Kathryn Thier (with Holly Wise, Texas State, and Hub Brown, Syracuse) Imagining Tomorrow’s Media: Creativity, Innovation and Monetization, Broadcast Education Association Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV. April 2017
Nicole Dahmen and Kathryn Thier Association of Alternative News Media Digital Conference, Portland, OR. January 2017.
by Nicole Dahmen (with Karen McIntyre, VCU, and Jesse Abdenour, UO) A survey (N = 1,318) evaluated US newspaper journalists’ attitudes toward contextual reporting – stories that go beyond the immediacy of the news and contribute to societal well-being. Results indicated that…
by Kathryn Thier As journalism schools continue to respond to industry disruption, some are adding curricula about practices that reframe traditional journalism. In this article, I examined experiences of some of the first university instructors of solutions journalism—critical reporting on…
A recently labeled genre of journalistic storytelling, termed “restorative narratives,” intends to cover the story beyond the immediacy of the breaking news, and in doing so, to help individuals and communities move forward in the wake of large-impact events. Specifically,…
Kathryn Thier (chair) Frank Gathering on Public Interest Communications, Gainesville, FL. February 2016.