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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
31 years as a professional editor, writer, news reporter, photographer
and columnist for various publications.
12 years as a public affairs officer (public relations) for various Air
Force units.
JOB HISTORY
2007-present: Various editing positions, Sport Fishing magazine.
2007-present: Weekly columnist for Florida Fishing Weekly
2006-2007: Syndicated weekly columnist for the Stephens Media chain
of newspapers and other newspapers across Arkansas.
2004-2007: Outdoors columnist for Baton Rouge Journal.
2004-present: Outdoors columnist for Acadiana Profile magazine.
1977-present: Freelance writer and photographer with more than 1,000
byline articles in more than 80 magazines including Outdoor Life, Field
and Stream, Sports Afield, North American Fisherman, Bassmaster, and
other publications.
2005-06: Columnist, reporter, photographer for Magie Newspapers
1998-2005: Outdoors editor for the Lake Charles, La. American Press
daily newspaper. Designed and edited two pages weekly to include
standing columns, news, features, briefs and photos and an outdoors
calendar.
1998-2005: Syndicated columnist for other Louisiana newspapers.
1996-1997: Outdoors editor, columnist, assistant news editor, feature
writer, sports writer, photographer for the Hammond, La. Daily Star.
Designed and edited 6-8 pages daily. Wrote and edited a weekly
outdoors page.
1984-96: Air Force public affairs officer, commander at various units.
Directed community and media relations and internal communications
for units. Honorably discharged as a captain (September 1996). Last
assignment: Commander, Detachment 3, Air Force Pacific Broadcasting
Squadron, managed daily operation of eight military radio stations and a
television station in Korea.
1981-84: Outdoors editor, sports writer, columnist for Lafayette, La.
Daily Advertiser. Prepared a full page each week and two annual
supplements.
1977-1980: Beginning at age 16, outdoors columnist for the Slidell, La.
Daily Times. Wrote a weekly column plus 2-5 outdoors features each
week.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Outdoor Writers Association of America, Southeastern Outdoor Press
Association, Professional Outdoor Media Association
SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Publish about 100 to 150 magazine articles and numerous newspaper
articles each year.
Hosted “John Felsher Outdoors,” a 1-hour outdoors news/talk radio
show on KLCL 1470-AM and KJEF 1290-AM in Louisiana from 1998-2000
and again from 2002-04.
Hosted “Outdoors with John Felsher” on KPLC, NBC-Affiliate TV station
in Lake Charles in 2003.
Managed the Air Scoop, named best all around newspaper in Military
Airlift Command in 1991 and best special edition for Desert Storm,
beating 25 other military publications. It also took five other Air Force-
level awards.
Served five years as a board member for the Southeastern Outdoor
Press Association.
Served as the on-site conference chairman for SEOPA and as a
community committee member when the SEOPA conference was held in
Lake Charles in 2000.
Created the American Press Youth Essay Contest, served as judge and
obtained a free hunting trip as a prize for the winner.
AWARDS:
Named 2004 Louisiana Wildlife Federation Conservation Communicator
of the Year
Named 2002 Ducks Unlimited Southern Conservation Writer of the Year.
Won numerous writing and photography awards from various writing
organizations since 1984.
1989 Air Force Systems Command public affairs officer of the year.
ACADEMIC DEGREES:
1992 - Master of Arts in Human Resources, Webster University, St.
Louis, Mo. (About a 3.8 GPA.)
1984 - Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) in English, minors in journalism,
history and aerospace studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana,
Lafayette, La. (About a 3.4 GPA.)
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:
1994 - Graduate of Leadership South Carolina, a nine-month leadership
training and professional development program for community
development.
1991 – Graduate of Leadership Arkansas, a nine-month leadership
training and professional development program for community
development.
1988 - Graduate of Air Force Short Course in Communications,
Oklahoma University, Norman, Okla., 8 hours of master's credit in
communication theory.
1985 - Graduate of Defense Information School, Fort Harrison, Ind.,
intensive 10-week journalism and public relations management course.
31 years as a professional editor, writer, news reporter, photographer
and columnist for various publications.
12 years as a public affairs officer (public relations) for various Air
Force units.
JOB HISTORY
2007-present: Various editing positions, Sport Fishing magazine.
2007-present: Weekly columnist for Florida Fishing Weekly
2006-2007: Syndicated weekly columnist for the Stephens Media chain
of newspapers and other newspapers across Arkansas.
2004-2007: Outdoors columnist for Baton Rouge Journal.
2004-present: Outdoors columnist for Acadiana Profile magazine.
1977-present: Freelance writer and photographer with more than 1,000
byline articles in more than 80 magazines including Outdoor Life, Field
and Stream, Sports Afield, North American Fisherman, Bassmaster, and
other publications.
2005-06: Columnist, reporter, photographer for Magie Newspapers
1998-2005: Outdoors editor for the Lake Charles, La. American Press
daily newspaper. Designed and edited two pages weekly to include
standing columns, news, features, briefs and photos and an outdoors
calendar.
1998-2005: Syndicated columnist for other Louisiana newspapers.
1996-1997: Outdoors editor, columnist, assistant news editor, feature
writer, sports writer, photographer for the Hammond, La. Daily Star.
Designed and edited 6-8 pages daily. Wrote and edited a weekly
outdoors page.
1984-96: Air Force public affairs officer, commander at various units.
Directed community and media relations and internal communications
for units. Honorably discharged as a captain (September 1996). Last
assignment: Commander, Detachment 3, Air Force Pacific Broadcasting
Squadron, managed daily operation of eight military radio stations and a
television station in Korea.
1981-84: Outdoors editor, sports writer, columnist for Lafayette, La.
Daily Advertiser. Prepared a full page each week and two annual
supplements.
1977-1980: Beginning at age 16, outdoors columnist for the Slidell, La.
Daily Times. Wrote a weekly column plus 2-5 outdoors features each
week.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Outdoor Writers Association of America, Southeastern Outdoor Press
Association, Professional Outdoor Media Association
SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Publish about 100 to 150 magazine articles and numerous newspaper
articles each year.
Hosted “John Felsher Outdoors,” a 1-hour outdoors news/talk radio
show on KLCL 1470-AM and KJEF 1290-AM in Louisiana from 1998-2000
and again from 2002-04.
Hosted “Outdoors with John Felsher” on KPLC, NBC-Affiliate TV station
in Lake Charles in 2003.
Managed the Air Scoop, named best all around newspaper in Military
Airlift Command in 1991 and best special edition for Desert Storm,
beating 25 other military publications. It also took five other Air Force-
level awards.
Served five years as a board member for the Southeastern Outdoor
Press Association.
Served as the on-site conference chairman for SEOPA and as a
community committee member when the SEOPA conference was held in
Lake Charles in 2000.
Created the American Press Youth Essay Contest, served as judge and
obtained a free hunting trip as a prize for the winner.
AWARDS:
Named 2004 Louisiana Wildlife Federation Conservation Communicator
of the Year
Named 2002 Ducks Unlimited Southern Conservation Writer of the Year.
Won numerous writing and photography awards from various writing
organizations since 1984.
1989 Air Force Systems Command public affairs officer of the year.
ACADEMIC DEGREES:
1992 - Master of Arts in Human Resources, Webster University, St.
Louis, Mo. (About a 3.8 GPA.)
1984 - Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) in English, minors in journalism,
history and aerospace studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana,
Lafayette, La. (About a 3.4 GPA.)
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION:
1994 - Graduate of Leadership South Carolina, a nine-month leadership
training and professional development program for community
development.
1991 – Graduate of Leadership Arkansas, a nine-month leadership
training and professional development program for community
development.
1988 - Graduate of Air Force Short Course in Communications,
Oklahoma University, Norman, Okla., 8 hours of master's credit in
communication theory.
1985 - Graduate of Defense Information School, Fort Harrison, Ind.,
intensive 10-week journalism and public relations management course.
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