Research

Refereed Journal Articles

Gutsche, Jr., R. E. & Salkin, E. R. (forthcoming). “It’s better than blaming a dead young man:” Creating mythical archetypes in local coverage of the Mississippi River drownings.  Journalism: Theory, practice, and criticism.

Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2011). Building boundaries: A case study of the use of news photographs and cultural narratives in the coverage of local crime and in the creation of urban space. Visual Communication Quarterly, 18(3), 140-154.

Gutsche, Jr., R. E., & Salkin, E. R. (2011). News stories: An exploration of independence within post-secondary journalism. Journalism Practice, 5(2), 193-209.

Berkowitz, D. & Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (Revise and Resubmit to Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly). Drawing lines in the journalistic sand: Jon Stewart, Edward R. Murrow and memory of news gone bye.

Refereed Book Chapters

Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2011). Missing the scoop: Exploring the cultural and sociological influences of news production upon college student journalists. In Bob Franklin & Donica Mensing (Eds.), Journalism Education, Training and Employment (pp. 63-77). New York & London: Routledge.

Non-Refereed Book Chapters

Gutsche, Jr., R. E., & Carviou, J. & Arif, R. (in press). Change that couldn’t happen: News medias’ commitment to hegemonic masculinity through collective memory in the 2008 presidential election. In Nicholas Yanes & Derrias Carter (Eds.), When Obama Was Magic: Essays on Media Representations of the Candidate and New President, 2007–2009. McFarland.

Works in Progress

Book Manuscript: Transplanted Chicago: The Making of a Rural Ghetto combines journalism with cultural history and scholarship to explore space-making during a time of Black diaspora into the Midwest from urban centers.

Book Reviews

Gutsche, Jr. R. E. (forthcoming). [Review of the book Is there a better structure for news providers? The potential in charitable and trust ownership]. Journalism Practice. 

Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (forthcoming). [Review of the book On media memory: Collective memory in a new media age]. Journal of Communication Inquiry.

Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2011). [Review of the book Signs of the times: The visual politics of Jim Crow]. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 35(2), 181-184.

Non-Refereed Publications

Gutsche, Jr., R. (forthcoming). Top 10 ways to prepare NOW for your career tomorrow. Quill & Scroll Magazine, Quill and Scroll Society.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2012). I.C. transit system needs fixes, The Gazette, Jan. 23.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2012). Time to reform a flawed bus-system, The Daily Iowan, Jan. 23.

Gutsche, Jr. R. (2012). Threats of violence won’t solve city’s bus transfer problem, The Iowa City Press-Citizen, Jan. 22.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2011). Case study: Conflict within an expanding journalistic community. The Convergence Newsletter, University of South Carolina. http://sc.edu/cmcis/news/convergence/v8no8.html#20.

Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2011). Feature writing. Quill & Scroll Magazine, Quill and Scroll Society. Spring 2011, 6.

Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2010). [Review of film Burma VJ: Reporting from a closed country] in Asian Educational Media Service News and Reviews, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 37.

Gutsche, Jr., R. E. (2010). IowaWatch: Nonprofit journalism links students with reporting and learning. Nieman Report’s Professor’s Corner, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.

Wilson, B., & Gutsche, Jr. R., & Schwartz, D. (2010). Bringing news to life: Potential for scholastic journalism ‘enormous.’ Communication: Journalism Education Today, Journalism Education Association, 2-5.

Gutsche, Jr., R., & Schwartz, D. (2010). Bringing back the written word: 24 hours on the iPad. Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication. http://aejmc.org/topics.

Schwartz, D., & Gutsche, Jr., R. (2010). iPad: Early impressions for journalism education. Journalism Education Association Digital Media. www.jeadigitalmedia.com.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2010). Non-profit news: Start digging. Quill & Scroll Magazine, The University of Iowa. February/March, 4-5.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2009). Tips to do well online: How our online news sites can meet – and exceed – those of the pros. The Community College Journalist, Community College Journalism Association. October, 10-11.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2009). Student bloggers watch over college media. PoynterOnline, The Poynter Institute, August 25, 2009.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2009). Lesson from WisconsinWatch: Non-profit news doesn’t mean it’s free. PoynterOnline, The Poynter Institute.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2009). Media advising and democracy: What we teach is democracy in action. The Community College Journalist, Community College Journalism Association. Winter 2008/Spring 2009, 8-9.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2008). Balancing class and media: Many student journalists experience college in ways we don’t understand – or wouldn’t expect. Quill & Scroll Magazine, University of Iowa, October/November, 7.

Refereed Research Papers

Gutsche, Jr. R. E. (2012). ‘It’s ok to be mad, but not ok to be mean’: Storytelling of war in Afghanistan and street crime at ‘home’ in The Omaha World-Herald, International Communication Association Conference, Phoenix, Arizona.

Gutsche, Jr., R. & Malewitz, J. (2011). Facing the future of online, nonprofit news: The challenges and prospects for emerging nonprofit journalism in the U.S., The Future of Journalism Conference 2011. Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Gutsche Jr., R. & Arif, R. (2011). Not paid to play: A case study of online community participants and the effects of non-monetary motivation upon public journalism, Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication. Civic and Citizen Journalism Interest Group, St. Louis, Missouri.

Salkin, E. & Gutsche, Jr., R. (2011). “It’s better than blaming a dead young man”: Creating mythical archetypes in local coverage of the Mississippi River drownings, Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication. Cultural and Critical Studies Division, St. Louis, Missouri.

Berkowitz, D. & Gutsche, Jr., R. (2011). Drawing lines in the journalistic sand: Jon Stewart, Edward R. Murrow and memory of news gone bye, Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication. Cultural and Critical Studies Division, St. Louis, Missouri.

Andsager, J.L., O’Gara, E., Gutsche, R.E., Jr., Carviou, J., & Yanes, N. (2011). Overweight and unworthy? The role of priming in attractiveness, gender, and credibility, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Mass Communication and Society Division, St. Louis, Missouri.

Gutsche, Jr., R.E. & Baker, R. (2011). (E)Racing Iowa City: Using digital storytelling to reconstruct identity, community and home, James F. Jakobsen Conference, The University of Iowa.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2010). Creating cultural conflict: Biased geographic reporting of crime on the ‘Southeast Side,’ Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication. Mass Communication and Society Division, Denver, Colorado.

Gutsche, Jr., R. & Salkin, E. (2009). News stories: An exploration of relationship between decision-making and independence within university journalism, National College Media Convention, College Media Advisers, Austin, Texas.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2009). Missing the scoop: The story behind the development of college student journalists through early media experience, The Future of Journalism Conference 2009. Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Gutsche, Jr. R. (2009). Student media: The ultimate (and possibly most misunderstood) bridge to communities, University of Wisconsin Colleges Colloquium, Building Bridges: Connecting Education to the Worlds Around Us. University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, Menasha, Wisconsin.

Gutsche, Jr. R. (2009). Professional socialization of college student journalists: An ethnographic study of the intersection of personal values with newsroom and classroom values, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, Communication Crossroads 2009, Madison, Wisconsin.

Gutsche, Jr., R. (2009). Understanding newsmakers: Exploring themes of interest surrounding the development and experiences of college student journalists, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Mid-Winter, Cultural and Critical Studies Division, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

Salkin, E. & Gutsche, Jr., R. (2009). Used, Infused or Abused: New technologies in introductory mass communication course syllabi, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Scholastic Journalism Division, The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida. 

Non-Refereed and Invited Presentations

Meeting the Pros: Engaged Graduate Students at Iowa, Guest Speaker, Obermann Graduate Institute on Public Engagement and the Academy 2011, The University of Iowa, January 11, 2012.

What’s social media done for ya lately?, Iowa High School Press Association Conference, The University of Iowa, October 27, 2011.

Listening through film: A discussion about Black American Gothic, Human Behavior in the Social Environment graduate course, School of Social Work, The University of Iowa, October 13, 2011.

News, diversity, and our community, New Media and Diversity undergraduate course, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, The University of Iowa, September 13, 2011.

Is social media going to save mass media (Part II)?, Iowa High School Press Association Conference, The University of Iowa, October 13, 2010.

Opportunities for Strengthening Democracy through Campus/Community Engagement, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 23, 2011.

Grad school 101: Bridging the gap between undergraduate and graduate school, panelist, James F. Jakobsen Conference, The University of Iowa, March 27, 2010.

Democracy in danger: Issues of independence, economics, experience, and how student media can save it, Best of the Midwest College Journalism Convention, Associated Collegiate Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 12-14, 2010.

Is social media going to save mass media?, Iowa High School Press Association Conference, The University of Iowa, October 29, 2009.

What’s Happening? Dealing with the impact and result of good (and bad) student journalism surrounding student safety issues, Wisconsin College Personnel Association Conference, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, October 25-26, 2008. 

Connecting with the media: Understanding our role together for the future, University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Personnel Association, Madison, Wisconsin, February 22, 2008.

Research Positions

Reviewer, Critical Studies in Media Communication, June 2011 to present

Books Editor, Journal of Communication Inquiry, June 2011 to present

Proofreader and Research Assistant (Spring 2010) for Promotion & Tenure Confidential: The People, Politics, and Philosophy of Career Advancement in Academia, by David D. Perlmutter. Harvard University Press, published in 2011

Proofreader (Fall 2009) for Cultural Meanings of News: A Text-Reader, by Dan Berkowitz. Sage, published in 2011

Associate Editor, Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, 2009 to present