Biography
Logan Molyneux has six years of experience as a journalist, working as a reporter and then city editor at the Daily Herald in Provo, Utah, and as a copy editor at the Austin American-Statesman and KUT radio. He holds a PhD in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on digital media and mobile technology, specifically as they relate to journalistic practices and products. Recent work includes studies of learning from mobile news, how journalists use social media in political coverage and personal branding among journalists.
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
JRN 1196 | Writing and Reporting | Undergraduate |
MMC 8985 | Teaching in Higher Education: Communications | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Coddington, M. & Molyneux, L. (2023). Making Sources Visible: Representation of Evidence in News Texts, 2007–2019. Journalism Practice, 17(4), 664-682. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2021.1949629.
Holton, A.E., Bélair-Gagnon, V., Bossio, D., & Molyneux, L. (2023). “Not Their Fault, but Their Problem”: Organizational Responses to the Online Harassment of Journalists. Journalism Practice, 17(4), 859-874. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2021.1946417.
Molyneux, L. & McGregor, S.C. (2022). Legitimating a platform: evidence of journalists’ role in transferring authority to Twitter. Information, Communication & Society, 25(11), 1577-1595. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/1369118x.2021.1874037.
Molyneux, L. & Zamith, R. (2022). Surveying journalists in the “New Normal”: Considerations and recommendations. Journalism, 23(1), 153-170. SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/1464884920935277.
Mourão, R.R. & Molyneux, L. (2021). Tweeting Outside the Lines: Normalization and Fragmentation as Political Reporters Break from the Mainstream. Journalism Practice, 15(8), 1089-1107. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2020.1771753.
McGregor, S.C. & Molyneux, L. (2020). Twitter’s Influence on News Judgment: An Experiment among Journalists. Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, 21(5), 597-613. Sage Publications.
Molyneux, L. & Coddington, M. (2020). Aggregation, Clickbait and Their Effect on Perceptions of Journalistic Credibility and Quality. Journalism Practice, 14(4), 429-446. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2019.1628658.