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BEA Research Grant Presentations
Saturday April 5, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
W308
The 2024 BEA Research Grant recipients share their work.
Jesus Ayala, California State University - Long Beach; Covering Uvalde: Understanding TV Journalists Trauma Response to Covering Mass Shootings
Tara Marie Mortensen, University of South Carolina; The Influence of Visual Media Editors on Visual News Representation
Chris Roberts, University of Alabama; Differences in character strengths and ethical concerns among emerging adults still working in broadcast news, and those who left the industry
Olivia Deneige Cohen, Temple University; What’s your story? The influence of podcasts & scientist narratives on public attitudes
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Augie Grant

University of South Carolina
Speakers
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Olivia Deneige Cohen

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Temple University
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Chris Roberts

Director, Office of Research in Media Integrity; Associate professor, Department of Journalism and Creative Media, University of Alabama
Chris Roberts is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama, where he directs the Office of Research in Media Integrity in the College of Communication and Information Sciences.He worked in broadcast and print news betwe... Read More →
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Tara Marie Mortensen

University of South Carolina
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Jesus Ayala

Professor of Journalism and Director, Beach TV News, California State University - Long Beach
Jesús Ayala is one of the most distinguished and decorated broadcast journalism professors in the country and brings over 20 years of professional journalism experience into the classroom. As a veteran news producer, Ayala has won 5 national Emmys and 7 Edward R. Murrow awards. Prior... Read More →
Saturday April 5, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm PDT
W308
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