RANDY COVINGTON
DIRECTOR OF IFRA NEWSPLEX SOUTH CAROLINA

Randy Covington is a lecturer in the USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications, where he teaches classes in new media as well as ethics.

For Ifra, he serves as a professional trainer and consultant, working with media houses such as the Guardian Group in the UK, Impresa in Portugal, de Volkskrant in the Netherlands and Radio Free Europe in Prague.

Covington worked in local television news in the U.S. for 27 years, serving in management positions with television stations in Houston, Louisville, Boston, Philadelphia and Columbia, S.C.

His honors include a duPont Columbia Citation, an Ohio State Award and four Emmys. In 1997, RTNDA/Carolinas recognized him as its news director of the year.

Covington started his career in print with newspapers in his home state of Indiana. He also has worked as a newswriter for the Associated Press and in radio.

Randy Covington

Ifra Newsplex
SCETV
1041 George Rogers Blvd.
Phone: 803.447.6886
Fax: 209.254.5862