Faculty Profiles

Qasem, A. M., Royal, C. L., Hewitt, B. A., Lambert, E. V. Z., & Omana Sudhakaran, P. O. (2026). Building Flexible, Scalable AI+ X Pathways for STEM-Adjacent Disciplines. NSF Public Access Repository. Retrieved from https://par.nsf.gov/biblio/10688227

Royal, C. L. (n.d.). Integrating Vibe Coding and Flow Theory: A Student-Centered Model for AI-Augmented Coding Education. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator.

Royal, C. L. (2025). News Product Teams are Uniquely Positioned to Unlock AI Value. Nieman Journalism Lab. Harvard University. Retrieved from https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/ai-changes-everything-and-nothing/

Royal, C. L. (2025). Prompting, Patience and Perspective: Applying Transformational Teaching Theory to Using Artificial Intelligence in a Coding Course. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator.

Royal, C. L. (2025). Review of Review of Digital Turn Without Digital Methods? Mapping the Journey of Journalism Studies. MILab Journal: Adventures in Media Innovation. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txst.edu/media-innovation/milabjournal/vivid-engaging.html

Royal, C. L., & Kosterich, A. (2024). Coding Competencies Across Roles: Developing Computer Programming Practices in Media Organizations. Journalism Studies.

Kosterich, A., & Royal, C. L. (2024). Institutional Arbitrageurs: The Role of Product Managers as a Locus of Change in Journalism. Media and Communication.

Royal, C. L. (2024). AI Inspires Innovation in Journalism Education. Nieman Journalism Lab. Harvard University. Retrieved from https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/ai-changes-everything-and-nothing/

Royal, C. L. (2023). Texas Tribune and the Analytics Hub. In Case Study Series - News Product Alliance. Retrieved from https://learning.newsproduct.org/casestudies/texas-tribune-and-the-analytics-hub/

Royal, C. L. (2023). Design Implications for a Burgeoning Digital Product Ecosystem: Roles, Culture and Engagement. Digital Journalism. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21670811.2022.2163676?journalCode=rdij20

Royal, C. L. (2023). AI Changes Everything...and Nothing. Nieman Journalism Lab. Harvard University. Retrieved from https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/12/ai-changes-everything-and-nothing/

Royal, C. L. (2023). Review of Vivid and Engaging: Effects of Interactive Data Visualization on Perceptions and Attitudes about Social Issues. MILab Journal: Adventures in Media Innovation. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txst.edu/media-innovation/milabjournal/vivid-engaging.html

Royal, C. L. (2022, December). Who Needs to Code? Developing a Coding Practice in a Media Organization. MILab Journal. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txst.edu/media-innovation/milabjournal/coding2022.html

Royal, C. L. (2022). Yes, Journalists Should Learn To Code. Nieman Journalism Lab. Harvard University. Retrieved from https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/yes-journalists-should-learn-to-code-but/

Royal, C. L. (2022). Review of Materialising New Forms of Journalism: A Process Model. MILab Journal: Adventures in Media Innovation. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txst.edu/media-innovation/milabjournal/materialising_new_forms.html

Royal, C. L. (2022, May). Digital Media Innovation Survey of Graduates 2016-2021. MILab Journal. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txst.edu/media-innovation/milabjournal/dmisurvey2022.html

Royal, C. L. (2022). Review of Editorial Technologists as Engineers of Journalism’s Future: Exploring the Professional Community of Computational Journalism. MILab Journal: Adventures in Media Innovation. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txst.edu/media-innovation/milabjournal/editorial_technologists.html

Royal, C. L. (2021). From Boundary to Bridge and Beyond: The Path to Professionalization of Product Roles in Journalism. Journalism Studies.

Royal, C. L. (2021). All These New Products Won’t Manage Themselves. Nieman Journalism Lab. Harvard University. Retrieved from https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/12/all-these-new-products-wont-manage-themselves/

Holton, A., Belair-Gagnon, V., & Royal, C. L. (2021). The Human Side of (News) Engagement Emotion, Platform, and Individual Agency. Digital Journalism.

Royal, C. L. (2021). Review of Preserving Data Journalism: A Systematic Literature Review,. MILab Journal: Adventures in Media Innovation. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txstate.edu/media-innovation/milabjournal/preserving_data_journalism.html

Royal, C. L. (2021). Review of Exploring Data Visualisations: An Analytical Framework Based on Dimensional Components of Data Artefacts in Journalism. MILab Journal: Adventures in Media Innovation. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txstate.edu/media-innovation/milabjournal/exploring_data_vis.html

Royal, C. L. (2021). Review of Reengineering Journalism: Product Manager as News Industry Institutional Entrepreneur. MILab Journal: Adventures in Media Innovation. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txstate.edu/media-innovation/milabjournal/reengineering_journalism.html

Royal, C. L. (2020). J-School Grads Maintain Optimism and Adaptability. Nieman Journalism Lab. Harvard University. Retrieved from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/12/j-school-grads-maintain-their-optimism-and-adaptability/

Royal, C. L. (2020, November). The State of the News Product Community 2020. MILab Journal.

Cindy L. (2020). Product Management and Journalism. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.

Royal, C. L. (2020). Review of Algorithms and Journalism: Exploring (Re)Configurations in Media and Communication. MILab Journal: Adventures in Media Innovation. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txstate.edu//media-innovation/milabjournal/algorithms_special.html

Royal, C. L. (2020). Review of Advancing Journalism and Communication Research: New Concepts, Theories and Pathways. MILab Journal: Adventures in Media Innovation. Retrieved from https://www.masscomm.txstate.edu/media-innovation/milabjournal/jmcqspecialdigital.html

Royal, C. L. (2020). Teaching and Learning During a Pandemic: The Pivot to Online. MILab Journal.

Royal, C. L. (2020). Lessons from PhDigital Bootcamp: Preparing Future Faculty to Lead Emerging Media Curriculum. MILab Journal.

Royal, C. L. (2019). Teaching Mobile App Development in a Mass Communication Program. In Coding Pedagogy. Retrieved from http://codingpedagogy.net

Royal, C. L. (2019). Technology Usage, Creation and Perspectives. In Pop Culture: A Text-Reader (Vol. 2). Brill||Sense Publishers.

Royal, C. L. (2019). Prepare Media Students for Skills, Not Job Titles. Nieman Journalism Lab (Vol. December). Retrieved from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/prepare-media-students-for-skills-not-job-titles/

Royal, C. L., & Smith, S. (2019). Redefining Doctoral Education:  Preparing Future Faculty to Lead Emerging Media Curriculum. Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication.

Royal, C. L. (2018). Product Management. In Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Rebus Community. Retrieved from https://press.rebus.community/media-innovation-and-entrepreneurship/part/product-management/

Royal, C. L. (2018). For Journalism Curriculum To Change, Its Faculty Needs Disruption. Nieman Journalism Lab (Vol. December). Retrieved from http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/12/for-journalism-curriculum-to-change-its-faculty-needs-disruption/

Royal, C. L. (2017). Coding the Curriculum. In Journalism Education Within Diverse Media Systems Worldwide: Making Professional Journalists.

Royal, C. L. (2017). Your Guide to Social and Digital Certifications: Google, Facebook, HubSpot and More. MediaShift (Vol. July).

Royal, C. L. (2017). Why Texas State’s Digital Media Degree is Attracting Female Students. MediaShift (Vol. December).

Royal, C. L. (2017). Your Journalism Curriculum is Obsolete. Nieman Journalism Lab (Vol. December). Retrieved from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/your-journalism-curriculum-is-obsolete/

Royal, C. L. (2017). Managing Digital Products in a Newsroom Context. #ISOJ Journal.

Royal, C. L. (2016). Preparing the Digital Educator/Scholar Hybrid. Nieman Journalism Lab (December). Harvard University. Retrieved from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/12/preparing-the-digital-educator-scholar-hybrid/

Royal, C. L. (2016). Developing a New Major in Digital Media Innovation at Texas State. MediaShift (Vol. December).

Royal, C. L. (2016). How To Teach an Immersive Summer Code Camp. MediaShift (Vol. September).

Royal, C. L. (2016). At #SXSW, Texas State Students Tracked Trends in Social Media, VR, Bots and Big Data. MediaShift (Vol. March).

Royal, C. L., & Zmikly, J. T. (2016). Developing a Digital Core in Mass Communication Curriculum. MediaShift (Vol. Feb.).

Royal, C. L., & Blasingame, D. C. (2015). Data Journalism: An Explication. #ISOJ, Volume 6(Issue 1). Retrieved from https://isojjournal.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/data-journalism-an-explication/

Royal, C. L., & Blasingame, D. C. (2015). Data Journalism: An Explication. #ISOJ Journal, (Spring).

Royal, C. L. (2015). Developing and Assessing Experiential Learning Opportunities. Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication, (Summer).

Royal, C. L. (2015). Product Management is the New Journalism. Nieman Journalism Lab (Vol. December). Harvard University. Retrieved from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/12/product-management-is-the-new-journalism/

Royal, C. L. (2015). What I Learned Meeting Innovators in East Coast Media. MediaShift (Vol. September).

Royal, C. L. (2015). Innovation at #ISOJ: Mobile, Native Ads, Virtual Reality and Data,” Education Shift, PBS MediaShift (Vol. April). MediaShift.

Royal, C. L. (2015). Why Universities Need to Embrace Coding Across the Curriculum. MediaShift (Vol. March).

Royal, C. L. (2014). Technology Usage, Creation and Perspectives. In Pop Culture: A Text-Reader. Sense Publishers.

Royal, C. L. (2014). Are Journalism Schools Teaching Their Students the Right Skills. Nieman Journalism Lab (Vol. April). Harvard University.

Royal, C. L. (2014). From Blogs to Glass: Experiential Learning Through SXSW. MediaShift (Vol. March).

Royal, C. L. (2013). Interactives of Olympic Proportions: Diffusion of Innovation at The New York Times. #ISOJ Journal, (Spring).

Royal, C. L. (2013). We Need a Digital First Curriculum to Teach Modern Journalism. MediaShift (Vol. August).

Royal, C. L. (2013). At the Intersection of Journalism, Data Science and Digital Media: How Can J-Schools Prep Students for the World They’re Headed Into. Nieman Journalism Lab (Vol. July). Harvard University.

Royal, C. L. (2013). Excellence in Online Journalism: Exploring Current Practices in an Evolving Environment. Journalism.

Royal, C. L. (2012). Storify: Curating Stories with Social Media,. Journalism Interactive Educator, (May).

Royal, C. L. (2012). The Programmer as Journalist: A Case Study of the New York Times Interactive News Technology Department. #ISOJ Journal, (Spring).

Royal, C. L. (2012). Making Media Social News as User Experience - Revisited. In The Future of News: An Agenda of Perspectives, (Vol. 2).

Royal, C. L. (2012). Journalism Schools Need to Get Better at Teaching Tech Where the Girls Are. Nieman Journalism Lab (Vol. October). Harvard University.

Royal, C. L. (2011). Thinking Critically About New Media. In Teaching with Multimedia: Pedagogy in the Websphere. Hampton Press.

Royal, C. L., & Kapila, D. (2009). What’s on Wikipedia, and What’s Not…? Assessing Completeness of Information. Social Science Computer Review, (Spring).

Royal, C. L. (2009). Desktop Publishing. In Encyclopedia of Journalism.

Royal, C. L. (2009). Making Media Social News as User Experience. In The Future of News: An Agenda of Perspectives.

Royal, C. L. (2009). Developing an Effective User Experience. Online Journalism Review (Vol. October).

Royal, C. L. (2009). Educating Ourselves, So We Can Teach Our Students. Nieman Reports (Vol. August). Harvard University.

Royal, C. L. (2009). Four Authors/Five Books: A Reading Assignment for Media Scholars and Educators. AEJMC Hot Topics (Vol. August).

Royal, C. L. (2009). Inspiring journalism students to believe... they ’can do anything. Online Journalism Review (Vol. August).

Royal, C. L. (2009). Making media social: news as user experience. Online Journalism Review (Vol. May).

Royal, C. L. (2008). Framing the Internet: A Comparison of Online Spaces. Social Science Computer Review, (Summer).

Royal, C. L. (2008). Introducing the Internet: Digital Discourse in Media. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, (Fall).

Royal, C. L. (2008). Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Poster, Mark, Information Please: Culture and Politics in the Age of Digital Machines. Journaism and Mass Communication Educator.

Royal, C. L. (2008). Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good. Global Media Journal.

Royal, C. L. (2007). Writing for Multimedia and the Web. Journalism Studies.

Royal, C. L. (2006). Computer-Mediated Communication: Social Interaction on the Internet and Human Communication on the Internet. Journalism Studies.

Royal, C. L. (2005). A Meta-analysis of Internet Journal Articles. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 35.

Royal, C. L. (2005). Teaching Web Design in Journalism and Mass Communications Programs: Integration, Judgment, and Perspective. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, (Winter).

Tankard, J., & Royal, C. L. (2005). What’s on the Web and What’s Not. Social Science Computer Review, (Fall).

Tankard, J., & Royal, C. L. (2005). Finding Out What’s On the World Wide Web. In Communication Impact: Designing Research that Matters.

Royal, C. L. (2005). Tech-savvy women seek support in classroom and newsroom. Online Journalism Review (Vol. April).

Royal, C. L., & Tankard, J. (2004). Literary Journalism on the World Wide Web: The Case of Blackhawk Down. Newspaper Research Journal, (Fall).

Royal, C. L. (2004). Framing the Internet: An Analysis of iVillage and AskMen.com. Media Report to Women.

Royal, C. L. (2003). Framing the Internet. In Communication in the Millennium: A Dialogue Between Turkish and American Scholars. Turkey: Anadolu University.

Royal, C. L. (2003). Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing. Women’s and Gender Studies in Review Across Disciplines.