Marina Hendricks

Title

Assistant Professor; Graduate Program Coordinator, Online Master of Mass Communication

Office Building

Yeager Hall

Office

211

Mailing Address

Yeager Hall 211
School of Communication & Journalism-Box 2235
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Dr. Marina Hendricks teaches Public Relations Writing, Introduction to the Master of Mass Communication, Integrated Marketing Communication and Cross-Platform Campaigns. Her research focuses on youth journalism, student journalists, issues in journalism and social media. In a previous life, she was communications director at the Newspaper Association of America (now News Media Alliance). A West Virginia native, she served as the founding editor of the FlipSide teen journalism program at The Charleston Gazette and also worked for an advertising and public relations agency.

Education

Ph.D. in journalism | University of Missouri-Columbia
M.A. in journalism and mass communication | Kent State University
B.A. in journalism | Marshall University

Academic Interests

Online education
Journalism
Public relations
Social media

Academic Responsibilities

Graduate coordinator, Online Master of Mass Communication
Faculty adviser, SDSU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America
Coordinator, South Dakota High School Press Association

Committees and Professional Memberships

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication - Scholastic Journalism Division Head, 2021-2023
Journalism Education Association - State Director/South Dakota
Public Relations Society of America
Online News Association
International Communication Association

Awards and Honors

2024 David Adams Scholastic Journalism Educator of the Year Award - AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division
2024 Top Faculty Paper (co-author) - AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division
2024 Certified Journalism Educator (renewal) - Journalism Education Association
2021 Excellence in Online Teaching Award - South Dakota State University
2020 Volunteer of the Year (with Fall 2020 Public Relations Writing students) - Visit Brookings
2018 Top Faculty Paper (solo author), AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division

Grants

Lucchesi, R., Hendricks, M. A. and Anderson, J. (2021). Changing needs in tobacco cessation: Exploring coaching preferences among people of low socioeconomic status. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
Anderson, J., Hendricks, M. A. and Lucchesi, R. (2021). College students and vaping. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
Hendricks, M. A., Lucchesi, R. and Weaver, S. M. (2020). Young adults self-report on use of e-cigarettes/vaping devices. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
Lucchesi, R., Hendricks, M. A. and Koehler, K. (2020). Technical and university student study on changing attitudes and behaviors related to e-cigarettes. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
Domonoske, D., Hendricks, M. A. and Lucchesi, R. (2019). Investigation of educators’ needs on e-cigarette curriculum. South Dakota Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.

Work Experience

Director of communications/senior manager of communications, Newspaper Association of America, Arlington, Virginia
Manager, Newspaper Association of America Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
Editor/special projects editor, Newspaper Association of America/NAA Foundation, Arlington, Virginia
Adjunct instructor, University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia
FlipSide editor, Reporter and Special Projects Coordinator, The Charleston Gazette/Charleston Newspapers, Charleston, West Virginia
Accounts coordinator, Perry Productions, Charleston, West Virginia

Areas of Research

Youth journalism
Student journalists
Issues in journalism
Social media

Publications

Hill, M., Hendricks, M. A., Cavanah, S. and Bobkowski, P. (Accepted for publication). High school journalism field trips: Post-pandemic barriers and opportunities. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator.
Finneman, T, Hendricks, M. A. and Bobkowski, P. S. (2022). "The paper is white": Examining diversity issues with the next generation of journalists. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. DOI:10.1177/10776958211062683.
Thomas, R. J. and Hendricks, M. A. (2019). Making class matter: Journalism and social class. In E. L. Perry and M. Len-Rios (Eds.), Cross-cultural journalism: Communicating strategically about diversity (2nd ed., pp. 77-99). Routledge.
Hendricks, M. A. and Thomas, R. J. (2018). What’s in a name? Journalistic boundary work and a high school newspaper’s effort to ban “redskin.” Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 73(4), 454–468. DOI:10.1177/1077695817736688.
Russell, F. M., Hendricks, M. A., Choi, H. and Stephens, E. C. (2015). Who sets the news agenda on Twitter? Journalists’ posts during the 2013 U.S. government shutdown. Digital Journalism, 3(6), 925-943. DOI:10.1080/21670811.2014.995918.

Department(s)

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