Christina Smith
Journalism Instructor, Georgia College and State University
Center for Community News
BIO
Christina Smith teaches journalism in the Department of Communication at Georgia College & State University. Before getting her Ph.D. in mass communications in 2015 from the University of Iowa, she worked in the newspaper industry as a daily and weekly news reporter for more than 13 years. As a scholar, Smith’s primary research interests focus on community journalism, specifically the role of journalism in rural U.S. towns, and most recently, news-academic partnerships as journalistic business models.
Bio
Christina Smith teaches journalism in the Department of Communication at Georgia College & State University. Before getting her Ph.D. in mass communications in 2015 from the University of Iowa, she worked in the newspaper industry as a daily and weekly news reporter for more than 13 years. As a scholar, Smith’s primary research interests focus on community journalism, specifically the role of journalism in rural U.S. towns, and most recently, news-academic partnerships as journalistic business models.