Eric Gormly, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of North Texas, where he teaches television news and media criticism courses and conducts research in the area of religion in media and culture. He is a former major market television news reporter who also has extensive experience as an anchor, editor, videographer and producer. Gormly has taught a range of broadcast news and mass communication courses at the University of Nevada-Reno, Trinity University in San Antonio, The University of Texas at Austin, and Arizona State University.