Crystal McMorris, Delta College
CCN Faculty Champion
Center for Community News
BIO
Crystal McMorris is the coordinator of the journalism program at Delta College in Michigan. She also is advisor for the award-winning Delta Collegiate student media, facilitating print, web, social media, video and audio productions. McMorris, professor of English, teaches news writing, mass media, and media literacy courses, as well as English composition. She is past president of the Michigan Community College Press Association and has served as vice president of the Community College Journalism Association. She believes that reliable community-based journalism is essential for a functional democracy, and has begun partnering with the college’s public radio station to expand the reach of her students’ journalism.
McMorris holds an associate’s degree in graphic design from Muskegon Community College, a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Central Michigan University, and a master’s degree in composition and communication from CMU. Before joining academia in 2009, McMorris was an award-winning columnist and crime reporter for a daily local newspaper in Michigan.
When not teaching or advising student media, McMorris enjoys rock-hunting and berry-picking on her camp site on Lake Superior, growing tomatoes and flowers in her garden, and hanging out with her husband, Mike, and their three dogs.
Bio
Crystal McMorris is the coordinator of the journalism program at Delta College in Michigan. She also is advisor for the award-winning Delta Collegiate student media, facilitating print, web, social media, video and audio productions. McMorris, professor of English, teaches news writing, mass media, and media literacy courses, as well as English composition. She is past president of the Michigan Community College Press Association and has served as vice president of the Community College Journalism Association. She believes that reliable community-based journalism is essential for a functional democracy, and has begun partnering with the college’s public radio station to expand the reach of her students’ journalism.
McMorris holds an associate’s degree in graphic design from Muskegon Community College, a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Central Michigan University, and a master’s degree in composition and communication from CMU. Before joining academia in 2009, McMorris was an award-winning columnist and crime reporter for a daily local newspaper in Michigan.
When not teaching or advising student media, McMorris enjoys rock-hunting and berry-picking on her camp site on Lake Superior, growing tomatoes and flowers in her garden, and hanging out with her husband, Mike, and their three dogs.