The Journalists-in-Residence for Spring 2006 were Anthony Wilson, Dina Temple-Raston, Rolando Santos and Rob Clark.

Anthony Wilson. Anthony Wilson has been the managing editor of the San Angelo Standard-Times, a Scripps Howard newspaper, since May 2004. He previously worked 13 years for another Scripps newspaper, The A bilene Reporter-News, as an editor and reporter, covering stories ranging from the impact of the Oklahoma City bombing on some of its downtown residents to the first execution in Abilene in decades to the investigation of a corrupt prison guard to a season-long look at a Little League baseball team. (The latter was 240 inches long -- the longest story to ever appear in the Abilene newspaper. Wilson bragged that it read like only 180. It won a Katie Award from the Dallas Press Club.)

Wilson 's first job was as a reporter with the Palestine Herald-Press. He graduated from Texas A&M University with a journalism degree in 1989. During his time at A&M, he worked for The Battalion as a reporter, sports writer, sports editor, opinion page editor and city editor.

He serves on the board of the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors.

Class Handouts from Anthony Wilson

Dina Temple-Raston . Dina Temple-Raston, author of A Death in Texas: A story of Race, Murder and a Small Town’s Struggle for Redemption (about the Jasper dragging death) and Justice on the Grass : Three Rwandan Journalists, Their Trial for War Crimes and a Nation's Quest for Redemption, has a diverse resume, with experience ranging from reporting for Asiaweek Magazine and being Hong Kong-China correspondent for Bloomberg News, to acting as an economics and energy correspondent for USA Today, producer for CNNfn and City Hall Bureau Chief for The New York Sun. She is a member of the Overseas Press Club, Council on Foreign Relations, White House Correspondents Association and the National Press Club. She is currently completing a Master's Degree in Arabic Language and Islamic studies at Columbia University. (Spring 2006)

Class Handouts from Dina Temple-Raston

Rolando Santos.  Rolando Santos serves as senior vice president, international relations, for CNN International. In this role, he is responsible for developing future CNN services and partnerships across the globe.

Before assuming his current duties, Santos was executive vice president and general manager of Headline News, shaping its development and operations since 2002. Prior to that, he was president of CNN en Español, CNN’s 24-hour Spanish-language news network, where he oversaw all daily operations and editorial content of CNN en Espafiol and CNNRadio Noticias. He played a significant role in the development and launch of new international news networks such as CNN+ and CNN Turk. He also supervised CNNenEspanol.com, the Spanish-language Web site, and CNN.com.br, the Portuguese-language site. Additionally, Santos oversaw the Spanish-language newsgathering operations, including a fully bilingual staff in Atlanta, a worldwide network of Spanish-speaking correspondents and eight full-service bureaus in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires, Jerusalem, London and Mexico City.

Santos joined CNN in 1993, first as executive producer and then as director of CNN Spanish and special programming, which produced Noticiero CNN Internacional. In 1996, he was promoted to vice president of CNN en Español and special projects. The following year, Santos was promoted to executive vice president of CNN en Español and then to president.

Before joining CNN permanently, Santos was executive producer for network news for Telemundo and the liaison between Telemundo and CNN for their jointly produced network newscasts. Before this, he was news director at KVEA Channel 52, a Telemundo-owned and operated station in Los Angeles. In this position, he oversaw international news coverage for the Telemundo news stations throughout the United States. During his tenure, the station won the 1992 Emmy Award for Best Newscast, marking the first time a Spanish-language newscast had won such an award.

Before joining KVEA, Santos worked for KTTV-FOX News, also in Los Angeles, as assistant news director, where his duties included managing the daily editorial process, story selection and content of the newscast, while overseeing a 91-person staff. During his career, Santos has held the posts of news anchor, reporter, bureau chief and producer in at a number of stations, including KPIX-TV in San Francisco, KSL-TV in Salt Lake City and KMOL-TV in San Antonio.

Born in Eagle Pass, Texas, Santos is fluent in Spanish. Hispanic Magazine recently named Santos one of the most influential Hispanics in the United States. He is a former winner of a UPI regional award in the category of Best Writing and has received numerous other awards for live reporting.

He earned a bachelor of arts in journalism from the Texas A&M University.

Class Handouts from Rolando Santos

Rob Clark. Rob Clark is the editor-in-chief of Quick, the weekday news tab published by The Dallas Morning News that targets 18-34 year-olds. He has been with Quick since its beginnings in November 2003. Before that, he was the editor of Guide, the Morning News' weekend entertainment section. He's also a music writer, covering pop, rap and soul music. Rob came to the Morning News in 1999, after serving as features and entertainment editor at the Bryan-College Station Eagle. He is a 1996 graduate of Texas A&M University, where he earned a journalism degree. He served as editor in chief of The Battalion in Fall 1995.

Class Handouts from Rob Clark