Danielle K. Brown
1855 Community & Urban Journalism Professorship, Associate Professor Michigan State University
- East Lansing MI
Danielle K. Brown's interdisciplinary scholarship utilizes the cross-sections of journalism, political science, and sociology.
Media
Biography
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Public Engagement Award, Journalism Studies Division
2022
International Communication Association
Cox Innovation Award
2021
Hubbard School, University of Minnesota
Association for Education on Journalism and Mass Communication Top Dissertation Award
2017
Education
Baylor University
B.A.
Journalism & Public Relations
2008
Baylor University
M.A.
Journalism, Public Relations and New Media
2013
University of Texas
Ph.D.
Journalism
2017
Affiliations
- International Communication Association
- Association for Education for Journalism and Mass Communication
- National Association of Black Journalists
Links
News
Journalists Feeling Pressure from Pandemic
Local News Lab online
2022-02-01
The second-ever Medill Media Industry Survey was conducted from Nov. 30 through Dec. 31 by Associate Professor Stephanie Edgerly of Medill, and Danielle K. Brown, the Cowles Professor of Journalism Diversity & Equality at the University of Minnesota. More than 1,500 members of the U.S. news media completed the questionnaire.
Medill Survey Respondents Say Their News Organizations Are Making Diversity Efforts
Local News Lab online
2022-02-01
The second-ever Medill Media Industry Survey was conducted at the end of 2021 by Associate Professor Stephanie Edgerly of Medill, and Danielle K. Brown, the Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity and Equality at the University of Minnesota. More than 1,500 members of the U.S. news media completed the questionnaire.
News organizations are increasing diversity efforts, a Medill survey finds
Poynter online
2022-02-01
The second-ever Medill Media Industry Survey was conducted at the end of 2021 by associate professor Stephanie Edgerly of Medill, and Danielle K. Brown, the Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity and Equality at the University of Minnesota. More than 1,500 members of the U.S. news media completed the questionnaire.
American journalism’s racial reckoning still has lots of reckoning to do
NiemanLab online
2022-03-08
The most recent push to create these positions stemmed from how the public reacted to Floyd’s murder, said Danielle K. Brown, the John & Elizabeth Bates Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity and Equality in the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Who is Danny Bakewell, the Black L.A. power broker named in the Nury Martinez audio?
Los Angeles Times online
2022-10-18
Not everyone agreed. Danielle Brown — a professor of journalism, diversity and equality at the University of Minnesota — said it would be unusual for the publisher of a Black newspaper to be meeting with politicians and directly informing policy.
Research Grants
Vax that thing up: Social contagions and social media’s potential to help with vaccine hesitancy
Global Impact’s Vaccine Confidence Fund
2021
White supremacy and shows about policing
Color of Change $8742
2022
Misinformation & Black Communities
Knight Foundation, The Miami Fund
2022
Journal Articles
A New Protest Paradigm: Toward a Critical Approach to Protest News Analyses
The International Journal of Press/Politics2023
Decades after the development of the “protest paradigm,” scholarship continues to question the applicability of the paradigm under different circumstances, rather than pushing forward a more holistic theory that more adequately addresses the roles of producers, consumers, and media products. In this introduction to the special issue on news and protest, we argue that the relevance and any potential future advances of the protest paradigm depend on the (re)incorporation of its critical foundations, making explicit analyses of power hierarchies, and offering solutions for better journalistic coverage of protests.
Facing the Competition: Gender Differences in Facial Emotion and Prominence in Visual News Coverage of Democratic Presidential Primary Candidates
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly2022
This study considered the impact of gender on visual coverage of the top 12 candidates in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary. Using Microsoft Azure’s Face API, we analyzed 9,529 still images from 43 mainstream news sources for facial emotion (happiness, anger, neutrality) and prominence (close-up, medium, long shots).
Black Lives Matter Coverage: How Protest News Frames and Attitudinal Change Affect Social Media Engagement
Digital Journalism2022
This article investigates the relationship between digital news coverage of protests and the audience’s willingness to engage with a story about Black Lives Matter on social media. Using a 3x2 experiment, we evaluate if news frames from the protest paradigm literature (riot, confrontation, and legitimizing) and the presence of an accompanying visual would make people more likely to read, like, share and comment on a news story about a street demonstration on social media.
“It’s Just Not the Whole Story”: Black Perspectives of Protest Portrayals
Howard Journal of Communications2022
News organizations have a long history of covering civil rights protests in delegitimizing ways, and scholars have found that this coverage negatively affects public opinion. However, most media effects work has minimized the perspectives of Black people, and little is known about how racial identity might affect how protest coverage is perceived.
No Reckoning for the Right: How Political Ideology, Protest Tolerance and News Consumption Affect Support Black Lives Matter Protests
Political Communication2022
After the 2020 murder of George Floyd, a flood of protest activity against racial injustice ensued around the world, and a significant uptick in support for Black Lives Matter followed. This study investigated the narratives produced in news coverage of Black Lives Matter protests and how media consumption and individual predispositions help us understand public support for the movement.
