Kathleen A. Hansen
[School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota]
Kathleen A. Hansen is a professor in the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication, director of the Minnesota Journalism Center (MJC) and supervisor of the school’s Digital Information Resource Center. She is a co-author (with Nora Paul) of “Behind the Message: Information Strategies for Communicators.”
Project Summary Playing the News is a news simulation environment which lets citizens play through a complex, evolving news story through interaction with the newsmakers.
Goals “We hope to imagine a new way to compile and display the development of complex news events.”
Contact k-hans@umn.edu

