He advises Wartburg’s student newspaper and the student news website. His research interests center on Web journalism and media convergence. Brockman has thirty-three years experience in broadcast journalism as a reporter, assignment editor, producer, and news director in both TV and radio. He received his master’s of art in journalism from the University of Iowa and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Iowa State University. Brockman is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Jack Shelley Award, the highest honor an Iowa broadcast journalist can receive.