Scholarly and Creative Works
2024
- 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). Prompting, Patience and Perspective: Applying Transformational Teaching Theory to Using Artificial Intelligence in a Coding Course. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator.
- 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/
2023
- 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
2022
- 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
2021
- 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
2020
- 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.
2019
- 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). Gender and Technology: Women’s Usage, Creation and Perspectives. In Gender and 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.
2018
- 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/
2017
- 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.
2016
- 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.).
2015
- 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., & 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/
2014
- Royal, C. L. (2014). Gender and Technology: Women’s Usage, Creation and Perspectives. In Gender and 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).
2013
- 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.
2012
- 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.
2011
- Royal, C. L. (2011). Thinking Critically About New Media. In Teaching with Multimedia: Pedagogy in the Websphere. Hampton Press.
2009
- 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).
2008
- Royal, C. L. (2008). Framing the Internet: A Comparison of Gendered Spaces. Social Science Computer Review, (Summer).
- Royal, C. L. (2008). Introducing Women to the Internet: Digital Discourse in Women’s 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.
2007
- Royal, C. L. (2007). Writing for Multimedia and the Web. Journalism Studies.
2006
- Royal, C. L. (2006). Computer-Mediated Communication: Social Interaction on the Internet and Human Communication on the Internet. Journalism Studies.
2005
- Royal, C. L. (2005). A Meta-analysis of Journal Articles Intersecting Internet and Gender. 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).
2004
- 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 in Gendered Spaces: An Analysis of iVillage and AskMen.com. Media Report to Women.
2003
- 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.