Terry Heifetz
Terry Heifetz
Senior Lecturer in Department of Media

Phone:765-285-4002

Room:LB 228


Terry Heifetz has worked in media for 30 years and is currently News Director of Indiana Public Radio.

Before joining the faculty at Ball State, Terry was Assistant News Director at WRTV, the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis. He also held producing and management positions in Ft. Wayne, IN, Cedar Rapids, IA, Tampa, FL and at CNBC and The Weather Channel. At Ball State, Terry helped build several immersion programs, including NewsLink Indiana, the college’s news program.

Terry is originally from Detroit and earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Master of Arts in Communications from Ball State University.


Course Schedule
Course No. Term Level Hours Location
Practical Aspects of Media Law [syllabus] MDIA 284.34 Spring 2026 Undergraduate 1 Lecture
Student Media Practcm-Newslink [syllabus] MDIA 379.4 Spring 2026 Undergraduate 1 Experiential
Media Law [syllabus] MDIA 384.1 Spring 2026 Undergraduate 3.0 Lecture
Media Law [syllabus] MDIA 384.2 Spring 2026 Undergraduate 3.0 Lecture
Producing- Cardinal Compass [syllabus] MDIA 426.1 Spring 2026 Undergraduate 3.0 Lecture
Immersion: Newsroom [syllabus] MDIA 497.1 Spring 2026 Undergraduate 3.0 Lecture
Enhanced Media Projects [syllabus] MDIA 550.2 Spring 2026 Graduate 3 Lecture
News Immersion [syllabus] NEWS 397.1 Spring 2026 Undergraduate 3.0 Lecture