Research

Greenlee graduate student presents AI research paper at international conference
Richard Mensah Adonu, a graduate student in journalism and mass communication, spoke at the 2023 Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, last September. Adonu presented his academic paper “Investigative Journalism in The New Age: Examining the Use of AI Tools in Investigative Journalism Practices in Ghana.” Read More

April 5, 2024
Boyles to serve as Visiting Fellow at University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Jan Lauren Boyles, associate director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University and associate professor, will serve as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism this summer. Read More

January 31, 2024
Opinion: George Santos’ lies evolved and thrived because of neglected newsroom practices
Distinguished Professor Michael Bugeja pens an opinion piece for Poytner Institute that discusses seven neglected newsroom practices responsible for George Santos' being elected. Read More

March 22, 2023
Study compares NGO communication around migration
A new study compares the communication strategies of NGOs working on migration issues in two neighboring countries, Turkey and Bulgaria. The research findings highlight how the specific political and cultural context of a country affects an organization’s messaging. Read More

March 22, 2023
Dimitrova reflects on Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Vienna
During the summer 2022 semester, Iowa State University Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication Professor Daniela Dimitrova traveled to Vienna, Austria, for a Fulbright Fellowship. The University of Vienna hosted Dimitrova as Fulbright-University of Vienna Visiting Professor of Social Sciences. Read More

October 19, 2022
Lucht Receives 2022 American Journalism Best Article Award
American Journalism, the peer-reviewed quarterly journal of the American Journalism Historians Association, awarded its 2022 Best Article prize to Tracy Lucht, associate professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University. Read More

October 6, 2022
Associate teaching professor Michael Wigton receives Allen Essman Faculty Fellowship
Michael Wigton, associate teaching professor in advertising, is the 2022 recipient of the Greenlee School’s Allen Essman Faculty Fellowship. Established in 2018, the Essman Faculty Fellowship recognizes excellence in advertising and/or public relations education. Read More

September 7, 2022
Boyles named faculty fellow for high impact practices
Jan Lauren Boyles, associate professor and director of graduate education in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, has been named faculty fellow in the office of the senior vice president and provost for a two-year term. Read More

November 18, 2021
Andy J. King receives National Cancer Institute grant to study colon cancer screening messaging
Greenlee Assistant Profesor Andy J. King was awarded a $396,908 grant from the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study communication related to colon cancer screening (CRCS). King will lead a team of researchers from Iowa State, Cornell University and New York University to monitor and evaluate public information and communication disparities about CRCS. Read More

May 24, 2021
Navigating risk communications during a pandemic
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic a year ago, Dara Wald, assistant professor of environmental communication in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, had no idea how relevant her course Risk Perceptions and Communication (JLMC 560) would be for the graduate students in her class then and now. Read More

April 22, 2021