Qun Wang is a doctoral candidate in Media Studies in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. She received her master’s degree from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. As a former TV anchor and journalist, Qun has produced award-winning programs on migrant workers and low-income families. Her forthcoming book chapter studies ethnic digital media and their role in immigrant communities. Qun is a recipient of the Barrow Minority Scholarship Award at the 2018 conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). Qun’s research focuses on media’s digital transformation and its implications for journalism, politics, and society. Her work about digital journalism, audience analytics, and elections has been published in Digital Journalism, Journalism Practice, Journalism, and more. Her recent research explores local journalism, emerging technologies, and how journalism innovation could benefit different communities. Qun has taught both face-to-face and online courses that cover digital media and society, globalization, and journalism. She is a winner of the 2018 AEJMC Promising Professors Award.
