Les Rose

M.A. Broadcasting

Les Rose is perusing his Masters in Mass Communications, Broadcast Journalism. He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and grew up in Melbourne, Florida. He received his Bachelor of Science-Mass Communications at the University of South Florida, which is located in Tampa Florida. Rose chose the College of Journalism and his specified program because Professor Nancy Mitchell made his decision that UNL was for him: she is as patient as she is kind. Also, Les' father and brother were both UNL graduates, plus UNL has a great online program for Journalists. It allowed him to get the Masters degree he always wanted, in the field he works in and loves. Currently, Rose is a photojournalist for the CBS News bureau in Los Angeles. His television career started in 1978. Prior to joining the L.A. bureau in 1997, He worked 13 years at KCBS and from 1984-1986 he was with NBC News, He has also worked in Miami as a freelancer, shot for WFLA (Tampa),  KTVI (St. Louis), and WTSP (St. Petersburg). His assignments are for CBS Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, and The CBS Early Show. For almost six years he was the photojournalist for the "Everybody Has a Story" series with Steve Hartman, and together they produced more than 125 stories found completely at random. They are currently working together on the "Assignment America" series whenever Steve is west of the Rockies. Major stories that Les has covered include, 9/11 in Shankesville, Pennsylvania (on that day) and then NYC. Others include the Cerritos Air disaster, the Civil Wars of Nicaragua and El Salvador for NBC News, the Northridge Earthquake, the Nagano Olympics, OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson trials, a hostage release in Wiesbaden, West Germany, the Malibu Fires, political conventions, multiple hurricanes, Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, major sports events and countless celebrity interviews.  He recently spent 10 days on the trail with Barack Obama as the pool videographer. Les has a profound love for teaching and is a frequent lecturer. A partial list of his key notes and workshops include: visiting faculty yearly at The Poynter Institute, the N.P.P.A. Video Workshop, the Hawaii Association of Broadcasters, Global Television in Calgary and Edmonton, Icelandic State Television, the University of South Florida, F.S.P.A., WTSP-TV, WPBF-TV, the I.R.E., the RTNDA with Al Tompkins, the Student Television Network, the Broward Teen Network, and the Missouri, New Mexico, West Virginia, and NATOA Broadcasters. Les' awards include a Murrow and a DuPont with Steve Hartman, and nine local Emmys, but would rather brag on his kids. The His goals for post-graduation are to tell great stories for CBS News and to eventually be half as great a teacher as his professors here at UNL! His hobbies include, Rock 'n Roll, movies, hanging out with his family (wife and 2 kids) and his friends...oh yeah, and sitting in LA traffic! Some of his favorite quotes are "Live, Learn, Luck, Laugh, Love," and "The Golden Rule, Rules."