E-mail: atanner@sc.edu

Office:
Phone: 803.777.6827
Fax: 803.777.4103
Room: Coliseum 4011C

Hours:
Tues. 10 a.m. - 12 noon
and by appointment

Course Documents:
Posted on Blackboard

On the Web:

Science Communication Interest Group - Panels at the 2008 Convention -- Chicago

Sciphers: Winter, 2008:  A quarterly newsletter by AEJMC's Science Communication Interest Group (pdf)

Research collaboration results in ground breaking study on "readability" of health-related articles on television Web sites

Andrea Tanner
Assistant Professor
Electronic and Print Journalism Sequence

B.A., University of Georgia
M.A., University of South Carolina
Ph.D, University of South Carolina

Dr. Andrea Tanner is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. A former television news reporter, anchor and producer, Tanner teaches courses focusing on broadcast news writing and advanced television news producing and reporting. She has co-directed the school’s "Carolina News" television program, a daily newscast that is seen on cable channels throughout the city of Columbia. She most recently taught an international reporting course in Munich, Germany.

Dr. Tanner’s primary research interests include health communications, local television news and journalism education. She has published research on health reporters and the messages they produce for television news. She is also an active member of AEJMC’s Science Communication Interest Group, serving as chair of the group for 2007-2008.

Tanner’s most recent research includes an examination of health content on local television news Web sites and a nationwide survey of local television news reporters and producers regarding convergent news practices in TV newsrooms.

A native of Savannah, Georgia, Tanner enjoys spending time with her husband, Ben, and two children, Kati and Benjamin. Her hobbies include running, tennis and rollerblading.