Jessica Clark is a writer, editor and researcher, with more than 15 years of experience spanning commercial, educational, independent and public media production. Currently she is the Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media. She also writes a monthly column for PBS’ MediaShift on new directions in public media. She is the author, with Tracy Van Slyke, of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media (2010, New Press).
A journalist and frequent media commentator, Clark is the former executive editor of In These Times, where she also served as the managing editor, associate publisher and assistant publisher. Her freelance articles have appeared in in such outlets as the San Francisco Chronicle, the American Prospect online, The Ottawa Citizen and South Africa’s Wireless. As Research Director for American University’s Center for Social Media, she directs the Future of Public Media project, conducts and commisions research,such as the influential 2009 report Public Media 2.0: Dynamic, Engaged Publics, and organizes events such as the Beyond Broadcast conference. She holds an MA in Social Sciences and a BA in English from the University of Chicago.
Voter supression continues
Good News/Bad News
Thinking ahead
Blog roundup: Recount Spectacular
And the winner is…
Pre-election blog roundup
Oh, so that’s what he meant….
What now?!?
Another argument against Wal-Mart
And now, a word from the victims
All together now…
A Surprising October
You don’t have to call in sick…
Fair is fair
I repeat: NOT SAFER
What next, navies of charity?
Join our Swing State Postering Project
Bush, you ignorant slut
Crimes in Freedom’s Name: Dick Cheney’s El Salvador
Distortions and contortions
Whew!
Sigh of relief
Post-debate buzz
...and Kerry’s zingers
Stay on the offense
Superbowl Thursday
Pulling out the Stops
Talk to Strangers
Playground politics

Dispatch
Pretty Effective in Pink
Bush’s RNC Speech, Interrupted
Bush’s RNC Speech
Continuing coverage
On the Small Screen
Feature
Political Realities
Documentaries rush in to fill journalism void
Wait…ANYBODY?
It’s funny because it’s true
Yes, they’re two of ours
Point, counterpoint
Progressives’ rising glee
For the armchair investigative reporter
Cultural Studies: A Blast from the Past
A page from the “too weird” file
On our shelves
Viewpoint
The Women Have It
Nursery Rhyme Gone Awry
Beyond Beyond Borders

Feature
Gender Trouble