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Personal profile
About
Associate Professor. B.S., Journalism, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; M.S., Journalism, Northwestern University; PhD, Communication, University of Washington. Carolyn worked in print journalism for a decade. She was a newspaper reporter and editorial page editor for The Bellingham Herald and a reporter for The (Riverside) Press-Enterprise, The San Francisco Examiner (correspondent) and other daily newspapers. Her work has received Society of Professional Journalists awards for criminal justice reporting, investigative reporting and health/environment reporting. She has been named, with colleague Sheila Webb, as an Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication Legacy Scholar for their work in teaching media ethics. Her research focuses on newsroom sociology and on news media coverage of racial issues and representations of immigration in an emerging digital news environment.
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Education/Academic qualification
Department of Communication, Ph.D., University of Washington
… → 2017
Department of Journalism, M.S., Northwestern University
… → 1995
Department of Journalism, B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
… → 1994
Disciplines
- Journalism Studies
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Tunisian and US journalism students: A comparison of journalism degree motivations and role conceptions
Bowe, B. J., Nielsen, C., Blom, R. & Kooli, A., Apr 2025, In: International Communication Gazette. 87, 3, p. 266-279 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Curious Citizens: Whose Voices Are Heard in “People-Powered” Public Media?
O’Donovan, B., Nielsen, C. & Shaw, J., 2024, In: Journalism Practice. 18, 8, p. 1960-1976 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Emerging Reporters in a Nascent Democracy: How Tunisian PreProfessional Journalists Perceive and Use Social Media in Their Work
Nielsen, C., Bowe, B. J. & Kooli, A., Dec 1 2024, In: Arab Media and Society. 2024-Winter, 37, p. 133-157 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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After the revolution: Tunisian journalism students and a news media in transition
Bowe, B. J., Nielsen, C., Kooli, A., Somai, R. & Gosen, J., Mar 2023, In: Journalism. 24, 3, p. 597-615 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Not “just the facts”: Challenging assumptions in cross-national data journalism
Nielsen, C. & Kooli, A., 2023, In: Communication Teacher. 37, 2, p. 100-105 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Press/Media
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Recent Findings in Journalism Described by Researchers from Western Washington University (After the Revolution: Tunisian Journalism Students and a News Media In Transition)
3/31/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Western Washington University: Voices of a New Democracy - Journalism Faculty Reflect on Tunisia Trip, Research
7/15/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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