Jessica Walsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4257142 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Walsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Walsh |
| SIGNATURE | WALSH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5836-1162 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Teaching the AP Stylebook to Novice Journalism Students: A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Pedagogical Uncertainty and Perceived Learning Barriers
The Associated Press (AP) Stylebook, endearingly called “the journalist’s bible,” contains thousands of entries outlining style rules and situational guidance. Designed initially for practitioners, the AP stylebook is a seminal resource at many journalism education programs. Its density and complexity as a learning material inherently poses cognitive load risks for novices—and yet—it remains notably under researched. This explanatory sequential m…
“We all need each other”: Rural journalists, collaboration, and the journalistic field
An emerging body of literature has documented a recent collaborative turn across the journalism industry. Given the current economic circumstances plaguing the field — conditions that are heightened in rural newsrooms — journalistic collaborations can be understood as an effort to maximize increasingly scarce resources. Despite this, there is limited scholarship exploring collaborative practices among rural journalists, in the United States or gl…
“Hit or Miss”: Rural Veterans’ Experiences Receiving Community Mental Health Care
PURPOSE: Veteran use of Veteran Health Administration (VHA)-purchased community care (CC) for mental health has accelerated at a faster pace compared to both primary care and emergency services. Few studies have conducted an in-depth exploration of rural Veteran experience using community mental health. This paper focuses on the voices of rural Veterans, with the aim of exploring advantages and disadvantages for Veterans receiving mental health s…
Standing With and Apart: Media Professionals’ Social Media Contributions to the Civil Sphere During the Fall of #Roe
Using content analysis, this study examined over 5,500 posts by media professionals discussing the Roe V. Wade leak and decision in the summer of 2022. Focusing on posting behavior, role, and outlet size, findings show that media professionals often expressed opinions, contradicting objectivity norms. Influencer status, job role (producers, writers, contributors), and outlet size significantly impacted posting behaviors, with major outlets showin…
“Scooped by the Town Drunk”: Unpacking the Effects of Covid-19 on Rural Journalism Work
Journalists serving rural communities are crucial sources of information across the U.S.; they also face challenges and opportunities unlike those of their peers at large urban outlets. In this study, we take the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to examine how these journalists define their group identities. We focus on local news creators to ask: How has COVID-19 influenced the identities of small-town and rural journalists in the U.S.? Using…
Who is responsible? Examining the way U.S. newspapers in rural agricultural and ranching states cover water quality
Perjurers, Rapists, and Zealots are Ending Abortion”: Sports Journalists’ Symbolic Annihilation of Women Athletes on Social Media During the National Loss of Abortion Rights
As athlete activism increases and social justice movements gain support and legitimacy, sports journalists have used Twitter (now the social platform X) to discuss off-field issues such as the gender pay gap, Black Lives Matter, and #MeToo. This content analysis examines 880 tweets from sports journalists who tweeted about Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022. Findings contribute to scholarship on the prevalence of sports journalists’ opinions when …
That s**t is Hard to Get Away from”: Working Alone in US Rural Journalism
What is Rural Journalism? Occupational Precarity and Social Cohesion in US Rural Journalism Epistemology
Given the recent focus on news poverty and gaps in local journalism, rural journalists would seem to have a challenging job. This study seeks to understand the novel experiences and challenges of journalists who cover rural communities and how they conceptualize their knowledge-building practices. Through the lens of journalistic epistemology, researchers conducted a two-step, in-depth interview procedure with rural US journalists (n = 61) to bet…
Gleaning Rural Journalism: Rural Journalists' Agricultural and Environmental Reporting Utilizing Community Storytelling Networks☆
Environmental concerns are growing in parts of the rural United States as drinking water wells become contaminated with agrichemicals, and climate change impacts such as drought and extreme rain events disrupt farming practices. Analyzing in-depth interviews with 29 U.S. rural journalists, we explore the role rural journalists play when reporting on the environment as it relates to agricultural issues. Findings show that reporting about the envir…
What’s with the water: The nature of reporting on the problem of nitrates in Nebraska
This article examines how 22 Nebraska newspapers and a wire service covered nitrate contamination in Nebraska’s groundwater over nearly 4 years. We found coverage lacked depth and examined a few solutions although 88% of Nebraskans get drinking water from the ground. Reliance on fertilizer and irrigation for crop production leads to groundwater contamination, making this a concerning coverage gap as climate change impacts promise to make farming …
Overview of Efforts to Increase Women Enrollment in the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program
Background: Ensuring enhanced delivery of care to women Veterans is a top Veterans Affairs (VA) priority; however, women are historically underrepresented in research that informs evidence-based health care. A primary barrier to women's participation is the inability to engage with research in person due to a number of documented challenges. The VA Million Veteran Program (MVP) is committed to increasing access for women Veterans to participate i…
We Hold that Roe and Casey Must Be Overruled.” #scotus: Digital Journalism on Abortion Rights
Using discourse analysis to examine 3995 tweets by 1939 journalists following the leak of the Roe v. Wade decision on 3 May 2022, through the final opinion on 24 June 2022, this study analyzes how journalists used Twitter, now known as X, during a politically charged national debate on abortion rights. Since an online-only media outlet posted the original story, we examine the contingencies and constraints of digital journalism and the ensuing pl…
Everything Else is Public Relations” How Rural Journalists Draw the Boundary Between Journalism and Public Relations in Rural Communities
Rural journalists are news professionals, but also citizens engaged in their communities. The function and purpose of local journalism and public relations have become interdependent as media and communication has become more digital. These relationships create some tensions and it is in this environment that rural journalists make daily choices to cover a story or run prepared content provided by an outside source. Through the lens of boundary w…
“It’s Not Hate but … ”: Marginal Categories in Rural Journalism
Journalists who cover rural areas in the United States say they are afraid to report on hate groups, and this fear is exacerbated by close community ties and limited resources among rural journalists. We examine the concept of “hate speech” as a boundary object, analyzing in-depth interviews with U.S. journalists reporting in rural communities (n = 33) to better understand how rural journalists report on hate. We find that rural journalists artic…
Moral Injury: An Integrative Review
Individuals who are exposed to traumatic events that violate their moral values may experience severe distress and functional impairments known as “moral injuries.” Over the last decade, moral injury has captured the attention of mental health care providers, spiritual and faith communities, media outlets, and the general public. Research about moral injury, especially among military personnel and veterans, has also proliferated. For this article…
What is Rural Journalism? Occupational Precarity and Social Cohesion in US Rural Journalism Epistemology
Given the recent focus on news poverty and gaps in local journalism, rural journalists would seem to have a challenging job. This study seeks to understand the novel experiences and challenges of journalists who cover rural communities and how they conceptualize their knowledge-building practices. Through the lens of journalistic epistemology, researchers conducted a two-step, in-depth interview procedure with rural US journalists (n = 61) to bet…
Everything Else is Public Relations” How Rural Journalists Draw the Boundary Between Journalism and Public Relations in Rural Communities
Rural journalists are news professionals, but also citizens engaged in their communities. The function and purpose of local journalism and public relations have become interdependent as media and communication has become more digital. These relationships create some tensions and it is in this environment that rural journalists make daily choices to cover a story or run prepared content provided by an outside source. Through the lens of boundary w…
Gleaning Rural Journalism: Rural Journalists' Agricultural and Environmental Reporting Utilizing Community Storytelling Networks☆
Environmental concerns are growing in parts of the rural United States as drinking water wells become contaminated with agrichemicals, and climate change impacts such as drought and extreme rain events disrupt farming practices. Analyzing in-depth interviews with 29 U.S. rural journalists, we explore the role rural journalists play when reporting on the environment as it relates to agricultural issues. Findings show that reporting about the envir…
That s**t is Hard to Get Away from”: Working Alone in US Rural Journalism
Who is responsible? Examining the way U.S. newspapers in rural agricultural and ranching states cover water quality
Moral Injury: An Integrative Review
Individuals who are exposed to traumatic events that violate their moral values may experience severe distress and functional impairments known as “moral injuries.” Over the last decade, moral injury has captured the attention of mental health care providers, spiritual and faith communities, media outlets, and the general public. Research about moral injury, especially among military personnel and veterans, has also proliferated. For this article…
“It’s Not Hate but … ”: Marginal Categories in Rural Journalism
Journalists who cover rural areas in the United States say they are afraid to report on hate groups, and this fear is exacerbated by close community ties and limited resources among rural journalists. We examine the concept of “hate speech” as a boundary object, analyzing in-depth interviews with U.S. journalists reporting in rural communities (n = 33) to better understand how rural journalists report on hate. We find that rural journalists artic…
What’s with the water: The nature of reporting on the problem of nitrates in Nebraska
This article examines how 22 Nebraska newspapers and a wire service covered nitrate contamination in Nebraska’s groundwater over nearly 4 years. We found coverage lacked depth and examined a few solutions although 88% of Nebraskans get drinking water from the ground. Reliance on fertilizer and irrigation for crop production leads to groundwater contamination, making this a concerning coverage gap as climate change impacts promise to make farming …
Overview of Efforts to Increase Women Enrollment in the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program
Background: Ensuring enhanced delivery of care to women Veterans is a top Veterans Affairs (VA) priority; however, women are historically underrepresented in research that informs evidence-based health care. A primary barrier to women's participation is the inability to engage with research in person due to a number of documented challenges. The VA Million Veteran Program (MVP) is committed to increasing access for women Veterans to participate i…
We Hold that Roe and Casey Must Be Overruled.” #scotus: Digital Journalism on Abortion Rights
Using discourse analysis to examine 3995 tweets by 1939 journalists following the leak of the Roe v. Wade decision on 3 May 2022, through the final opinion on 24 June 2022, this study analyzes how journalists used Twitter, now known as X, during a politically charged national debate on abortion rights. Since an online-only media outlet posted the original story, we examine the contingencies and constraints of digital journalism and the ensuing pl…
Everything Else is Public Relations” How Rural Journalists Draw the Boundary Between Journalism and Public Relations in Rural Communities
Rural journalists are news professionals, but also citizens engaged in their communities. The function and purpose of local journalism and public relations have become interdependent as media and communication has become more digital. These relationships create some tensions and it is in this environment that rural journalists make daily choices to cover a story or run prepared content provided by an outside source. Through the lens of boundary w…
Perjurers, Rapists, and Zealots are Ending Abortion”: Sports Journalists’ Symbolic Annihilation of Women Athletes on Social Media During the National Loss of Abortion Rights
As athlete activism increases and social justice movements gain support and legitimacy, sports journalists have used Twitter (now the social platform X) to discuss off-field issues such as the gender pay gap, Black Lives Matter, and #MeToo. This content analysis examines 880 tweets from sports journalists who tweeted about Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022. Findings contribute to scholarship on the prevalence of sports journalists’ opinions when …
That s**t is Hard to Get Away from”: Working Alone in US Rural Journalism
What is Rural Journalism? Occupational Precarity and Social Cohesion in US Rural Journalism Epistemology
Given the recent focus on news poverty and gaps in local journalism, rural journalists would seem to have a challenging job. This study seeks to understand the novel experiences and challenges of journalists who cover rural communities and how they conceptualize their knowledge-building practices. Through the lens of journalistic epistemology, researchers conducted a two-step, in-depth interview procedure with rural US journalists (n = 61) to bet…
Gleaning Rural Journalism: Rural Journalists' Agricultural and Environmental Reporting Utilizing Community Storytelling Networks☆
Environmental concerns are growing in parts of the rural United States as drinking water wells become contaminated with agrichemicals, and climate change impacts such as drought and extreme rain events disrupt farming practices. Analyzing in-depth interviews with 29 U.S. rural journalists, we explore the role rural journalists play when reporting on the environment as it relates to agricultural issues. Findings show that reporting about the envir…
“Scooped by the Town Drunk”: Unpacking the Effects of Covid-19 on Rural Journalism Work
Journalists serving rural communities are crucial sources of information across the U.S.; they also face challenges and opportunities unlike those of their peers at large urban outlets. In this study, we take the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to examine how these journalists define their group identities. We focus on local news creators to ask: How has COVID-19 influenced the identities of small-town and rural journalists in the U.S.? Using…
Who is responsible? Examining the way U.S. newspapers in rural agricultural and ranching states cover water quality
Teaching the AP Stylebook to Novice Journalism Students: A Mixed-Methods Study Exploring Pedagogical Uncertainty and Perceived Learning Barriers
The Associated Press (AP) Stylebook, endearingly called “the journalist’s bible,” contains thousands of entries outlining style rules and situational guidance. Designed initially for practitioners, the AP stylebook is a seminal resource at many journalism education programs. Its density and complexity as a learning material inherently poses cognitive load risks for novices—and yet—it remains notably under researched. This explanatory sequential m…
“We all need each other”: Rural journalists, collaboration, and the journalistic field
An emerging body of literature has documented a recent collaborative turn across the journalism industry. Given the current economic circumstances plaguing the field — conditions that are heightened in rural newsrooms — journalistic collaborations can be understood as an effort to maximize increasingly scarce resources. Despite this, there is limited scholarship exploring collaborative practices among rural journalists, in the United States or gl…
“Hit or Miss”: Rural Veterans’ Experiences Receiving Community Mental Health Care
PURPOSE: Veteran use of Veteran Health Administration (VHA)-purchased community care (CC) for mental health has accelerated at a faster pace compared to both primary care and emergency services. Few studies have conducted an in-depth exploration of rural Veteran experience using community mental health. This paper focuses on the voices of rural Veterans, with the aim of exploring advantages and disadvantages for Veterans receiving mental health s…
Standing With and Apart: Media Professionals’ Social Media Contributions to the Civil Sphere During the Fall of #Roe
Using content analysis, this study examined over 5,500 posts by media professionals discussing the Roe V. Wade leak and decision in the summer of 2022. Focusing on posting behavior, role, and outlet size, findings show that media professionals often expressed opinions, contradicting objectivity norms. Influencer status, job role (producers, writers, contributors), and outlet size significantly impacted posting behaviors, with major outlets showin…
Political science (12 works) · Media Studies and Communication (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Journalism (9 works) · Media studies (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works)