Edgerly specializes in audience insight, conducting research into how features of new media alter the way people consume news and how new media affects political engagement. She is a Faculty Associate at Northwestern’s Institute for Policy Research.
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This text was adapted from the introduction of our report on how Chicago-area residents consume local news. Download a full PDF version of the report. The relationship between the news business and consumers of news is breaking down and reforming at a dizzying pace as digital technology gives audiences new ways to engage with information. Certainly, every journalism era is transformational. Newspaper domination gave way to radio and broadcast television, followed by cable TV with...
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This text was adapted from the introduction of our report on how Chicago-area residents consume local news. Download a full PDF version of the report. The financial pressures on journalism are plain to see in the digital age as the print newspaper industry shrinks, reporting jobs disappear, and online competitors struggle to develop footholds. A news transformation is underway, with many winners and losers to be determined. More difficult to observe are the changing day-to-day news...
Projects Stephanie Edgerly has worked on.
Medill is analyzing data from a variety of media markets in a project to correlate local news consumption with other demographic factors in those areas. Each media market has its own personality, and no single solution can cure the problems of local news everywhere. But by identifying common characteristics, we can draw valid comparisons and share innovative ideas.