Susan Beauchamp on her career journey from journalist to media literacy scholar

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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2015 · Education

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Susan Beauchamp, co-author of Introduction to Human Communication, discusses her 16-year career as a broadcast journalist and how she decided to leave journalism to become a scholar of media literacy. http://www.oxfordpresents.com/ms/beauchamp/

Susan R. Beauchamp worked for 15 years in broadcasting as a reporter, producer, and anchor. She received her M.A. in Media Literacy & Education from Vermont College at Norwich University. This continues to be her main area of focus at Bryant University where, as a member of the faculty of the Department of Communication, she has developed a curriculum around critical thinking about communication. Susan is a member of the National Association of Media Literacy Education, a strong proponent of service learning in the K-12 sector, and the director of Bryant’s annual Public Speaking Colloquium.

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