NR25

Karin Assmann studies news production with a focus on how journalists and news organizations respond to change. Her areas of interest include newsroom unionization, gender quotas and representation, as well as individual and institutional responses to physical and discursive attacks on reporters, their outlets and the news media in general. She also studies how rural communities define their information needs and the strategies they use to meet these needs. She conducts research about news deserts in the U.S. and in Germany, with a focus on local and regional media.