Steven Hallock, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Contact Information
- Email: shallock@pointpark.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Journalism, Ohio University
- M.A., Journalism, Point Park University
- B.S., Journalism, University of Colorado
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Mass Communication
- Copywriting and Editing
- Basic News Writing Skills
- Journalistic Style
- Public Opinion and the News Media
- Arts Criticism
- Mass Communication History
- Media Ethics
- Applied Mass Communication Research Methods
- Communication Theory
- Opinion Writing
Background
Steve Hallock, Ph.D., joined the faculty in the fall of 2007 following a two-year stint as an assistant professor of journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
His newspaper experience of nearly 25 years includes national and regional award-winning editorial and column writing for daily newspapers in the West, supervisory positions as editor of two daily newspapers in Ohio and features editor at daily newspapers in Oklahoma and New Mexico, and reporting positions on beats ranging from local government and education to sports and features. He also has been a book reviewer, published short stories in literary magazines, and was a full-time jazz critic in Phoenix.
Hallock has published extensively during his academic career, with columns appearing on op-ed pages in newspapers that include The New York Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Philadelphia Inquirer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dayton Daily News and Denver Post. He also has published in scholarly newspaper journals.
He and his wife, Joanne, a paralegal at a downtown Pittsburgh law firm, live in Mount Lebanon.
Selected Publications
- Black Lives Matter and the Press: How Major U.S. Newspapers Covered Police Brutality Against African Americans, from Rodney King to George Floyd
-
A History of the American Civil Rights Movement Through Newspaper Coverage: The Race Agenda, Volume I and II (Mediating American History)
- Some of Doc's Blues
- Lights Out, producer, staged by Pittsburgh Playwrights
- Editorial and Opinion: The Dwindling Marketplace of Ideas in Today's News
- Reporters Who Made History: Great American Journalists on the Issues and Crises of the Late 20th Century
- The Press March to War: Newspapers Set the Stage for Military Intervention in Post-World War II America
- In Cheesman Park
- Justice Delayed: The Catherine Janet Walsh Story
- The Silent Treatment
Research Interest
- Media effects on politics and society
Point Park Features
- "Journalism Professor Authors Eighth Book," Point Park University website, Nov. 19, 2018.
- "Steve Hallock Authors 'Justice Delayed,'" Point Park University website, July 24, 2015.
- "Steve Hallock's Essay in Journalism Review, Book Featured at Conference," Point Park University website, July 11, 2012.
- "School of Communication Director Authors 'The Press March to War'," Point Park University website, May 3, 2012.
- "School Director's Op-Ed in Post-Gazette," Point Park University website, Jan. 19, 2012.
- "Professor's Op-Ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer," Point Park University website, Sept. 6, 2011.
- "Professor Hallock Spotlights Great Journalists for New Book," Point Park University website, Jan. 17, 2010.
In the News
- "The standoff between owners and journalists that's eviscerating Pittsburgh's biggest newspaper," The Washington Post, June 16, 2020.
- "Justice Delayed: The Catherine Janet Walsh Story," 90.5 WESA-FM, Dec. 9, 2015.
- "The Next Page: 'Justice Delayed: The Catherine Janet Walsh Story,'" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 20, 2015.
- "Panhandling in Pittsburgh: Bruce Kraus' Proposed Ordinance Would be Unconstitutional," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 20, 2014.
- "Point Park Director Writes Book about Friend's Crime," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 16, 2014.
- "'In Cheesman Park': A Memoir of Knowing Evil," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 28, 2013.
- "Author's Book Recounts the After-Effects of a Rape in the Heyday of Peace-and-Love," Pittsburgh City Paper, Dec. 11, 2013.
- "Sleepy Watchdogs in the Run-Up to War," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 16, 2012.