Contact information

Jeremy Littau
2607 Eastwood Dr. #68
Columbia, MO 65202
(573) 474-3509
jjlcmd@mizzou.edu

Education

• Currently: Ph.D. student at Missouri School of Journalism. Expected graduation is May 2009.
• 2007– University of Missouri: School of Journalism, M.A. degree. Thesis: Citizen Journalism and Community Building: Predictive Measures of Social Capital Generation
• 1997 – Biola University: B.A. in Communication (journalism emphasis)

Employment

• 2000-2004 – Los Angeles Daily News: Copy Editor/Page Designer
• 1999-2000 – Nevada Appeal: Sports Editor; functioned as part-time reporter in this role
• 1998-1999 – The Daily Democrat: Sports reporter/weekend editor

Teaching Experience

University of Missouri (graduate instructor)

• JOUR 7700: Online Journalism (online masters course; I designed this course and will be teaching it in Summer 2008)
• JOUR 2100: News (basic news writing)
• JOUR 1100: Principles of American Journalism (Spring 2009)
• JOUR 4700: Online Journalism

Biola University (adjunct professor of journalism)

• Principles of Editing and Design
• Feature Writing

Awards/Honors

Top Student Paper, Civic and Citizen Journalism Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention in Washington, D.C. (2007).

Member of Kappa Tau Alpha honors society, Missouri chapter.

Publications

Conference Papers

Wise, K., Eckler, P., Kononova, A., Littau, J. (2008). Processing fear and risk in health messages. International Communication Association. Montreal, Canada.

Littau, J. (2007). Content differences for an online newspaper site and its citizen journalism publication. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Washington, D.C. (winner of top student paper)

Littau, J., Thorson, E., Bentley, C. (2007). Citizen journalism and community building: Predictive measures of social capital generation. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Washington, D.C.

Bentley, C., Meyer, H., Littau, J. (2007). Citizen Journalism and the TMC: User content as a driver for a free newspaper. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Washington, D.C.

Bentley, C., Hamman, B., Ibold, H., Littau, J., & Meyer, H. (2006). Sense of community as a driver for citizen journalism. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. San Francisco, CA.

Bentley, C., Littau, J., Hamman, B., Meyer, H., Welsh, B., & Watson, B. (2005). The citizen journalism movement: MyMissourian as a case study.Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. San Antonio, TX.

Book Chapters/Sections

Bentley, C., Littau, J., Hamman, B., Watson, B., & Welsh, B. (2006). Citizen journalism: A case study. In M. Tremayne (Ed.). Blogging, citizenship and the future of media (1 ed., pp. 312): Routledge.

Littau, J., & Slagle, M. (2007). For God and country: The media and national security. In P. Paterson & L. Wilkins (Eds.), Media ethics: Issues and cases (pp. 200-202). New York: McGraw Hill.

Journal manuscripts under review

Wise, K., Eckler, P., Kononova, A., Littau, J. Processing fear and risk in health messages. (Human Communication Research)

Littau, J., Thorson, E., Bentley, C. Citizen journalism and community building: Predictive measures of social capital generation. (Newspaper Research Journal)



Service/Professional Affiliations

Representative, Graduate Professional Council (2005-2006)
Member, Society for Professional Journalists (1998-2004)
Member, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (2004-present)
Member, International Communication Association (2007-present)
Adviser, The Chimes student newspaper at Biola University (2002-2004)

Courses taken

Research Tools/Statistics

• Quantitative Methods in Communication Research
• Advanced Quantitative Methods in Communication Research
• Qualitative Methods in Communication Research
• Introduction to Educational Statistics
• Quantitative Methods I (Regression Analysis)
• Quantitative Methods II (Analysis of Variance)
• Hierarchical Linear Modeling
• Structural Equation Modeling

Theory and Research

• Theories of Communication
• Philosophy of Journalism
• Theories of Society
• Dynamics of Social Change
• Community Social Structure

Seminar

• Mass Media Seminar
• Doctoral Proseminar I
• Doctoral Proseminar II
• Doctoral Seminar
• Doctoral Research Seminar

Practical Courses in Areas of Research Interest

• Online Journalism
• Literature of Journalism
• Communication Law

Skills and Activities

Technical skills

Knowledgeable in the following computer programs

• QuarkXPress
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• NewsEdit
• PageSpeed pagination program
• Speed Planner layout design program
• Adobe InDesign
• Dreamweaver
• iMovie
• Word Press blogging software

Other projects

• Co-founder of MyMissourian.com, a field experiment in launching a citizen journalism product. The site served as both a practical attempt at citizen journalism as well as a vehicle for research.
• Co-author on The Cyberbrains (www.thecyberbrains.com), a blog devoted to thinking about research and new media in journalism.
• Co-author on God, Media and More (religionnews.typepad.com/godmediamore), a blog about the convergence of journalism and religion.

References

Clyde H. Bentley
Missouri School of Journalism
3 Neff Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 884-9688

Esther Thorson
120 Neff Annex
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-6686

Margaret Duffy
363 McReynolds
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211
573-884-9746