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Meagan Doll

@meagandoll.bsky.social

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Postdoc research associate in the Minnesota Journalism Center at the University of Minnesota | PhD from the University of Washington. I study news consumption and production, especially in E Africa. More at meagandoll.com.

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Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · May 19

Especially happy to share this recent pub in the International Journal of Communication @ijoc-usc.bsky.social, which marks the first peer-reviewed article out of my dissertation. ✨ (1/6)

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Expectations of News Media in Uganda: Advancing a Theory of Relative Institutional Trust in Journalism | Doll | International Journal of Communication

Expectations of News Media in Uganda: Advancing a Theory of Relative Institutional Trust in Journalism

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Peace News Network @peacenewsnet.bsky.social · 14d

Learn about Meagan Doll, and how you can keep up with peace.

#FacesOfPeace #BehindTheStory #meetthepeacebuilders

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AEJMC International Communication Division @aejmc-icd.bsky.social · 22d

It's official! Call for Panels and Papers: AEJMC ICD 2026
Link here!
www.aejmc.org/internation....

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Peace News Network @peacenewsnet.bsky.social · Sep 8

New Article Spotlight: What Does Peace Journalism Mean to Peace Journalists in East Africa?

A study revealed that journalists tended to understand peace journalism in one of two ways.

By Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social of @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social.

Read here:

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Hannah Greber @hannahgreber.bsky.social · Jun 24

Really excited and honored (😉) to have received an honorable mention for my dissertation “Immersive Journalism - The Future of the News?” from @icajsd.bsky.social at #ICA25 — alongside @meagandoll.bsky.social! 🥳

Big congratulations to Tali Aharoni for winning the award — very well deserved!

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Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Jun 27

Congrats, and hope you had a great conference! 🎉

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!

📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers

📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25

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Cydney Grannan @cydneygrannan.bsky.social · Jun 16

Great presentation from @meagandoll.bsky.social about audience experiences w/ live journalism events @ #ica25.

Although I may be biased l because I’m on the project along w/ @benjamintoff.bsky.social

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Benjamin Toff @benjamintoff.bsky.social · Jun 16

Next up is another @icajsd.bsky.social panel: @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social postdoctoral fellow @meagandoll.bsky.social presenting new research we conducted with @cydneygrannan.bsky.social around audience perspectives on live journalism events (conducted w/ the @texastribune.org)

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Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · May 19

Thanks, as always, to the @ijoc-usc.bsky.social editorial team and reviewers, as well as my doctoral committee, without whom this work would not exist in its current form (Patricia Moy, Matt Powers, Yuan Hsiao & @yarivtsfati.bsky.social). (6/6)

Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · May 19

Such favorability alongside unmet normative expectations, I argue, reflects individuals’ relative institutional trust in journalism above any substantive evaluation of media performance. (5/6)

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Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · May 19

Despite this gap between desired and anticipated practices, respondents expressed generally positive perceptions toward journalists, often contrasting this confidence with frustration toward political representatives. (4/6)

Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · May 19

I find that although respondents desire for media professionals to expose corruption, serve the public, and provide social support to communities, they expect in practice that journalists will accept bribes and produce government-leaning content. (3/6)

Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · May 19

Using in-depth interviews conducted in Kampala in spring 2023, the study illuminates individuals' expectations of journalists and journalism in Uganda to understand situated referents of media trust. (2/6)

Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · May 19

Expectations of News Media in Uganda: Advancing a Theory of Relative Institutional Trust in Journalism | Doll | International Journal of Communication

Expectations of News Media in Uganda: Advancing a Theory of Relative Institutional Trust in Journalism

ijoc.org

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Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Jan 22

Thanks, as always, to the reviewers and editors
@jmcquarterly.bsky.social as well as colleagues
@icajsd.bsky.social and elsewhere who have provided feedback along the way!

Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Jan 22

In it, we analyze statehouse content from eight news orgs in WA state with two major takeaways: 1) nearly half of all state legislative coverage is produced by non-statehouse beat reporters and 2) sourcing and topics indeed vary by the types of reporters involved in this work.

Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Jan 22

Happy to share this @jmcquarterly.bsky.social article -- the first of several @uwcjmd.bsky.social studies exploring state legislative reporting and its effects -- with co-authors Matt Powers, Russell Hansen, and Patricia Moy.

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Missing a Beat? Exploring U.S. State Legislative Coverage Beyond the Politics Desk - Meagan E. Doll, Russell Hansen, Patricia Moy, Matthew Powers, 2025

Existing research documents a loss in full-time statehouse reporters, inferring negative impacts on legislative coverage. However, little empirical work actuall...

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Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Jan 14

In even better news... Glad to see this picked up by Brier Dudley @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social!

www.seattletimes.com/opinion/stud...

Study documents steep, painful decline of Olympia press corps

The number of statehouse reporters in Washington fell by more than half, per a new report. Plus: Layoffs at The Washington Post and Google paying for news.

www.seattletimes.com

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uwcjmd.bsky.social @uwcjmd.bsky.social · Jan 7

Our report on Statehouse Journalism in Transition is out! Thanks to our great research team including @meagandoll.bsky.social, Matt Powers, Patricia Moy and Russell Hansen, who have been tracking changes in state-government reporting, using Washington State as a case study.

cjmd.com.uw.edu

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Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Jan 7

@seattletimes-rss.bsky.social @apnews.com @washingtonstatestandard.com @statesnewsroom.com @kuow.org @tricityherald.bsky.social @cascadepbsnewsroom.bsky.social @axios.com @theolympian.bsky.social @pluribusnews.bsky.social

Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Jan 7

📣 Our @uwcjmd.bsky.social team is excited to share this public report on transformations in state-level journalism! It's the culmination of several years looking at the press corps in Olympia with implications for WA State and beyond.

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CJMD Report: Statehouse Journalism in Transition - Insights from Olympia, Washington - CJMD

Full Report: Statehouse Journalism in Transition Executive Summary: As state governments […]

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Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Jan 4

Fun to hear from @summerharlow.bsky.social on @npr.org Weekend Edition this AM! Interesting overlaps with projects happening at the Minnesota Journalism Center @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social, all underscoring the role of influencers in individuals' news consumption. ⭐

www.npr.org/2025/01/04/n...

How influencers are impacting journalism

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks to Summer Harlow of the Knight School for Journalism in the Americas and V Spehar of UnderTheDeskNews about the role of influencers in journalism.

www.npr.org

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Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thanks to IJPP editor @profvaccari.bsky.social, special issue editors Ruth Moon, @leahellmueller.bsky.social and Herman Wasserman, and reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript. And, as always, none of this would be possible w/o the journalists who agreed to speak with me. 🙏 (4/4)

Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Nov 16

This third paper explores ways that the social profiles of those who attend peace journalism trainings may shape how the normative model is ultimately adapted across contexts. Using field theory, I focus on participants' education, career trajectory, and conflict experience (3/4)

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Meagan Doll @meagandoll.bsky.social · Nov 16

While related publications have addressed 1) how journalists who attend peace journalism trainings define peace journalism and 2) how a subset of these journalists ascribe value to trainings despite feeling as though they already practice peace journalism... (2/4)

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