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Faculty Profile

Debora Rae Wenger

Journalism Instruction
Associate Dean for Partnerships and Innovations, Professor of Journalism
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114 FARLEY
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
(662) 915-7146
drwenger@olemiss.edu
Joined UM: January 21, 2009

Areas of Expertise

  • JOURNALISM, BROADCAST
  • JOURNALISM, NEW MEDIA

Brief Bio

Prior to her academic appointments, Wenger worked as a reporter, producer and in newsroom leadership roles for multiple TV stations. She has worked for the U.S. State Department providing multimedia journalism training in the South Pacific and in Europe. She conducts multimedia workshops in newsrooms around the country for SPJ in association with its Google News Initiative Program and is co-executive editor of NewsLab.org. She is also co-author of two books, Advancing the Story: Journalism in a Digital World and Managing Today's News Media: Audience First.

Degrees

BS
Mass Communication
Moorhead State University (1984)
MA
English
University of North Carolina at Charlott (1995)
PhD
Journalism
Kingston University (2016)

Committee Memberships

DWR-Digital Media Studies
Ad Hoc Committee
Executive Committee - Journalism
Other Kind of Committee
School Graduation - Journalism
Other Kind of Committee
Tenure and Promotion Appeals
University Standing Committee