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Pratte, Paul Alfred

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1938-

Biographical History

Paul Alfred Pratte (born 1938) is a retired journalism professor in Utah.

Paul Alfred "Alf" Pratte was born in 1938 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He received his BA in journalism from Brigham Young University in 1962. He initially took various jobs as a writer for Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, and Provo Daily Herald, then moved to Hawaii and worked as a reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. He received his master's degree from BYU in 1967 and began a Hawaiian statewide Latter-day Saint newspaper called Hawaii Record-Bulletin, which remained in print for 25 years. Pratte taught part-time at Hawaii Pacific College, the University of Hawaii where he received his PhD in American Studies in 1976. He then taught at Kapiolani College in Hawaii, Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, and finally taught journalism at BYU in Utah for 19 years, with a focus on media history and newspaper and magazine writing. Pratte served as president of the American Journalism Historians Association from 1994-1995. He retired from Brigham Young University in 2003 and moved back to Hawaii to help edit, compile and contribute as an author to the 50-year history of BYU-Hawaii.

Citation:
Gods within the machine, 1995: CIP t.p. (Paul Alfred Pratte)

BYU-Hawaii, 2015: ecip title page (Alf Pratte) ecip data view (Pratte, Paul Alf; born June 6, 1938)

OCLC usage (Pratte, Paul Alfred; Pratte, Paul Alfred, 1938-)

BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications, website viewed May 28, 2015 (Paul Alfred Pratte; Dr. Paul Alfred "Alf" Pratte; emeritus professor of journalism at Brigham Young University; taught journalism at BYU for nearly 20 years with focus on media history and newpaper and magazine writing; BA, journalism, Brigham Young University; initially took various jobs as a writer for Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, and Provo Daily Herald, then moved to Hawaii and worked as a reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin; while in Hawaii received MA, BYU, 1967; began a Hawaiian statewide LDS newspaper called Hawaii Record-Bulletin which remained in print for 25 years; PhD, American Studies, University of Hawaii; taught at Kapiolani College in Hawaii, Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, then 20 years as professor at Brigham Young University; retired from BYU in June, 2003; moved back to Hawaii to help compile, edit, and partially author a report on the 50-year history of BYU-Hawaii; former president of the American Journalism Historians Association)

Prabook, via WWW, June 17, 2021 (born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)

BYU School of Communications, via WWW, June 17, 2021 (He received his BA in journalism from Brigham Young University in 1962)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

American Journalism Historians Association administrative records, 1981-2019

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2138 Series 1
Scope and Contents American Journalism Historians Association administrative records, including records collected and created by various presidents, and several files created or collected by Alf Pratte. Records include correspondence, committee reports, constitutions and by-laws, financial records, book review edits, notes, and membership lists. The majority of the records deal with convention planning, and include materials such as schedules, fliers, calls for papers, reports, session evaluations, and...
Dates: 1981-2019