Journalism

Education

• Ph.D., Mass Communications, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2015)
• M.A., Journalism, University of California, Berkeley (2011)
• B.A., Journalism, California State University, Chico (2007)

Research Interests

• Socially responsible journalism approaches such as constructive journalism or solutions journalism
• Press freedom and journalism practice in East Africa

Select Publications

• Lough, K., & McIntyre, K. (2021). A systematic review of constructive and solutions journalism research. Journalism, advance online publication.
• McIntyre, K. & Sobel Cohen, M. (2021). Public Trust in State-Run News Media in Rwanda. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 98(3), 808-827.
• McIntyre, K. (2020). ‘Tell me something good’: Testing the longitudinal effects of constructive news using the Google Assistant. Electronic News, 14(1), 37-54. 
• McIntyre, K. (2019). Solutions journalism: The effects of including solution information in news stories about social problems. Journalism Practice, 13(1), 16-34.
• McIntyre, K., Dahmen, N., & Abdenour, J. (2018). The contextualist function: U.S. newspaper journalists value social responsibility. Journalism, 19(12), 1657-1675.
• Google Scholar

Affiliations

• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
• International Communication Association

Courses

• MASC 691 - Solutions Journalism
• MASC 676 - Media Law and Ethics
• MASC 203 - Journalism Writing
• MASC 475 - Capital News Service
• MASC 684 - Multiplatform Storytelling

Awards

• 2021, Hillier Krieghbaum Under-40 Award, AEJMC – “one of the highest honors that AEJMC can bestow on a member”
• 2020, Nominated by VCU for the SCHEV Rising Star Award; VCU only nominates one person for this state-level award by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
• 2020, Best Paper Award, African Journalism Studies journal, AEJMC annual meeting
• 2019, Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Junior Woman Scholar Award, Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication
• 2018-2019, Fulbright Scholar. Funded one academic year of research and teaching in Rwanda.

Links

• How journalism can empower and engage audiences without making them feel depressed, VCU News, 5/18/2021
• Inspire Indeed: Choppin’ It Up Geek, WRIR 97.3FM, 11/17/2020
• The J Word: Episode 1. A Podcast by Journalism Practice, Solution Journalism and Participation, 7/13/2020
• Exploring constructive journalism with Karen McIntyre. Demystifying Media Podcast at the University of Oregon, 5/14/2020
• How to be intentional about consuming coronavirus news, Greater Good Magazine, 3/30/2020