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Patrick Ferrucci听is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism.
His research is in media sociology and primarily concerns itself with how shifting notions of 鈥渙rganization鈥� in journalism lead to influence on journalism practice. Specifically, his work examines organization-level variables鈥� impact on message construction. He is particularly interested in how various market models of journalism affect news production processes. Ferrucci鈥檚 work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals such as Journalism, Digital Journalism, New Media & Society, Journalism Studies, Human Communication Research and Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. He鈥檚 also the author of the book Making Nonprofit News: Market Models, Influence and Journalism Practice (Routledge, 2020).
Prior to the University of Colorado, he taught classes at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois; the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Before entering academia, Ferrucci spent nine years as a journalist. He covered pop culture, primarily rock music, for various newspapers, magazines and online publications. He holds an undergraduate degree in sociology from Providence College, a master鈥檚 in journalism from Emerson College, and a PhD with a focus in journalism studies/media sociology from the University of Missouri鈥檚 School of Journalism.