Valerie Belair-Gagnon

Valerie Belair-Gagnon is Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies at the Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication, and Affiliated Faculty in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. She is also Director of the Minnesota Journalism Center, and an Affiliated Fellow at the Yale Information Society Project. Her research interests are in journalism studies, emerging media, innovation, and audience engagement. She the author of Social Media at BBC News (Routledge, 2015). Her articles have appeared in Journalism, Digital Journalism, Social Media + Society, and Symbolic Interaction. She also write for the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. Born in Montréal (Canada), she earned a BA in sociology (honors) from McGill University, an MSc in sociology from Université de Montréal, and a PhD in sociology from City University of London.

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