Kristy Hess |
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| Position | Lecturer in Journalism |
| kristy.hess@deakin.edu.au | |
| Area | School of Communication & Creative Arts |
| Phone | +61 3 556 33118 |
| Campus | Warrnambool |
| Role and profile |
Teaching, research and the education and training of practicing journalists across regional Australia |
| Teaching responsibilities | Country Press Australia/Deakin University academic coordinator |
| Research interests |
social capital and the regional media, journalism education, media power and media and society |
| Current research projects |
CURRENT JOURNAL ARTICLES (2013) Hess, K (2013) Tertius Tactics: “Mediated Social Capital” as a Resource of Power for Traditional Commercial News Media, Communication Theory DOI: 10.1111/comt.12005 Hess, K (2013) Breaking boundaries: Recasting the 'local' newspaper as 'geo-social' news, Digital Journalism 1(1) 48-63 DOI:10.1080/21670811.2012.714933 Venzo, P & Hess, K (2013) Honk against homophobia: rethinking relationships between media and sexual minorities in regional Australia, Journal of Homosexuality vol. 61 (in press) RESEARCH PROJECTS: media shaming practices, regional newspapers, social capital and non-metropolitan newspapers (PhD), local government and the media, media and society |
| Service to the University, discipline or community |
Editor, Schools Network (an educational-work experience program for journalism students provided by The Standard newspaper and Deakin University. convener of Edward Wilson Post-Cadet Journalism residential program 2007-2011 |
| Awards |
APA Scholarship PhD University of South Australia 2010-2013 Deakin University Vice Chancellor Award for Teaching Excellence,2009 Deakin University Vice Chancellor Award for Contribution to Rural and Regional Engagement, 2009 Dean's award for excellence in team teaching 2009 Deakin University Faculty of Arts & Education teaching award for an early career teacher, 2008. |
| Qualifications | BA (Deakin University), Master of Arts (Deakin University) |
| Conferences |
PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCES Journalism Education Association Australia 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 ICOME Communications (Malaysia) 2008 The Land Symposium, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst 2011 MediaAsia Communications Conference (Japan) 2010 INDUSTRY Country Press Australia editorial workshops (2011, 2012) |
| Research link | View Deakin associated research data |
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22nd April 2013