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Interview no. | R-0845 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.43. Special Research Projects: NewStories |
Project description | NewStories, begun in 2012, is an ongoing project of the UNC School of Media and Journalism. Interviews are conducted by students enrolled in media history coursework under the direction of Dr. Barbara Friedman. The series explores the life experiences of North Carolina media workers, whose career fields include print and broadcast news, photojournalism, web journalism, public relations, marketing, advertising and education. Included is a series of interviews with inductees of the North Carolina Halls of Fame. The interviews are biographical in nature, yet some concentrate on particular events or periods within the lifetime of the respondent. |
Date | 30 October 2013 |
Interviewee | Casada, Jim. |
Interviewee occupation |
Journalists Authors |
Interviewee DOB | Undisclosed |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Teller, Alexander. |
Abstract | Growing up in the mountains of North Carolina, as a boy Jim Casada developed a passion for the outdoors. Whether he was shouldering his squirrel gun in the fall or picking his way along small trout streams in the spring, Casada could always be found outside. A man with a deep respect for the earth and the creatures that roam it, Casada began writing about his experiences early on in an effort to share them with others and preserve them in his own memory. His professional writing career, however, developed in earnest only after a career as a college history professor. Casada earned a B.A. in history from Tennessee’s Bristol College, an M.A. in British history from Virginia Tech, followed by a Ph.D. in British history from Vanderbilt. He taught history at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C, for more than 20 years. In 1983, he received the Distinguished Professor award, the highest honor awarded by the institution. At Winthrop, Casada channeled his love for the outdoors into sports; he founded the men’s soccer team and served as head coach for 12 years. In February 2014, Casada was inducted into the Winthrop Athletics Hall of Fame. Since leaving Winthrop in the mid-1990s, Casada has written more than 3,000 newspaper and magazine articles, authored numerous books and served as editor of several outdoor magazines and as president of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. With this work, he has become a leading scholar on the history of “sport” and earned the admiration of peers in the industry. His name has become synonymous with quality outdoor journalism and literature in the South. |
Citation | Interview with Jim Casada by Alexander Teller, 30 October 2013 R-0845, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0845_Audio |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.43. Special Research Projects: NewStories |
Project description | NewStories, begun in 2012, is an ongoing project of the UNC School of Media and Journalism. Interviews are conducted by students enrolled in media history coursework under the direction of Dr. Barbara Friedman. The series explores the life experiences of North Carolina media workers, whose career fields include print and broadcast news, photojournalism, web journalism, public relations, marketing, advertising and education. Included is a series of interviews with inductees of the North Carolina Halls of Fame. The interviews are biographical in nature, yet some concentrate on particular events or periods within the lifetime of the respondent. |
Date | 30 October 2013 |
Interviewee | Casada, Jim. |
Interviewee occupation |
Journalists Authors |
Interviewee DOB | Undisclosed |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Teller, Alexander. |
Abstract | Growing up in the mountains of North Carolina, as a boy Jim Casada developed a passion for the outdoors. Whether he was shouldering his squirrel gun in the fall or picking his way along small trout streams in the spring, Casada could always be found outside. A man with a deep respect for the earth and the creatures that roam it, Casada began writing about his experiences early on in an effort to share them with others and preserve them in his own memory. His professional writing career, however, developed in earnest only after a career as a college history professor. Casada earned a B.A. in history from Tennessee’s Bristol College, an M.A. in British history from Virginia Tech, followed by a Ph.D. in British history from Vanderbilt. He taught history at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C, for more than 20 years. In 1983, he received the Distinguished Professor award, the highest honor awarded by the institution. At Winthrop, Casada channeled his love for the outdoors into sports; he founded the men’s soccer team and served as head coach for 12 years. In February 2014, Casada was inducted into the Winthrop Athletics Hall of Fame. Since leaving Winthrop in the mid-1990s, Casada has written more than 3,000 newspaper and magazine articles, authored numerous books and served as editor of several outdoor magazines and as president of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. With this work, he has become a leading scholar on the history of “sport” and earned the admiration of peers in the industry. His name has become synonymous with quality outdoor journalism and literature in the South. |
Citation | Interview with Jim Casada by Alexander Teller, 30 October 2013 R-0845, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |