Jenn Burleson Mackay
Curriculum Vitae
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College of Communication &                                                                                                                        1807 17th Ave. E.
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University of Alabama                                                                                                                                  (205) 826-2889
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Tuscaloosa, AL 35487                                                                                                                                 http://www.bama.ua.edu/~macka001/index.html                                                                                                                                        

EDUCATION
University of Alabama
 Tuscaloosa, AL
•    Ph.D in Mass Communications - expected completion: May 2008
•    Dissertation Advisor:  Jennings Bryant
•    Dissertation Title:  Journalistic Ethics Scale:  Measuring Constraints on Journalistic Decisions.

University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
•    M.A. in Journalism,  August 2004
•    Master's Thesis: The Media Ethics Necessity:  Do journalism students need to study ethics?

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
•    B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications, December 1998

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Mackay, J. B. (forthcoming). Journalist reliance on teens and children.  Journal of Mass Media Ethics.

Lowrey, W., & Mackay, J. B. (forthcoming).  Journalism and blogging: A test of a model of occupational competition.  Journalism Practice.

Lowrey, W., Brozana, A., & Mackay, J. B. (forthcoming). Toward a measure of community journalism.  Mass Communication & Society.

Lowrey, W., Gower, K. K., Evans, W., & Mackay, J (2006). Assessing newspaper prepardness for public health emergencies. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 83, 362-380.

Other Publications
Sloan, W. D., & Mackay, J. B. (2007). Media Bias? Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc.

Mackay, J.B. (2007). Television Bias. In Sloan, W. D. & Mackay, J. B. (Eds.), Media Bias? Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Mackay, J.B. (August, 2007). The suffocating ethicist: A model of journalistic ethical constraints. Paper to be presented at the 90th annual conference of the Association for Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, D.C.

Lowrey, W., Woo, C., & Mackay, J. B. (August, 2007). A test of a measure of community journalism. Paper to be presented at the 90th annual conference of the Association for Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, D.C.

Mackay, J.B. & Lowrey, W. (May, 2007). The Credibility Divide: Reader trust of online newspapers and blogs. Paper to be presented at the 57th annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.

Evans, W., Mackay, J. B., & Herring, L. (November, 2006). Journalists as Participants in Preparedness Exercises. Paper presented at the first Readiness Communication Conference, Manhattan, KS.

Mackay, J. B. (August, 2006). To publish or not to publish:  The Muhammad cartoon dilemma. Paper presented at the 89th annual conference of the Association for Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA.

Lowrey W. & Mackay, J. B. (August, 2006). Journalism and blogging: a test of a model of occupational competition. Paper presented at the 89th annual conference of the Association for Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA.

Lowrey, W., Brozana, A. & Mackay, J. B. (August, 2006). Toward a measure of community journalism.  Paper presented at the 89th annual conference of the Association for Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA.

Mackay, J.B. (March, 2006). When children become news sources. Paper presented at the 31st annual Southeast Colloquium, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Mackay, J.B. (August, 2005). Succulent sins, personalized politics and mainstream media's tabloidization temptation. Paper presented at the 88th annual conference of the Association for Journalism and Mass Communication, San Antonio, TX.

Mackay, J.B. (August, 2004). The media ethics necessity: Do journalism students need to study ethics? Paper presented at the 87th annual conference of the Association for Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, Canada. Received the Carol Burnett Award for Best Student Paper from the Media Ethics Division.

Mackay, J. B. (February, 2003). Characteristics of colonial newspaper publishers. Paper presented at the American Journalism Historians Association  Southeast Symposium, Panama City, FL.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant 
•   Institute for Communication and Information Research at The University of Alabama (fall semester 2006)

Intern, May 2006-August 2006
•       Worked with emergency responder training across Alabama
•         Acted as a journalist responding to simulated emergencies to help emergency responders prepare to handle real crises while gathering data on how to                   incorporate journalists into training scenarios

 Graduate Research Assistant, August 2005-May 2006
•         Institute for Communication and Information Research at The University of Alabama

 Research Assistant, May 2005-August 2005
•          Assisted in workshop for training journalists to cover bioterrorism and health issues
•          Assisted in training workshops for health professionals to learn how to work with journalists

 Graduate Research Assistant, August 2004-May 2005
•         Institute for Communications and Information Research at The University of Alabama


TEACHING EXPERIENCE


Teaching Editor
The University of Alabama

The Missing Ink: February 2007- October 2007
 •     Supervision of new, student-based, online art publication at The University of Alabama: http://missingink.ua.edu
 •        Used a mentoring style to help inexperienced students learn basic journalism principles
 •        Helped students learn to use a more creative writing style within the journalistic boundaries of an art publication
 •        Supervision of independent study students working on the publication

Instructor
The University of Alabama

Beat Reporting, summer 2007
 •    Advanced, required journalism course
 •    Students study the skills needed to fully develop a beat
 •   Will develop both feature and hard news writing skills

 Public Affairs Reporting: fall 2005, spring 2006
 •    Advanced, optional journalism course
 •    During the fall course, students were required to cover the presidential election on election day, filing deadline stories online for the college's news                     Web site, Dateline Alabama
 •    During the spring semester, funding was acquired from the Alabama Press Association to allow over-night group trip to Montgomery, AL where                     students wrote state government stories that were published in weekly newspapers across the state

 Reporting: summer 2003, fall 2004, spring 2004, summer 2004
•    Introductory news writing course required for public relations and news editorial majors
•    During fall and spring semesters, handled lectures, assigned grades and supervised three teaching assistants who monitored writing lab sessions
•    Took over course in fall 2004 when the professor of record unexpectedly passed away
•    During summer sessions, handled lectures, tests, and graded writing assignments without teaching assistants

Teaching Assistant
University of Alabama
Reporting: fall 2002, spring 2003
 •    Supervised students in writing labs, graded papers, assigned lab grades

 Other Teaching Experience
           
  Contemporary Issues (graduate level, community journalism course) spring 2007, Fall 2007
 •    Invited to lead  lectures on journalism ethics

Creative Wririntg
 •Invited to give a lecture on journalistic writing techniques to a creative writing class, Fall 2007

 Alabama Scholastic Press Association speaker, State Conventions 2003, 2004
 •    Talked to high school students about interviewing techniques and writing styles

Panelist, Journalism 100
 •    Discussed experiences as a working journalist, fall 2006

PROFESSIONAL  EXPERIENCE
The Roanoke Times, Ronaoke, VA, December 2000-August 2002
•    County government reporter, covered Pulaski County government, schools, crime, court, and features for 100,000-circulation daily
•    Stories include: series following an unemployed couple going back to school, a dying town tries to reinvent itself as a Polish village,
       residents discover they  are driving illegal cars after a dealership closes
   
    Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC January 1999-December 2000
•    Education reporter from August 1999-December 2000
•    Covered local schools from primary through college for 60,000-circulation daily paper
•    Suburban reporter from January-August 1999
•    Covered Buncombe County communities, enterprise stories, features, community concerns
•    Stories include: lack of minorities at local university, dog abandoned by veterinarians, struggle for and against countywide zoning, statewide fight for
       more teachers, a child learns to skate with a prosthetic leg
   
    Hickory Daily Record, Hickory, NC, May-December 1998 
•    Reporter, covered Burke County and city government issues, police, education, features for 20,000-circulation daily
•    Stories include: tanker explosion closes Interstate 40, manhunt for double homicide suspect, surgery to save a baby bear’s leg
•    Worked full-time in Hickory and commuted two hours to Chapel Hill because I was also a full-time student

The Chapel Hill Herald, Chapel Hill, NC January-May 1998
•    Correspondent, wrote 2-4 stories weekly for daily paper
•    Covered county and city government issues, education, features

WJHL-TV, Newschannel 11, Johnson City, TN May-December 1997
•    Videographer/writer, assisted in television coverage of stories across eastern Tennessee for medium-sized television station
•    Conducted interviews, wrote broadcast features, operated video camera, edited video, worked under strict deadlines

Hickory Daily Record, Hickory, NC, June-August 1996, December 1996
•    Reporting Internship
•    Covered general assignments as instructed and generated story ideas

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Best Student Paper/Carol Burnett Award
•    Media Ethics Division, Association for Education and Journalism in Mass Communication for The media ethics necessity: Do journalism students need to study ethics? Paper presented at the 87th annual conference of the Association for Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, Canada
Outstanding Master's Student Award
•    University of Alabama, April 2004

SERVICE
    The University of Alabama Media Planning Board member, 2003-2004
•    Member of decision-making board governing the university's student media including school newspaper, radio station, yearbook, and other media
•    Moderator, Law Division, 31st annual Southeast Colloquium, March 2006, Tuscaloosa, AL

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
International Communication Association (ICA)
Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society