John Adam Wickliffe
John Adam Wickliffe (born May 20 1978) is a print and online journalist at The Greenville News and Link magazine in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. He was also host of the political-talk radio show The Thursday Show at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA. The show has since discontinued and a new Internet-based podcast called The Hamilton Democracy is hosted by Wickliffe.
The Greenville News is the largest-circulation newspaper in the Upstate of South Carolina. He is the multimedia producer for The Greenville News. Wickliffe is also the lead designer and developer for WickliffeDotNet Media, a small marketing, Web and public relations company in Greer, South Carolina, USA.
Biography
Born in Anderson, S.C., Wickliffe studied Computer Information Systems and Professional Communication at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
In 1997, he became the online editor at The Tiger, Clemson University's student newspaper - a first foray into journalism.
In 2000, he moved up to assistant news editor at The Tiger and graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems.
In 2001, in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon, Wickliffe created The Thursday Show as an outlet for community members to voice their political views on the air. The show was predominantly liberal and is challenged by the conservative establishment at the University and Upstate.
Following President George W. Bush's declaration of preemptive warfare on Iraq, Wickliffe helped organize two anti-war rallies on the Clemson University campus in 2003. He also participated in a major anti-war rally in New York City the day before the invasion of Iraq by the United States. The same year he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Professional Communication from Clemson University and began working at The Greenville News.
In mid-2006, Wickliffe, in conjunction with several former Thursday Show panelists, created The Hamilton Democracy, a politics-oriented podcast updated on usually a weekly basis.
Is a respected member of the Upstate Hash House Harriers.
Publications
- Wickliffe, John Adam. "A Microprocessed Approach: Improving the Multimedia Authoring Design Process for Practical Use". Unpublished. December 2003. (Master's paper/unpublished)
- Hilligoss, Susan, John Adam Wickliffe, et al. “As I Learn from You/I Guess You Learn from Me: Students Design a CCCC Program Cover.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY, March 20 2003.
- Wickliffe, John Adam. “Online News and the Power of Ethos to Influence Credibility.” English Graduate Student Association Annual Conference, University of North Carolina–Charlotte. Charlotte, NC, April 20 2002.