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Education
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PhD student, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin
Completing coursework toward PhD
Courses include Journalism and Theory, Critical and Cultural Studies, Framing of Social Protest, and Statistics
Working with Dr. Lewis Friedland toward a media ecology of a large American media environment
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Master of journalism, University of British Columbia, 2005
Dissertation: The Internet Could Make You Healthy: A Case Study of E-health Norms and Practices
Graduate work funded by Canadian Institutes for Health Research Graduate Science Writer Award, $20,000 per year
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BSc, honours Chemical Physics, University of Waterloo, 2002
Thesis: Adiabatic Passage in Two-Level Systems, Coherent Population Transfer in Three-Level Systems
Teaching assistant in physics undergraduate help centre
Took Spanish language, history and architecture courses at the Universidad Antonio de Nebrija in Madrid
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Science Communications Residency (non-degree), Banff Centre, 2008
Participated in a two-week intensive science communications program with scientists and journalists from across Canada
Developed a prototype of a user-generated website for critiquing science in film
Attendance funded by scholarships from Canadian Institutes for Health Research and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
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Publications
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Dunwoody, S., Konieczna, M. (Forthcoming). Global media and science journalism. In Global Media Ethics: Problems and Perspectives, S.J. Ward, ed. Wiley-Blackwell.
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Birnbaum, D., Ratner, P. and Konieczna, M. (2006). Williamson's ABNA revisited. Clinical Governance, 11(4), 326-334
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Conference presentations
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Konieczna, M., Mattis, K., Tsai, J., Liang, X., and Dunwoody, S. (2011). Domesticity Versus Global Journalism: A Two-Country Comparison of Coverage of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. Paper presented at Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research annual meeting, 2011, Chicago, Il.
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Konieczna, M. (2011). The Impermeable Wall: The Story of How Newspapers' Editorial Stance did not impact their coverage of the Wisconsin union protests, February 2011. Paper presented at Midwest Popular Culture Association annual meeting, 2011, Milwaukee, Wi.
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Bode, L., Vraga, E., Konieczna, M., Mirer, M., Alvarez, G., and Johnson, C. (2011). What Viewers Want: Assessing the Impact of Host Bias on Perceptions of Credibility in Political Talk Shows. Paper presented at Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication annual meeting, 2011, St. Louis, Mo. (Second-place student paper)
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Tsai, J., Liang, X., Konieczna, M. and Mattis, K. (2011). News Valence and Attribution of Responsibility in a Cross-National Study of TV News Coverage of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Paper presented at Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication annual meeting, 2011, St. Louis, Mo.
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Tsai, J., Liang, X., Mattis, K., Konieczna, M., Li, N., and Dunwoody, S. (2010). Rethinking attribution of responsibility in a cross-national study of TV news coverage of the 2009 global climate meeting in Copenhagen. Paper presented at International Communication Association annual meeting, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Mattis, K., Konieczna, M., Liang, X., Tsai, J., Dunwoody, S. (2011). Uncertainty Rhetoric in U.S. Television News Coverage of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. Paper presented at Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences annual meeting, 2011, Burlington, Vt.
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Konieczna, M., Mattis, K., Tsai, J., Liang, X., and Dunwoody, S. (2011). Localization versus global journalism: A comparison of coverage of the Copenhagen climate change conference in Canada and the United States. Paper presented at Communications Crossroads conference, Madison, Wi.
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Konieczna, M. (2010). Out of Our Pocket: Canadians debate the merits of public broadcasting, 1928-1932. Paper presented at On, Archives!, a conference on media, theater and history, University of Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Madison, Wi.
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Konieczna, M. (2010). Government Funded News in the 1920s and 1930s. Paper presented at Communications Crossroads conference, Madison, Wi.
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Teaching Experience
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Teaching assistant for Journalism 202, Mass Media Practices, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fall 2010-present
Runs two, three-hour sections a week, teaching students writing for print and broadcast journalism and strategic communication
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Teaching assistant for Journalism 201, Introduction to Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fall 2009, Winter 2010
Taught basic concepts in mass communication research and scholarship
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Teaching assistant, Physics Undergraduate Help Centre, University of Waterloo, Fall 2001-Winter 2002
Worked on a one-on-one basis, helping first- and second-year students understand basic physics concepts
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Guest Lectures
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Hyperlocal Journalism class, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2011
Spoke to a class of aspiring journalists about fieldwork at MinnPost, a nonprofit news organization in Minneapolis
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International Communication class, University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 2010
Invited to speak about differences in television news about the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in different countries
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Research experience
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Research assistant for Dr. Lewis Friedland and Active Philanthropy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010
Conducted research on philanthropic, non-profit sectors of American news media
Created a database of non-traditionally funded news organizations
Co-authored a report, "The Field of Nonprofit Funding of Journalism in the United States," for Active Philanthropy, a private German foundation wishing to spur philanthropic funding of news in Europe
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Research assistant, Audit of Nutritional Internet Sites, Vancouver, September 2004-October 2005
Worked with a team of journalists, epidemiologists and nutritionists across Canada to examine source and quality of nutrition information on the Internet
Helped design and conduct content analysis of most-read nutrition sites in Canada
Worked with Drs. Aleck Ostry and Mary Lynn Young on their study, The Quality of Nutritional Information Available on Popular Websites: A Content Analysis, Health Education Research, 23(4), 648-655, 2008
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Research assistant, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, September 2004-May 2005
Created framework for and conducted interviews with people familiar with Achievable Benefits Not Achieved (ABNA), a form of health care delivery
Analysed results to understand why ABNA did not gain traction in the U.S.
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Research associate, Centre for Molecular Beams and Laser Chemistry, Waterloo, January 1998-September 2000
Designed, built and tested an experimental system to study cracking in pressure tubes in Canadian nuclear reactors
Received Borden Canada Ltd. Work Report Award for description of this work
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Work experience
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Reporter, Guelph Mercury, September 2005 - September 2006, May 2007 to January 2009
Beats included municipal affairs, crime, university
Founded and wrote for municipal affairs blog, which was a finalist in the 2008 Canadian Blog Awards in the Pundit/Professional Commentator category
Received Ontario Newspaper Award for municipal affairs reporting, 2007
Nominated for National Newspaper Award for local reporting and Ontario Newspaper Award for special project, 2006 (listen to a couple of the stories in the series here)
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Copy editor, Guelph Mercury, September 2006 - May 2007
Edited local stories; wrote editorials; designed local, wire and editorial pages; chose stories and photos; wrote headlines
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Summer intern, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, May-August 2005
General assignment and hard news reporter
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Summer intern and city hall reporter, North Shore News, North Vancouver, July 2004-April 2005
Worked as general assignment reporter on a summer internship
Later hired to report on West Vancouver council, choosing story ideas and submitting three or four stories a week
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Editorial intern, Western Living Magazine, Vancouver, British Columbia, May-June 2004
Researched stories, fact-checked, organized photo shoots for a homes and gardens magazine
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Reporter, Woolwich Observer, Elmira, January-April 2000
General assignment reporter for weekly newspaper
Wrote for annual festival guide
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Freelancer, 2003-present
Articles have appeared in Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The Vancouver Courier, The Tyee, Canadian Undergraduate Physics Journal
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Editor-In-Chief, Imprint, University of Waterloo's student newspaper, Waterloo, 2002-2003
Oversaw operations of a weekly student newspaper, circulation 11,000
Managed and trained staff of about 30 to assign and write stories and design pages
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Awards
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Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication second-place student paper award, for the paper "What Viewers Want: Assessing the Impact of Host Bias on Perceptions of Credibility in Political Talk Shows," 2011
University of Wisconsin-Madison Departmental funding, School of Journalism and Mass communication, awarded to cover the costs of conducting an ethnography of a nonprofit newsroom in Chicago, $750, 2010
University of Wisconsin-Madison four-year funding guarantee, 2009-2013
Perimeter Institute scholarship for Science Communications Residency at Banff Centre, $1,750, 2008
Canadian Institutes for Health Research travel scholarship for Science Communications Residency at Banff Centre, $1,650, 2008
Canadian Blog Awards, finalist, 2008
Ontario Newspaper Award, municipal affairs reporting, 2007
National Newspaper Award nominee, local reporting, 2006
Ontario Newspaper Award nominee, special project, 2006
Canadian Institutes for Health Research Graduate Science Writer Award, for students interested in science writing in Canada, $20,000 per year, 2003-2005
Bell Globemedia Fellowship (declined), Canadian Media Research Consortium, for academic excellence and interest in media research, $12,500, 2003
Jerome T. Miller Memorial Prize, University of Waterloo, 2001
Borden Canada Ltd. Work Report Award, for quality of work term report, 2000
Don E. Irish Scholarship, for highest mark in first-year chemistry, University of Waterloo, 1998
Chemistry Entrance Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 1997
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Volunteer work
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Organizer, Communications team, Teaching Assistants Association, University of Wisconsin, 2011
One of a team that created a communication campaign to help the teaching assistants union battle budget cuts to the university
Helped coordinate media outreach and coverage when the campaign turned into an occupation of the capitol building, drawing hundreds of thousands of protesters and media from around the world
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Legal observer, American Civil Liberties Union, 2009 to present
Observes protests and provides notes to the ACLU in case of legal action by protesters or authorities
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Organizer, Guelph Reads, 2008
One of a team of four that organized an annual reading festival
Conducted fundraising, invited speakers, organized a team of volunteers, formed community partnerships, and put on a live event
Created a one-hour radio documentary for campus radio
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Tutor, Action Read, 2005-2008
One-on-one teacher of adult literacy and math skills
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Builder, Guelph International Resource Centre rain barrel project, 2005-2008
Part of a team that converts old pickle barrels into rain barrels
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Green team, Hillside Festival, 2006
Collected donations to help naturalize the home of Guelph's annual music festival
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Teacher's assistant, Notre Dame elementary school, 2006
Worked with small groups of Grade 3 students on specialized portions of curriculum
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