Biography
Nisha Sridharan is an Assistant Professor of Journalism at Temple University. Her research mission is centered around establishing an inclusive and equitable media communication system that prioritizes the needs and voices of individuals. It includes exploring the role of media in society, community and audience engagement, and inclusion and accessibility in news media. Her research is driven by the symbiotic relationship between journalism studies and organizational communication theories. Her work focuses on qualitative research methods to better understand traditional and non-traditional media organizations.
Her research has been published in journals such as Journalism Practice, Journalism Studies, Journalism, and Advertising Society Quarterly. Nisha has also been the Audience Growth and Inclusion Fellow at the American Press Institute, where she served as the Primary assistant of the Inclusion Index project with five Pittsburgh Media Organizations.
Born and raised in India, Nisha has experiences working in print and digital newsroom in both India and the United States. She received her PhD from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and her Master’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
| JRN 2114 | Journalism Innovation and Design | Undergraduate |
Publications
Sridharan, N. & Bosse, R. (2024). “It was a real town newspaper”: Enduring Community News Myths in Newspaper Closure Statements. Journalism Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2314212
Sridharan, N. & Mundel, J. (2024). Translating Visuals into Words: An Analysis of Audio Descriptions in Ads for Blind/Visually Impaired Consumers. Advertising & Society Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1353/asr.2024.a924350
Sridharan, N. (2023). “We are the in-betweeners”: Communicating the Expertise of Boundary Spanning Audience-Oriented Professionals in Media Organizations. Journalism Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2023.2280667
Sridharan, N. & Taylor, A. (2023). Sorry Seems to be The Hardest Word: Reinforcing Institutional Identities through Newspaper Apologies for Racist Past. Journalism Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2274613
Tsai, J.-Y., Bosse, R., Sridharan, N., & Chadha, M. (2020). Reclaiming the narratives: Situated multidimensional representation of underserved Indigenous communities through citizen-driven reporting. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884920983261