Leading as an Introvert: The Benefits and Risks of Laissez-faire Leadership How Political Leaders Utilize Traditional and Social Media to Market Themselves as Trustworthy and Credible The Abolishment of the Non-Entertaining Programming Requirement and the State of Radio News: Effects on Tennessee's Major Markets Since 1985

Brandon Long is a News Director for the NBC affiliate in in Macon, Georgia. Previously, he worked as an Anchor/Reporter and Anchor/Managing Editor for this station. He moved to Middle Georgia in 2004 from Tennessee after working in newsrooms at WPTY/WLMT-TV in Memphis and WBIR-TV in Knoxville. 

He graduated from The University of Tennessee with a B.S. in Communication and studied television news and political science, and an M.A. in Communication Arts from Austin Peay State University with focused coursework in Media Management, Marketing Communications, and Corporate Communications. He has been active in a number of professional and community organizations, including Radio-Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. 


Favorite Quote: "One who beareth the torch, shadoweth oneself to give light to others." The Torchbearer Creed 

Articles:

• Leading as an Introvert: The Benefits and Risks of Laissez-faire Leadership

• How Political Leaders Utilize Traditional and Social Media to Market Themselves as Trustworthy and Credible

• The Abolishment of the Non-Entertaining Programming Requirement and the State of Radio News: Effects on Tennessee's Major Markets Since 1985