IRUENE, Chief (Dn) Fortune Ibifubara

B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D; lecturer, administrator, b: August 27, 1955; p: Ogu; ht: Ogu; Iga: Ogu/Bolo;so: ,T Rivers,married; nc: two s, two d; ed: HolyTrinity Anglican School,Choba; Baptist HighSchool,Port Harcourt; UniversityofMiami,USA;University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria; cr: General Manager, WCCR Radio, Miami, ' Florida, USA, 1981;Ag.Gen.Manager, RiversStateTelevision, Port Harcourt, 1988-89; HeadofNews and CurrentAffairs, 1986-91; HeadofCorporate •Affairs,1992-96;HeadofAdministration, 1997-98;ControllerAdministration, 1998; ManagerAdministration', Rivers StateTelevision,PortHarcourt, 1998- 01;Ag-Gen. Manager, 1999-2000;Deputy Dir, Administration,2001-05; Lecturer, MassCommunicationDept, RiversStateUniversityofScience and Technology, Nkpolu, Port Harcourt, since 2005; Produced and Hosted "Rostrum",aCurrentAffairsand PublicEnlightenmentProgramme on Rivers State Television; publ: Challenges and Response of the Nigerian Mass Media in GlobalCommunication in Nigerian Business Review, 2003;The Relevance of the Media in a Democratic System, Nigerian Journal of ManagementSciences,2003;AThematicAnalysisofthe ImpactofAdvertising onthePurchasing Habits ofNon-Intoxicant Beverages Consumers: TheCase ofVegfruFruit Drint; tt: Chiefofbuene, ChieftaincyWarCanoeHouse, Ogu in Ogu/Bolo LGA of Rivers State, 2008; sc: Founding President, Zenith Club ofOgu; FoundingSec, Rivers Students Union, Miami, Florida, USA; hob: jogging, exercise(body fitness), reading and browsingtheinternet off: Dept. of Mass,Communication, Rivers State University of…