Faculty & Staff
Jenn Burleson Mackay - Assistant Professor
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Media Ethics, Multimedia Journalism
Office: Shanks 139
Phone: 231-1663
Email: jemackay@vt.edu
Personal Web Page: http://tinyurl.com/jennmackay
Education
Ph.D. University of Alabama, 2008
MA University of Alabama, 2004
BA in journalism, 1998
Teaching Interests
Reporting
Media ethics
Multimedia journalism
Research methods
Recent Scholarship
Mackay, J. B. (2008). Journalist reliance on teens and children. Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 23, 126-140.
Lowrey, W., Brozana, A., & Mackay, J. B. (2008). Toward a measure of community journalism. Mass Communication & Society, 11, 275-299.
Lowrey, W. & Mackay, J. B. (2008). Journalism and blogging: a test of a model of occupational competition. Journalism Practice,2, 64-81.
Lowrey, W., Gower, K. K., Evans, W., & Mackay, J (2006). Assessing newspaper preparedness for public health emergencies. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 83, 362-380.
Sloan, W. D., & Mackay, J. B. (2007). Media Bias? Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Mackay, J. B. (August, 2007). The suffocating ethicist: A model of journalistic ethical constraints. Paper presented at the 90th annual conference of the Association for Education in 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 presented at the 90th annual conference of the Association for Education in 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 presented at the 57th annual conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA.
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 Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA.
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 Education in 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 Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, Canada. Received the Carol Burnett Award for Best Student Paper from the Media Ethics Division.
Professional Affiliations
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
International Communication Association (ICA)
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE)
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