Background
Lynch, Bob Robert Wayne Jr. was born on April 15, 1964 in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert W. Lynch and Donna (Falcon) Smith.
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Bob Robert Wayne Jr. Lynch
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Bachelor in Journalism, Marquette U., 1998; certified Russian studies, St. Petersburg State University, Russia, 1995.
Career
Reporter, The Muskegon (Michigan) Chronicle, 1979; freelance reporter, photographer, The Daily Press and Bayfield County Press, Ashland and Washburn, Wisconsin, 1979-1982; reporter, photographer, copy editor, typesetter, The University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee Post, 1982-1984; editor, The Railsplitter, Milwaukee, 1985-1988; suburban vitals reporter, metro secretary, classified assistant, Milwaukee Journal, 1986-1988; editing, graphics and design intern, various newspapers, 1990-1992; news and copy editor, Los Angeles Times, 1992-1995; copy editor, Arizona Republican/Phoenix Gazette, Phoenix, 1996; deputy international editor, Houston Chronicle, 1996-1997. Faculty Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1996-1997.
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Volunteer facilitator HATCH-gay youth group, Houston, 1997. Volunteer mentor Los Angeles Times-Youth Jobs Training Program, 1993. Volunteer speakers bureau Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., 1996.
Volunteer summer journalism institute Walter Cronkite Sch.Journalism and Telecom., Arizona State University, Phoenix, 1996. First lieutenant United States Army Reserve, 1985-1997. Member American Society Newspaper Editors (instructor 1997), Society Newspaper Design Foundation (charter sustaining), Nebraska Press Association (judge 1996), University Interscholastic League (judge 1997), Native American Journalists Association (board directors 1997-1998, instructor 1995-1997), Association Collegiate Press (instructor, judge 1993-1997), National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (regional board directors 1993-1994), Sigma Delta Chi Society Professional Journalists (charter chapter secretary 1984).
