Rosanna Planer is Ph.D. candidate and research associate at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at Leipzig University. Her research interests are rooted in both journalism research and media management research, including the topics of digital storytelling, innovations in media organizations, virtual reality, podcasts, and communication strategies on social media networks. Rosanna’s dissertation project focuses on the digital storytelling approaches of German and American media organizations. She conducted a systematic literature review and an extensive cluster analysis of digital stories. In the last step, she will now talk to experts in the field about the identified clusters. In Leipzig, Rosanna also teaches seminars at both Bachelor’s and Master’s level and coordinates a double degree study program called “Global Mass Communication” together with Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, USA. Rosanna publishes in journalism research and media management research journals.
“Thinking back to the EMMA conference in Jönköping immediately puts a smile on my face for various reasons: It was, first of all, wonderfully organized, with interesting and matching panel presentations and discussions and valuable academic exchange, surrounded by the EMMA spirit of mutual support and friendliness (those who know, know 😊). After many of us have worked from home for over a year, the EMMA conference in Sweden was the first international conference where people could actually get together again, and you could sense that everyone was extremely happy about that. I am very grateful for having been part of it – grateful also for the travel grant! – and for having caught up with friends from all over the world, while also making new connections. The conference was a whole package, one of the highlights clearly being the gala dinner at a beautiful castle. Participating at the Saturday social and learning something about the area and Swedish culture was the perfect end to a great conference. A big thank you goes out to the organizing team, and I am already looking forward to hopefully get together again soon.”