25–30, 1992 Instructor.

August 1990, 1991 Stanford, California. August 6–11, 1989 Student & adviser newspaper sequences. The August 7–12, 1988 workshop features intensive writing and layout August 9–14, 1987 instruction and application. August 4–8, 1986 August 12–16, 1985

ReDesign Institute. Summer Journalism Workshop for high school newspaper and yearbook staffs. St Louis, Mo. July 28–30, 1993

July 19–23, 1993 Kansas State University Student Publications Workshop. Newspaper and Yearbook Editors Instructor. Manhattan, Kansas.

July 12–16, 1993 University of Iowa. July 13–17, 1992 School of Journalism Instructor. Journalistic Writing. Iowa City, Iowa.

July 8–10, 1993 Journalism Education Association Desktop Publishing Instructor. Kansas State University. Manhattan, Kansas.

June 25–29, 1993 Interscholastic League Press Conference June 19–23, 1992 Summer Workshop. June 22–26, 1991 Instructor. June 22–26, 1990 University of Texas–Austin. June 22–27, 1989 Advanced journalism sequences with June 24–28, 1988 high school newspaper section editors. Austin, June 26–30, 1987 Texas.

June 20–24, 1993 Taylor Publishing Company Workshop. Advanced Newspaper Editors Sequence. Texas A&M. College Station, Texas.

June 16–18, 1993 ReDesign Institute. Summer Journalism Workshop for high school newspaper and yearbook staffs working with H. L. Hall, Judy Babb, Jack Kennedy, and Tim Harrower. Portland, Ore.

April 15–18, 1993 JEA Spring Convention. Long Beach, Calif. Sessions: "Let's Get Lateral," "Is Electronic Pre-Press for You?" and "DTP Panel of Experts;" Write-Off Judge.

March 1993 OJEA Stylebook Committee. Complete revision of the stylebook used in Oregon high schools. Supervised the production of two chapters of the stylebook.

October 1986–92 Oregon Journalism Education Association Fall Press Day. Speaker. Short course speaker in 1988, 1989. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

August 16–23, 1992 Washington Journalism Education Association Summer Workshop. Lead Teacher. Student & Adviser newspaper sequences. Central Washington University, Ellensberg, Washington.

April 1992 JEA/NSPA national spring convention. Denver, Colorado. Sessions taught included “Let’s get lateral thinking,” “Advanced PageMaker Tips & Tricks” and “Is electronic prepress for you?” Fall 1991 the computer store Educator Seminar. Speaker. “School-business partner ships.” Portland, Oregon.

July 1990, 1991 University of Iowa Summer Journalism Workshop. Lead Teacher. Iowa City, Iowa. Presented lectures and did critiques with Iowa high school newspaper staffs for one week.

April 1991 JEA/NSPA national spring convention. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sessions taught included “Is electronic prepress for you?” February 1986–91 Interscholastic League Press Conference. Judge. Newspaper rating and critique service. University of Texas. Austin, Texas.

OJEA Summer Workshop. July 1990, 1991 Desktop Publishing for Advisers. Instructor 1989–91. July 24–28, 1989 Workshop Director and instructor of student and adviser July 25-29, 1988 sequences from 1985–1989. July 20–24, 1987 at Southern Oregon State College in Ashland, July 22–25, 1986 Oregon. Photography instructor at 1984 workshop at August 20–23, 1985 Judson Baptist College, The Dalles, Oregon. Director August 1984 of the first workshop held at University of Oregon August 15–17, 1983 in 1983.

November 2-4, 1989 JEA/NSPA national fall convention. Write-Off judge. Sessions taught included “DTP Panel of Experts” and “Designing the News.”

October 20, 1989 Alpha Computer Seminar. Speaker. Desktop Publishing session. Down town Marriott Hotel. Portland, Oregon.

July 9–14, 1989 Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Summer Workshop. Newspaper speaker/instructor at Michigan State University, Lansing.

April 26, 1989 The Computer Store Educator Seminar. Speaker. Using desktop publishing technology to produce high school publications. Marshall High School. Portland, Oregon.

April 10-12, 1989 1989 JEA/SCJEA national spring convention. Editor, Teacher Resource Notebook. DTP Speaker. Anaheim Marriott. Anaheim, Calif.

November 17–20, 1988 1988 JEA/NSPA national fall convention. Planning committee. Hyatt Regency. Washington, D.C. Redesigned convention program.

August 15–19, 1988 Washington Journalism Education Association Summer Workshop. Student & Adviser newspaper sequences. Evergreen State College. Evergreen, Washington.

June 1988 The Oregon Math Teacher. Redesigned magazine for math educators, and provided training and support to editors during conversion to desktop publishing.

May 4, 1988 Oregon Yearbook Forum/Herff Jones Yearbook Company. Speaker. “Post-Hazelwood: What does it mean for publication advisers?”

April 16, 1988 Pacific Northwest Association of Journalism Educators Annual Conference. “Desktop Publishing.” Franciscan Center. Portland, Oregon.

March 5–6, 1988 Portland Public Schools Secondary Computer Specialists Retreat. “Desk top Publishing using PageMaker on the Macintosh and IBM.” Camp Colton, Oregon. March 1988 Missouri Interscholastic Press Association. Judge. Newspaper rating and critique service. Columbia, Missouri.

January 6, 1988 Vancouver Public Schools. Desktop publishing workshop for Vancouver high school newspaper staffs using the Macintosh and PageMaker.

October 9, 1987 Oregon Council of Teachers of English. Statewide

October 1986 In-Service Day Speaker, by invitation and competitive application. 1987: “Teaching the publishing process in English: How a classroom magazine can teach and improve narrative, descriptive and expository writing skills.” 1986: “Improving student publication writing.”

June 14–19, 1987 University of Missouri–Columbia/Missouri Interscholastic Press Association. Instructor, college credit advisers sequence in newspaper and yearbook advising. Columbia, Missouri.

April 10–12, 1987 1987 JEA/OJEA national spring convention. Director. Red Lion/Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon.

1981–82, 1984–87 National Scholastic Press Association/Associated Collegiate Press. Newspaper judge. University of Minnesota–Minneapolis.

September 30, 1986 Minnesota High School Press Conference. Newspaper keynote speaker. University of Minnesota–Minneapolis.

October 19, 1985 Washington Journalism Education Association Yearbook Day. Keynote speaker. Bethel, Washington.

October 1976, 1978–85 Oregon Scholastic Press/Oregon Journalism Education Association Press Conference. Speaker, University of Oregon, Eugene. Newspaper and yearbook contest judge in 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1984.

April 12–14, 1985 JEA/WJEA national spring convention. Yearbook program chair. Seattle, Washington.

1984–85 school year OJEA Stylebook Committee. Revised a University of Oregon stylebook for use in Oregon high schools.

1981–84 Oregon Scholastic Press. Newspaper evaluator. University of Oregon School of Journalism. Eugene, Oregon.

October 1982 Oregon Student Leadership Conference. Speaker. “Producing your own high school slide show.” Eugene, Oregon.

March 1979 Newspaper In Education Conference. Speaker. “The Pre-Writing Process.” Portland, Oregon.

The Second Page. By Rob Melton, Pam Oman and Mary Pulliam. Minneapolis: Jostens Publishing Co. 1992. Advertising A–Z: A practical guide for high school newspapers. By Rob Melton and Sunny Stautz. Portland, Oregon: Rob Melton & Company. 200 pages. 1991.

Statesman Staff Manual. By Rob Melton. Portland, Oregon: Rob Melton & Company. 1989. A 200-page manual for high school newspaper staff members. Includes an operations manual, job descriptions, flow chart, stylebook, design manual, and advertising support materials. The manual is divided into sections: Planning, Preparing, Polishing, Producing and Providing. September 1989.

JEA Curriculum Notebook. Editor. Manhattan, Kansas: Journalism Education Association, Inc. 1988. A 300-page notebook of activities, exercises, tests, lessons, ideas and plans for high school journalism teachers. November 1988.

Teacher Resource Notebook. Editor & Designer. Portland, Oregon: Rob Melton & Company. 1988. A 250-page formatted notebook of activities, exercises, tests, lessons and readings for high school journalism teachers. April 1989.

Publications Stylebook: An authoritative guide on matters of style for the high school journalist. A complete reference for the high school journalism program, this stylebook contains comprehensive style rules for high school publication writing and newspaper layout based on the AP Stylebook. 1985.

Publications Stylebook Tests and Activities Packet. Exercises and multiple-choice tests which cover each of the essential sections of the Publications Stylebook. 1989.

"96 hot tips for '96." Points & Picas magazine, fall 1995.

"Staffs Are Like A Box of Chocolates." imPRESSions, Winter 1995. Northwest Scholastic Press. Article about recruiting.

"Desktop Publishing Column." Points & Picas magazine. 1994.

Questions & Answers: Advisers’ Column. Choosing, working with and evaluating newspaper editors. Adviser & Staff magazine. Winter 1991.

“Use But Don’t Abuse.” A story about the need for good taste in typography and design and how to accomplish it with desktop publishing equipment. Hooray For High School Journalism. May 1989.

Consultant. Newspaper Designer’s Handbook. By Tim Harrower, graphic designer for The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Summer 1989.

Trends’ panel of experts. 1987–1988.

“Graphic Design Fundamentals.” Portland Public Schools Computer Specialists, Retreat publication. March 4– 5, 1988.

The Headliner. Editor, 1984 to 1988. The newsletter was published 4–6 times a year.

“South Eugene yearbook wins NSPA Pacemaker.” The Headliner, OJEA. Fall 1987.

“Television program available for cost of postage, videotape.” The Headliner, OJEA. January/February 1987.

 “Recruiting: There are several effective techniques for attracting students to your program.” The Headliner, OJEA. January/February 1987.

“New journalism certification requirements change beginning in January.” The Headliner, OJEA. November/ December 1986.

“New stylebook set for April delivery.” The Headliner, OJEA. Winter 1985.

“OJEA organizes successful press conference.” The Headliner, OJEA. Winter 1985.

“Producing the Audio-Visual Yearbook.” Communication: Journalism Education Today, Journalism Education Association. Winter 1984.

“Survey analyzes audience for ads, stories.” The Headliner, OJEA. Winter 1984.

“Venice.” A photograph used as a chapter opening illustration in Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich’s social studies textbook series. 1984.

“Yearbook notebook: here is some practical advice on getting started.” Headliner, OJEA. Fall 1982.

“More than 20 ideas to improve your school newspaper.” Headliner, OJEA. Fall 1982.

“Save money by doing your own bulk mailing.” The Journalist, Oregon Scholastic Press. Spring 1982.

“Organize your staff with a production stylebook.” Communication: Journalism Education Today, Journalism Education Association. Winter 1981.

“Creating an inexpensive sports magazine.” School Press Review, Columbia Scholastic Press Association. October 1981.

“Oregon adviser finds JEA seminar ‘just great’,” The Journalist, Oregon Scholastic Press. November/ December 1980.

“The Return of the College Yearbook.” Scholastic Editor, National Scholastic Press Association. November 1976.

Photography since 1968.

Traveled throughout Europe June–August 1973. Visited England, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and Morocco, North Africa.

Speaker at journalism workshops and conventions in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Washington D.C.

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