Tom Clanin
Tom Clanin is a communications professor at California State University, Fullerton. He joined the faculty as a full-time instructor in 1998. He holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in communications and an associate of arts degree in mathematics.

Clanin worked in journalism for more than 25 years as a photographer, reporter and editor. Most recently he was part of the Business Section team at the Orange County Register, where he handled editing and page design. Prior to joining the Register, he was news editor of the Orange Coast Daily Pilot.

Clanin also has worked as newsroom consultant/writing coach for publications.

His work in journalism has been honored by the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the Society for News Design, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the Orange County Press Club and the Pacific Coast Press Club. In addition, he was named the 2008 Educator of the Year for four-year colleges by the California Journalism Education Association, and he received CSUF Communications Department's Outstanding Part-time Faculty Member award in 1998. 

Clanin is past president of the Society of Professional Journalists Greater Los Angeles Chapter. Currently serves on the Greater LA and Orange County SPJ boards. He is also a member of Kappa Tau Alpha, the national honor society in journalism and mass communications.

Clanin is co-author of the college textbooks, "Copy Editors’ Handbook for Newspapers," published by Morton Publishing Co., now in its third edition; and "News Writing in a Multimedia World," published by Kendall-Hunt.

He is also a fellow of the American Society of Newspaper Editors Institute for Journalism Excellence.

Photo: Clanin at the Emperor's summer place outside Beijing, China