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Jenny Dean is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oregon.
Previously, she was a news designer in Charlotte, NC, and Jacksonville, FL. In addition to design work, Jenny filled in as a business section editor, writer, and photojournalist and had a recent photo essay in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She interned at the Poynter Institute’s Visual Edge workshop and worked as a teaching assistant in graphic design (Syracuse University) and broadcast journalism (University of Colorado Boulder). Jenny’s research interests include digital media, credibility of information (particularly as it applies to the Internet), citizen journalism, media audiences, and visual communication.
November 23, 2015 •
Digital News, Short stories •
by Jenny Dean
Not long ago print newspapers were filed in enormous folders, placed in metal cabinets and stored in the basement of newspapers. They gathered dust and were a fire hazard, but there were few other ways to store them. In the digital...
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February 18, 2014 •
Digital News •
by Jenny Dean
This article has been amended. Details below. The Associated Press news agency has developed an open-source tool to help journalists with data mining journalism to assist in original and investigative reporting. Overview, a Web...
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February 5, 2014 •
Digital News •
by Jenny Dean
Of young adult smartphone users, a gap exists between how users consume information and news—and the technologies that news organizations are utilizing to convey it. The author of this study argues that a combination of location-based...
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January 30, 2014 •
Digital News, Research •
by Jenny Dean
A study from Journalism Practice looks at how effective social media is in reaching audiences for news. It compares Facebook and Twitter and suggests that Twitter might just have the advantage. Researchers believe this is the case because...
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