210 Lee Hills Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200
Phone: 573-882-7980
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AMANDA HINNANT teaches magazine writing and magazine scholarship. After completing an MA at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1999, Hinnant spent three years in New York City working for Glamour and Real Simple magazines. She then earned her doctorate in Communication Studies at Northwestern University in 2006. While in Chicago, Hinnant continued to work for Real Simple as a contributing editor, semi-regular guest on Chicagoland television, and as principle author of The Real Simple book, Real Simple Solutions (Time Inc, 2005). Hinnant's research interests include the production and consumption of health information in mainstream consumer magazines and exploring the rituals and frames used by magazine writers and editors. Her most recent scholarly publication is (with Eszter Hargittai), Toward a Social Framework for Information Seeking, in New Directions in Human Information Behavior, edited by Amanda Spink and Charles Cole (New York: Springer, 2006).
