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Jessica Clark

Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).

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A journalist and frequent media commentator, Clark is the former executive editor of In These Times, where she also served as the managing editor, associate publisher and assistant publisher. Her freelance articles have appeared in in such outlets as the San Francisco Chronicle, the American Prospect online, The Ottawa Citizen and South Africa’s Wireless. As Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media, she directs the Future of Public Media project, conducts and commisions research,such as the influential 2009 report Public Media 2.0: Dynamic, Engaged Publics, and organizes events such as the Beyond Broadcast conference. She holds an MA in Social Sciences and a BA in English from the University of Chicago.

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  • 14 Aug 07

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    Blogs Up, Hacks Down

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  • 30 Mar 07

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    Boomsday: Bankrupt Satire

    Libertarians are a strange lot. Their targets often seem reasonable; their solutions myopic and partial. So it goes more »

  • 16 Mar 07

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    Bisexual Healing

    Cringing is often a sign of unfinished political business," according to feminist author Jennifer Baumgardner. She should know. more »

  • 12 Dec 06

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    The Skinny on Thin

    Thin, a movie filmed at the Renfrew Center, follows four women in their battle with eating disorders. more »

  • 29 Sep 06

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    YouTube in MeWorld

    According to Anthropologist Thomas de Zengotita, Websites like MySpace and YouTube encourage socializing and self adolation. more »

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