1. CURRENTLY: Conducting research for a PhD in Media Studies at the University of Oregon, School
of Journalism and Communication; expected graduation 2016.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
• Wrote award-winning newspaper series that helped pass a new child abuse prevention law.
• Launched, as part of a small team, a new MFA program in Aqaba, Jordan for filmmakers from the
MENA region. Accredited 2011.
• Directed feature films in Russia, India, and Peru, with local crews, on time and within budget.
• Created the post-production department at Concorde-Anois, a new independent film studio in
County Galway, Ireland.
• Created an Arts in Education pilot program for 4th and 5th graders.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Teaching
INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD and GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOW, University of Oregon, School of
Journalism and Communication, 2011 – 2015
Reporting I, Multimedia journalism, writing, photojournalism, video, PSA’s, designing magazine
covers and spreads, website creation, using Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, InDesign, and Wordpress.
LECTURER, ADMINISTRATOR, Red Sea Institute of Cinematic Arts, MFA program,
Aqaba, Jordan, 2009-2011. Taught Directing, Editing, and team-taught Production Workshops.
Co-assistant Dean for Student Affairs. Member curriculum development committee.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, LANE ARTS COUNCIL, 2012 - 2013
Created an Arts in Education program for 4th and 5th graders, from low-to-mid SES. Using iPads,
students made short live-action and animated videos for an anti-bullying campaign; a group
project, What Is Community?; documentation of physics experiments, and original plays based on
American historical events. Grant-funded.
TEACHING ASSISTANT, University of Missouri, 2004.
“Social Perspectives on Women, Race and Class.”
Journalism
REPORTER:
Gazette-Times daily newspaper, Corvallis, Ore., 2006-2007.
Public safety, police and courts, investigative and features.
FEATURE and INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER; PAGE DESIGN and LAYOUT:
News-Guard weekly newspaper, Lincoln City, Ore., 2008-2009.
General assignment, arts, crime, science, business and health.
Journalism Awards
First place, Investigative Reporting, from the Society of Professional Journalists Northwest, for
“Karly’s Nightmare” 2007.
First place, Science Reporting, from SPJ Northwest for “Four Days Aboard the Wecoma,” 2008.
Third place, Comprehensive Coverage, from SPJ Northwest for “CHIP,” 2008.
Gwyneth Gibby
Ph: 541-954-9711 email: gibby@uoregon.edu 1730 Adkins St. #3, Eugene, OR 97401

2. Gwyneth Gibby
Ph: 541-954-9711 email: gibby@uoregon.edu 1730 Adkins St. #3, Eugene, OR 97401
Nonprofits
MEDICAL MISSION TO ETHIOPIA, 2009 – TEAM MEMBER
Assisted medical personnel to treat people in a remote area.
BACKPACKS FOR KIDS, 2008-2009 – VOLUNTEER
Filled backpacks weekly with food for hungry elementary school kids. Funded by donations.
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION – VOLUNTEER, 2003.
Film and Television
DIRECTOR, Feature films:
Nightfall, Sci-fi Channel, filmed in India, 2000
Volcano Run, Cinemax, filmed in Peru, 1997
Prince of Darkness, Showtime, filmed at Mosfilm Studio in Moscow, 1996
DIRECTOR,Television:
Black Scorpion Returns, Sci-fi Channel, 2001
The Phantom Eye: Halloween Special, mini-series, American Movie Classics, 1999
Three episodes of The Black Scorpion TV series, Sci-fi Channel, 1998
WRITER, Feature films:
Nightfall, co-writer, Sci-fi Channel, 2000
Volcano Run, co-writer, Cinemax, 1997
EDITOR, Feature films 1993-2000
Concorde-New Horizons, 1995-2000
Iguana Films, 1993-1995
STORY CONSULTANT:
Murder in Small Town X, Fox Network, 2001
Nashville Star, USA Network, 2003
POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR:
Post-production supervisor, Concorde Anois Studio, Galway, Ireland, 1996 and 1998
WORK EXPERIENCE cont:
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
PhD student, 2011 to 2016 (expected). Dissertation topic: “A New Kind of Reading: Narrative in
Multimodal Online News.”
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
MA Journalism, 2006
Master’s project: Investigative story, “Wife Without Parole,” on the wrongful conviction and death
sentence of Faye Copeland, for murders her husband committed.
COLLEGE OF ST. CATHERINE
BA Russian Area Studies, 1984
SOFTWARE:
• Adobe Creative Suite: Premiere, Photoshop, InDesign
• Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• SPSS
• Wordpress
• Final Cut Pro X