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About Carolyn Nielsen

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.

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Western Washington University ‐ Western Expert
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Present Associate Professor, Western Washington University ‐ Department of Journalism
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Curriculum Vitae

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Education

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2017 Ph.D., University of Washington ‐ Department of Communication
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1995 M.S., Northwestern University ‐ Department of Journalism
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1994 B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ‐ Department of Journalism
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (5)

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters (1)

Other Publications (3)

Invited Talks (3)

Conference Presentations: Papers (10)

Peer-Reviewed Conference Panel Presentations (1)