Wil Dubree is a Ph.D. student in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Currently, his work focuses on local and alternative news and their implications in maintaining a just and informed society. Methodologically, Dubree is trained as a computational social scientist, employing and developing computational techniques to study our shifting media environments.
His research combines natural language processing and time series analysis to study the agenda-setting effect of non-traditional outlets. Funded by the Democracy Fund and the Duke University DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, Dubree is also leading a local news project where he developed an automated system to collect comprehensive news articles from hundreds of local news websites.
Dubree holds a B.A. degree in Media and a certificate in Informatics from the Indiana University as well as a M.A. From the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He will complete his Ph.D. in 2028.