Kathleen Hansen

612/625-3480

Journalism & Mass Comm, Sch Of 225 Mur H 206 Church St SE

Curriculum Vitae

Department Affiliations

M.A.: English, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1979.
M.L.S.: Library and Information Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1977.

Newspaper Training Program Shows Gains in Social Media: Hansen, Kathleen, Nora Paul, Ruth DeFoster, Jennifer E. Moore, Newspaper Research Journal, 32(3) 40-51, Summer 2011.
Curation Questions and the Start of Some Answers: Hansen, Kathleen, Nora Paul, Yoshi Suzuki, OJR: The Online Journalism Review, February 6, 2011. Link
News-Focused Game Playing: Is It a Good Way to Engage People in an Issue?: Hansen, Kathleen, Nora Paul, Nieman Reports, 64(2) 54-57, Summer 2010. Link
Information for Mass Communication Interactive Online Learning Site. Hansen, Kathleen, Nora Paul, Great River Technologies, Author, continuously updated. Link
Computer-Assisted Research: Information Strategies and Tools for Journalists. Hansen, Kathleen, Nora Paul, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Author, 2007.
Behind the Message: Information Strategies for Communicators. Hansen, Kathleen, Nora Paul, Longman, Author, 2004.
Newspapers of Record in a Digital Age. Hansen, Kathleen, Shannon Martin, Praeger, Author, 1998.

Reinventing Newspapers: Grant to provide education and training for newspaper editorial and sales staff and managers at major metropolitan newspapers in MN; supported by a grant from the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership program; grant total from all sources is $700,000, March 2009 - June 2010
Playing the News: Designing, building and testing news games; funded by a $230,000 grant from the Knight News Challenge program, 2007 - 2009

Pioneer Award for Outstanding Contributions to High Shool Journalism Programs and Publications; National Scholastic Press Association, 2008
Special Libraries Association David Rhydwen Award for Outstanding Contributions to News Librarianship, Inaugural recipient - 2005
Society of Professional Journalists President's Award, 2003