Neill Fitzpatrick

Neill is interested in researching and answering the many questions surrounding journalism and the work of journalists. He believes that by sharing his experience and knowledge, he can enable students (and the public) to better understand why there has never been a greater need for factual, accurate reporting. His research paper "Media Manipulation 2.0: The Impact of Social Media on News, Competition, and Accuracy" was published in 2018, and he's since presented his findings to various community groups and as a TEDx talk at MacEwan in January 2019. In 2022, his paper "No News is Not Good News: The Implications of News Fatigue and News Avoidance" was published in a communications journal and as a chapter of a book examining communications and journalism during the pandemic. Neill is focused on teaching how social media has profoundly changed the ways we communicate with each other and how those changes affect both journalists and professional communicators. | Journalism, communications, media relations, crisis communications, media manipulation, writing, social media, news avoidance

Neill Fitzpatrick is Assistant Professor | Program Coordinator (Journalism) at MacEwan University. Their stated interests include Neill is interested in researching and answering the many questions surrounding journalism and the work of journalists. He believes that by sharing his experience and knowledge, he can enable students (and the public) to better understand why there has never been a greater need for factual, accurate reporting. His research paper "Media Manipulation 2.0: The Impact of Social Media on News, Competition, and Accuracy" was published in 2018, and he's since presented his findings to various community groups and as a TEDx talk at MacEwan in January 2019. In 2022, his paper "No News is Not Good News: The Implications of News Fatigue and News Avoidance" was published in a communications journal and . This summary considered all 2 collected sources.