Dr. Kyle Heim is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, Journalism and Media at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. Previously, he taught at Seton Hall University and worked in the news industry for 15 years at such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. …
My scholarly research examines the influence of emerging social and participatory media platforms on the practice and content of journalism, particularly political journalism. …
I have taught courses in multiplatform news writing and editing, social media analytics and strategy, media research, publication design, journalism history, and media law and ethics. …
My journalism experience includes positions as a college newspaper adviser and as an assistant city editor, copy editor, and reporter at several large metropolitan and midsize daily newspapers. …
Curated collections of links to websites and other resources about data journalism and (soon) other topics related to journalism and mass communication research and practice. …
Explorations of various datasets and interesting statistics. In the first installments, posted on Medium, I analyze the growth and decline of journalism programs at U.S. colleges and universities from 2012 to 2019. …
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