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Director, State of Local News Project, Northwestern University

Sarah Stonbely, PhD is the director at the State of Local News Project at Northwestern University.

Sarah received her doctorate in political communication, media sociology, and journalism studies from NYU in 2015. Recent prior positions include research director at the Center for Cooperative Media, research associate on the News Measures Research Project, as well as postdoc at George Washington University in the School of Media + Public Affairs. Sarah’s expertise is in journalism culture and practice, local news ecosystems, media policy, and research methodology.

Experience

  • –present
    Research Director, Center for Cooperative Media, Montclair State University

Education

  • 2015 
    New York University, PhD / Journalism Studies; Media Sociology; Political Communication