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Jennifer Rauch

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Jennifer Rauch
Professor and Department Chair


Renshaw Hall 102A

503-883-2521

jrauch2@linfield.edu

I teach courses in media writing, multimedia storytelling, journalism and PR principles, and more. I also chair the Journalism and Media Studies department and advise our student newspaper, "The Linfield Review." My research on alternative media, news audiences, public trust in journalism, media absention, and zines has been widely published. I wrote the books "Resisting the News: Engaged Audiences, Alternative Media & Popular Critique of Journalism" (Routledge) and "Slow Media: Why Slow is Satisfying, Sustainable & Smart" (Oxford University Press), which won a Silver Nautilus Award. Before joining Linfield in 2020, I worked as a journalist, editor, and PR writer for seven years with clients ranging from news outlets like the Philadelphia City Paper... to nonprofit organizations like the American Red Cross... to universities like Lehigh and Temple... to Fortune 500 companies like Air Products. I have also taught at Indiana University, Ursinus College, Long Island University Brooklyn, and elsewhere.

Education

  • B.A., Mass Communication and French, Pennsylvania State University
  • Master of Journalism, Temple University
  • Ph.D., Mass Communication, Indiana University Bloomington

 

Publications

 

“Slow Media Practices and Lifeworld Perceptions: The Eco-Cultural Effects of Mindful Experiences with and without Media,” chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies, edited by Antonio Lopez, Kiu-Wai Chu, Alanda Chang, Adrian Ivakhiv, Stephen Rust, and Miriam Tola. Forthcoming in 2023.

“Zines and Communication,” entry in Oxford Bibliographies in Communication, edited by Patricia Moy. Oxford University Press, 2021.

“Right-Wing Audiences for Alternative Media: Comparing progressive and conservative attitudes towards journalism,” chapter in Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising, Joshua Atkinson and Linda Jean Kenix (eds.), Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.