AWC 2006 Annual Professional Conference, September 14-16, 2006 Kansas City, MO
The Heart of It All
Ann Brill, Ph.D
Ann Brill, Ph.D.
Dean, University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications
"What's New and What's Next in Communications"
Ann M. Brill, Ph.D., is dean of the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. She earned her doctoral degree at the University of Minnesota, her master’s degree at Marquette University and her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin.
Brill has held faculty positions at Marquette University and the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri before joining the KU faculty.
She is a former director of the Missouri Scholastic Press Association and the co-founder of the Digital Missourian <digmo.com>, one of the world’s first online news sources. Her areas of expertise include online journalism, online advertising, e-commerce and its relationship to editorial content, and effects of implementation of new technology.
Brill is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Interactive Advertising <jiad.org> and directed the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Online Editing Program. She has worked at newspapers and websites in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana, and Missouri and serves as a consultant to online media in staff and marketing development.