Margaret E Zanger
- Adjunct Instructor
Contact
- (520) 621-7556
- Louise Foucar Marshall Bldg., Rm. 343
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- zanger@arizona.edu
Biography
Maggy Zanger is a professor of practice at the University of Arizona School of Journalism and an affiliated faculty member of the UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Her teaching and research focuses on international journalism and the Middle East in particular, with an emphasis on Iraq, the Kurds and crises reporting. She was project director of a three-year partnership project with Nangarhar University in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, to assist in developing a new journalism department, funded by the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.
Degrees
- M.A. Law
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut
- M.A. Journalism
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Sob Sister Journalism
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2005 - Ongoing)
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting (2003 - 2005)
- American University in Cairo (1999 - 2003)
- Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (1995 - 1999)
Awards
- Excellence in Global Service Award
- UA Global Initiatives and the UA Center for English as a Second Language, Fall 2015
- Dow Jones Multimedia Training Academy
- Dow Jones Multimedia Training Academy at University of Texas, El Paso. The intensive training for 12 instructors at Hispanic serving universities focused on developing video and audio skills for classroom use., Spring 2013
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2022-23 Courses
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Media, War and Peace
GLO 445 (Spring 2023) -
Media, War and Peace
GLO 545 (Spring 2023)
2021-22 Courses
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Media and Global Terrorism
GLO 403 (Spring 2022) -
Media and Global Terrorism
GLO 503 (Spring 2022) -
Media and Human Rights
GLO 455 (Spring 2022) -
Media and Human Rights
GLO 555 (Spring 2022) -
Media and Human Rights
HRTS 555 (Spring 2022) -
Media, War and Peace
GLO 445 (Fall 2021) -
Media, War and Peace
GLO 545 (Fall 2021) -
Principles of Global Media
GLO 101 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Media and Human Rights
GLO 455 (Summer I 2021) -
Media and Human Rights
GLO 555 (Summer I 2021) -
Media and Human Rights
HRTS 555 (Summer I 2021) -
Media and Global Terrorism
GLO 403 (Spring 2021) -
Media and Global Terrorism
GLO 503 (Spring 2021) -
Principles of Global Media
GLO 101 (Spring 2021) -
HRTS Independent Study
HRTS 599 (Fall 2020) -
Intro + Adv Reporting
JOUR 506 (Fall 2020) -
Media & Terrorism
JOUR 402 (Fall 2020) -
Media & Terrorism
JOUR 502 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Human Rights Crises
HRTS 596A (Summer I 2020) -
Media & Terrorism
JOUR 402 (Summer I 2020) -
News in Society
JOUR 150C1 (Spring 2020) -
Editing
JOUR 320 (Fall 2019) -
Honors Thesis
JOUR 498H (Fall 2019) -
Master's Report
JOUR 909 (Fall 2019) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
JOUR 496F (Fall 2019) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
JOUR 596F (Fall 2019) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
MENA 496F (Fall 2019) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
MENA 596F (Fall 2019) -
News in Society
JOUR 150C1 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Human Rights Crises
HRTS 596A (Summer I 2019) -
Introduction to Journalism
JOUR 109 (Summer I 2019) -
Honors Thesis
JOUR 498H (Spring 2019) -
Master's Report
JOUR 909 (Spring 2019) -
Media Apprenticeship
JOUR 405 (Spring 2019) -
Media Apprenticeship
JOUR 505 (Spring 2019) -
News in Society
JOUR 150C1 (Spring 2019) -
Media & Terrorism
JOUR 402 (Winter 2018) -
Media & Terrorism
JOUR 502 (Winter 2018) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
JOUR 496F (Fall 2018) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
JOUR 596F (Fall 2018) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
MENA 496F (Fall 2018) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
MENA 596F (Fall 2018) -
News in a Digital Age
JOUR 150C1 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Human Rights Crises
HRTS 596A (Summer I 2018) -
Introduction to Journalism
JOUR 109 (Summer I 2018) -
Media & Terrorism
JOUR 402 (Summer I 2018) -
Media & Terrorism
JOUR 502 (Summer I 2018) -
Advanced Reporting
JOUR 306 (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
MENA 498H (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
JOUR 599 (Spring 2018) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
JOUR 496F (Spring 2018) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
JOUR 596F (Spring 2018) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
MENA 496F (Spring 2018) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
MENA 596F (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
MENA 498H (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Advanced Reporting
JOUR 306 (Spring 2017) -
Magazine Writing & Production
JOUR 412 (Fall 2016) -
Magazine Writing & Production
JOUR 512 (Fall 2016) -
Master's Report
JOUR 909 (Fall 2016) -
Media Apprenticeship
JOUR 405 (Fall 2016) -
Media Apprenticeship
JOUR 505 (Fall 2016) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
JOUR 496F (Fall 2016) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
JOUR 596F (Fall 2016) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
MENA 496F (Fall 2016) -
Media Cover/Intl Crises
MENA 596F (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Introduction to Journalism
JOUR 109 (Summer I 2016) -
Independent Study
JOUR 599 (Spring 2016) -
Magazine Writing & Production
JOUR 412 (Spring 2016) -
Magazine Writing & Production
JOUR 512 (Spring 2016) -
Media & Terrorism
JOUR 402 (Spring 2016) -
Media & Terrorism
JOUR 502 (Spring 2016) -
Media Apprenticeship
JOUR 405 (Spring 2016) -
Media Apprenticeship
JOUR 505 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Zanger, M. E. (2016). The enigma of news media development with multi-pronged “capture”: The Afghanistan case.. Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism.
- Relly, J. E., Zanger, M. E., & Fahmy, S. (2014). Professional role perceptions among Iraqi Kurdish journalists from a 'state within a state.'. Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism.
- Relly, J. E., Zanger, M. E., & Fahmy, S. (2015). Democratic norms and forces of gatekeeping: A study of influences on Iraqi journalists’ attitudes toward government information access.. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.
- Relly, J. E., Zanger, M. E., & Fahmy, S. (2015). News media landscape in a fragile state: Professional ethics perceptions in a post-Ba'athist Iraq. Mass Communication and Society.
Presentations
- Zanger, M. E., & Relly, J. E. (2018, My). ISIS, tradition and oil as forms of ‘capture’: The impact of violence, politics, culture and economic crisis on journalists in Kurdistan Iraq. International Communication Association Annual Conference. Prague, Czech Republic: International Communication Association.
- Zanger, M. E., Fahmy, S. S., & Relly, J. E. (2013, August). Journalists’ perceptions of professional ethics norms in post-Ba’athist Iraq. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference. Washington, DC: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication Division.
- Zanger, M. E., Fahmy, S. S., & Relly, J. E. (2013, June). Democratic norms and social learning: A study of influences on Iraqi journalists' attitudes toward information access. International Communication Association Annual Conference. London, England: International Communication Association Annual Conference, Political Communication Division.
