Andrew Gruen
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Andrew is a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University and a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge studying accountability journalism and media viability in the digital age.
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About
- Andrew Gruen is a visiting scholar at Northwestern University's Medill School and a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, where he is a Gates Cambridge scholar and senior member of King's College.Andrew looks at how modern media organizations can build viability, and how they can do a better job of informing their audiences. Andrew previously worked for CNET (stories) and the BBC (stories) as a technology reporter, and Hearst Television as a digital executive producer. He also worked as a special projects producer and advisor to the founder and CEO at OhmyNews, the largest citizen journalism operation in the world based out of Seoul, South Korea. While at OhmyNews he was a Henry Luce Foundation scholar.Andrew's undergraduate degree is in journalism and political science from Northwestern University, and his MPhil was in modern society and global transformations from the University of Cambridge. While at Northwestern, Andrew was also active in the Oyez Project. He remains interested in all things media, technology, and society related.
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Professional Publications and Invited Talks
2013
How Citizen Journalism Can Work, Universidade Nova de Lisboa / New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
Talk [PDF] in the Beyond Advertising and Nielsens: Non-Economic Drivers and New Business Models (Crowd-Sourcing, Co-Creation, etc.), and their Integration into Traditional Media and Audience Research Plenary Session of the 2013 International Media Management Academic Association.
2012
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Viability in born-digital news enterprises, Les nouvelles pratiques du journalisme 2012 Conférence (New Practices in Journalism in 2012 Conference). SciencesPo École de journalism, Paris, France.
Talk presenting new research that shows how born-digital news enterprises can build viability while doing quality, accountability journalism.
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Re-imagining Media Management Research in the Digital Age, Columbia University, New York.
Talk and working paper on the need to focus more research on born-digital news enterprises for the 2012 meeting of the International Media Management Academics Association.
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We’re Drowning, Right? ... Accountability Journalism in the Digital Age, Huffington Post UK and Gates Cambridge Blog.
Short article for a lay audience on modern media viability.
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Reporters and Evangelists: Politics of Online News, South by Southwest Festival, Austin, TX.
Panel discussion on how online news organizations cover and are impacted by national-level politics.
2011
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The Future of the Daily Newspapers, Western Economic Association International 86th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Panelist and presented short paper [pdf] comparing the cost and revenue structures of newspapers and born-digital news enterprises.
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The Necessity of Smart Work, OhmyNews International Citizen Journalists Forum, Seoul.
Talk on best practices for remote working in news enterprises.
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OhmyNews! Lessons in Citizen Journalism from Korea, Online News Association, London, UK.
Talk to members of the London Online News Association group. See coverage in The Guardian.
2009
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The Development of Citizen Journalism, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
MPhil dissertation on the conditions necessary for the development of citizen journalism.
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Complexity and Scale in Audio Archives, EDUCAUSE Review.
Lead Author: Jerry Goldman. Technical paper on using the use of semantic software to manage large-scale, digital audio archives.
2007
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Complexity and Scale in Audio Archives, National Science Foundation (US)/Joint Information Systems Committee Repositories Workshop, Phoenix, AZ.
Lead Working Paper Author: Jerry Goldman. Invitee to and co-author of a working paper for a U.S./UK discussion on how to manage digital repositories in for the humanities and other non-technical sciences.
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Info
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- 2010 - PresentVisiting Scholar / Northwestern University
We research on metrics for the social value of news and have found new ways that the media can be viable (In conjunction with Medill School Dean and Media Management and Strategy Professor John Lavine).
- Sept 2010 - PresentPhD Candidate / University of Cambridge
My PhD is building models for viability in born digital, accountability journalism producing news enterprises.
- Aug 2009 - Jul 2010Editor, Producer / OhmyNews
Led and launched international content and products at OhmyNews. Senior advisor to founder and CEO, Oh Yeon-ho.
- Jul 2007 - Jul 2008Digital Executive Producer / Hearst-Argyle Television/WESH 2
Managed WESH.com, the news Web site of Orlando’s NBC affiliate; launched HighSchoolPlaybook.com, a high school sports social network; developed digital-exclusive content; improved newsgathering workflow; trained news staff on Internet technologies and their implications for newsgathering, producing, writing, and editing.
Awards
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-2007: Society of Professional Journalists Green Eyeshade Award Co-Winner: First Place for TV Courts and Law reporting - 2007 - 2007News Online Technology Reporter / BBC
Wrote daily news, features, and data apps for BBC News Online; scheduled global correspondents; assisted production of BBC World Service’s Digital Planet program. Assisted BBC Archives digitization projects.
- 2004 - 2007Research Associate / Glasgow Caledonian University
- Sept 2003 - Jun 2007Consultant / The Oyez Project at Northwestern University
-Researched and deployed multiple new methods of teaching constitutional law and U.S. Supreme Court history using multimedia and Semantic Web (RDF) technologies.
-Wrote about the court for a non-legal audience by summarizing court opinions, preparing briefs, interviewing case participants to add context, and presenting cases using data visualization tools. - 2006 - 2006Assistant Editor for Notebooks / CNET Networks
Wrote notebook and notebook accessory reviews, product comparisons, feature stories, and newsletters; blogged notebook and Web 2.0 news for the Alpha blog; blogged gadget news for the News.com Gadget blog.
Education-
2010 - 2014University of CambridgePhD in Sociology of News
Activities: -Gates Cambridge Scholars Council: Elected as President in 2012 -Gates Cambridge Scholars Council: Elected as Communications Officer in 2010 -
2008 - 2009University of CambridgeMPhil in Sociology
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2003 - 2007Northwestern UniversityBSJ in Journalism, Political Science
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American Cemetery in Cambridge, National War Museums Duxford, and King's College