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Doron Taussig

Assistant Professor in Journalism

Doron Taussig is working on a book about the meaning of merit in America – what American culture and individual Americans say about what people have earned, what they deserve, and whether they got lucky or unlucky. His research interests more broadly include American journalism and politics. Before coming to academia, Doron worked as a journalist for the Philadelphia City Paper and Philadelphia Daily News, covering issues including juvenile justice, immigration, labor, city politics, and local media.

Department

Media and Communication Studies

Degrees

University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication, Philadelphia, PA Ph.D. Communication October 2017 and M.A., Communication May 2014  

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA M.A., Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media January 2012  

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT B.A., Sociology May 2003

Teaching

Journalistic Storytelling

Sports Journalism

Media Ethics

Political Communication

Solutions Journalism

Professional Experience

Philadelphia Daily News and WHYY, Project Manager, It’s Our Money        

 

Philadelphia City Paper, News Editor (February 2008 to August 2009), Senior Writer (May 2006 – February 2008), Staff Writer (September 2004 – May 2006)


University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication, ?Philadelphia, PA Annenberg School Postdoctoral Fellow   2018-2019 (offer extended)


University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg Public Policy Center,? Philadelphia, PA Vartan Gregorian Postdoctoral Fellow      2017-2018

Research Interests

Journalism
American politics
Democratic deliberation and the public sphere
Meritocracy and inequality

Recent Work

Taussig, D. (Forthcoming, 2018). The presidential life: How presidential candidates become who they are in biographical campaign materials. The Atlantic Journal of Communication, 26(1).

Jamieson, K.H. and Taussig, D. (2017). Disruption, demonization, deliverance, and norm destruction: the rhetorical signature of Donald J. Trump. Political Science Quarterly.

Taussig, D. (2016). Your story is our story: Collective memory in obituaries of US military veterans. Memory Studies, doi: 1750698016653441.

Taussig, D. (2015). Living proof: Autobiographical political argument in “We are the 53 Percent” and “We are the 99 Percent.” International Journal of Communication, 9, 1256-1274.

Related News

Burning Question graphic
Do conservatives feel shamed by the media?

Polling shows that trust in the media among conservatives is low and dropping, but until now, there hasn’t been much research to understand why. Professors Doron Taussig and Anthony Nadler performed extensive research to gauge conservatives’ perceptions of media coverage for the Tow Center for Digital Journalism. Here is what they found.

As a Mellon Periclean Faculty Leader, Doron Taussig led a journalism project where students published work in the Pottstown Mercury.
Ursinus Student Journalists Grab Headlines in Local News
A group of budding Ursinus reporters are making an impact on the local news scene, having published a series on inequity in public schools in the Pottstown Mercury. The project was led by Doron Taussig, a visiting assistant professor in journalism, through the Mellon Periclean Faculty Leadership Program in the Humanities.
Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies Tony Nadler
MCS Faculty Launch Deep Dive Into Partisan Polarization Around News Coverage of COVID-19
Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies Tony Nadler and Visiting Assistant Professor in Journalism Doron Taussig have been named Knight News Innovation Fellows at Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism for their project, “Unmasking Polarization: What Conservatives Really Feel About COVID-19 Coverage, and How to Rebuild Mutual Trust.”
Doron Taussig

Doron Taussig

Contact Info

Ritter Center 119
610-409-3220