IntelleXual Podcast Interview

Journalist, Filmmaker and Novelist Roman Koenig joins the show in the midst of the pandemic and the nationwide protests over police brutality to discuss his timely new novel Black Market News.

IntelleXual Entertainment
June 1, 2020

“Black Market News,” by Prof. Roman Koenig

You may be familiar with Roman S. Koenig as an SDSU School of Journalism and Media Studies professor, but he is also a well-known journalist and filmmaker who can now add author to list of titles. “Black Market News,” the debut novel by Koenig released earlier this year, is a dystopian, science fiction, technothriller that takes place in a future United States.

PSFA Stories
June 2, 2020

Encinitas novelist is international award finalist

“Black Market News,” the debut novel by Encinitas-based journalist, filmmaker and educator Roman S. Koenig, is an official 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist.

Encinitas Advocate
May 31, 2020

Encinitas novelist is international award finalist

“Black Market News,” the debut novel by Encinitas-based journalist, filmmaker and educator Roman S. Koenig, is an official 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Award finalist.

North Coast Current
May 22, 2020

Meet Roman S. Koenig of Mercury Current

“My interests in film and journalism have always paralleled each other. I’ve never been able to give up one for the other. My recently published novel,
“Black Market News,” merges them in a unique way.”

SDVoyager
Feb. 24, 2020

Professor turns a new page with published book

When professors create their own books at San Diego State, they often take the form of a typical college textbook used in a class. But for journalism and media studies professor Roman Koenig, he was turning a new page. Koenig published his first book titled “Black Market News” on Jan. 17.

The Daily Aztec
Devin Whatley
Feb. 5, 2020