John Stewart Socha

John Stewart Socha is a Spring Grove, Minnesota-based radio broadcaster and journalist who specializes in technology subjects.

Socha, originally working on the air as John Stewart, began his broadcasting career in 1981 was an on-air personality at WTMJ in Milwaukee, and later hosted the "Morning Report" at WOAI in San Antonio, Texas. In 1990, he relocated to Spring Grove, Minnesota to create the company Audio Computer Information, which offered audio and mixed media tutorials for new computer users. He also produced The Radio Computer Magazine, which was syndicated on the Sun Radio Network, and was a guest commentator on high-tech issues for the Business News Network, WBAL radio in Baltimore, and the Australian Triple M Network's weekly "Byte This" program.

Socha also wrote articles on both digital and film photography, using the byline "John Stewart," for eDigitalPhoto and Shutterbug magazines. They can now be found in the Shutterbug web site archives. [ Shutterbug archives [http://www.shutterbug.net] ] [ ACPress.com [http://www.acpress.com/lastpage.html] ] He has also been cited in numerous publications as an expert in high-tech issues. [Hartford Courant [http://www.courant.com/business/hc-ebay0518.artmay18,0,213822.story] ]

More recently, he was station manager for WKBH, a Roman Catholic radio station in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. [ LaCross Tribune coverage [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3652/is_200403/ai_n9383854] ] Socha now produces radio, television and multimedia projects for a number of non-profit organizations, including the Catholic Diocese of LaCrosse and the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe

To date, Socha has produced and narrated 12 audio tutorials, ranging from the 1994 “The DOS Tape” to recent CDs for first-time users of digital cameras and eBay auctions. His wife, writer Alice Andersen, has co-written and co-produced these tutorials. [ Alice Andersen web site [http://www.alicejandersen.com/About%20Alice.html] ] Socha has also brought his eBay expertise to Western Technical College in LaCrosse, where he teaches a non-credit courses on digital photography and eBay selling. [Western Technical College web site [http://www.westerntc.edu/lifelonglearning/courseevals.asp] ]

Socha received the 2005 Distinguished Netizen Award from SharewareJunkies.com for his work in high-tech journalism and computer education. [ News coverage of the 2005 SharewareJunkies.com Awards [http://www.3dlinks.com/spectrum/issues/spectrum-jan-10-05.cfm] ]

Recently, he has been invited to answer listeners' questions on a popular statewide mid-day show hosted by Larry Meillor on Wisconsin Public Radio (wpr.org). He has also begun his own series of podcasts, available through iTunes or directly from his acpress.com site.

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External links

* [http://www.acpress.com Audio Computer Information]
* [http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2008/01/13/realtime/01realtime0113.txt LaCrosse Tribune profile]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1154/is_n6_v82/ai_15419392 Profile in June 1994 edition of Nation’s Business]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,133595,00.html Letter to the Editor in the June 24, 2001 edition of Time Magazine (as John Stewart)]