Accomplishments: Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) and Jeff Shuter are co-authors of a book chapter titled, "The Ethics of Sensory Ethnography" in the book Internet Research Ethics for the Social Age New Challenges, Cases, and Contexts, edited by Michael Zimmer and Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda. The book is published by Peter Lang. 
Donovan Conley (Communication Studies) and Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) presented a paper, "Welcome to the Techno-Jungle: Black Mirror and the Traumas of Pre-Political Inoculation" at the Affect, Activism, and New Media Conference at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in October. 
Kevin L. Stoker (Journalism and Media Studies) published a study on The New York Times' first chief South American correspondent in Journalism and Communication Monographs. "The Journalist Who Interpreted Too Much: The New York Times Courtship, Defense, and Betrayal of John W. White" chronicles the paper's coverage of Argentina and neighboring…
Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) was invited to present at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) photography group in Geneva, Switzerland, in July on collaborative efforts to document and protect public lands, including Nevada's Basin and Range and Gold Butte national monuments.
Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) is the author of an article, "YouTube Kids: The App Economy and Mobile Parenting," which recently was published in the journal Social Media + Society. The article was part of a special issue on infancy and media and explores the growing relationship between media industries and the everyday viewing…
Nancy Lough, James Hines (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Margo Malik (Athletics) participated in the Sport and Recreation Law Association's 30th annual conference in Las Vegas this month. Lough, the invited keynote speaker, titled her talk, "If We Build It, Will They Come? Considering 30 Years of Sport Law and Policy."…
Gregory Borchard (Journalism and Media Studies) is the author of "Beyond Radicalism: The New-York Tribune's Whiggishness and Constructive Democracy," which appears in the March edition of Journalism & Communication Monographs.
Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) has written an article, “Annie and the Shaman: Exploring Data via Provocative Artifacts” that has been accepted by Leonardo, an MIT Press peer-reviewed journal exploring the application of contemporary science and technology to the arts. The article covers the development of an exploratory data…
Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) presented his work in the U.S. Senate Rotunda in Washington, D.C., as part of the competitively selected “Home Means Nevada” exhibit highlighting federally managed lands in Nevada and sponsored by the National Parks Conservation Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Nevada Arts…
Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) recently published a research article titled "All About Whom? Stock Photos, Interactive Narratives and How News About Governmental Surveillance Is Visualized" in Visual Communication Quarterly examining how media covers surveillance and the implications for public understanding. The research…
Nikki Davis (Journalism and Media Studies) was named one of the most promising multicultural students of 2016 by the American Advertising Federation (AAF). She was one of 50 students selected for the prestigious program’s 20th anniversary class. She was one of only three students from the western United States. In recognition of her achievement,…
Julian Kilker (Journalism and Media Studies) has done work that is the subject of an exhibit, "Julian Kilker, Aesthetic Evidence: Place, Context, and Process in the Southwest," sponsored by Nevada Humanities. Sponsored with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the exhibit is on view through Jan. 28 at the Nevada Humanities…