FELICITY JANE DUNCAN
PHONE: +1-215-573-8454 E-MAIL: fduncan@asc.upenn.edu
EDUCATION
Degree: M.A., Journalism, University of Missouri-Columbia,
Concentration: News media and society, with a minor in women’s studies
Year of graduation: 2007
Thesis: Framing African genocide: Location, time and gender in the coverage of genocide in
Rwanda and Sudan
Degree: Honours, University of the Witwatersrand
Concentration: Print journalism
Year of graduation: 2003
Degree: B.A., University of Johannesburg (formerly Rand Afrikaans University)
Concentration: Marketing communications
Year of graduation: 2001
AWARDS & GRANTS
Fulbright Scholarship – I was awarded a two-year Fulbright grant to pursue my master’s at the
University of Missouri-Columbia.
Top Student Paper Award – I won the top student paper award in the Radio-Television Journalism
Division at the 2006 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference,
together with my co-author Tayo Oyedeji.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Book chapter
Duncan, F.J. “Exploiting Traditional Content Through Online Platforms” in Francis Mdlongwa
(Ed.) Revenue Generation for Robust African Media: Practical Ideas, Experiences and Innovations of Frontline
Managers Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in association with the Sol Plaatje Institute for
Media Leadership (can be accessed at http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/82/2/-/dokument_id-
13964/)
Presentations at conferences
Duncan, F.J. (May, 2011). Mine, yours, ours: Journalists and NGOs as partners and competitors in the business of
news-making. Presented at the International Communication Association’s 61st Annual Conference.
Boston, MA.
Duncan, F.J. (May, 2011). The World's a Stage: How Google, China, and America Publicly Negotiate Their
Terms of Engagement. Presented at the International Communication Association’s 61st Annual
Conference. Boston, MA.
Duncan, F.J. (August 2007). Revenue Diversification in South African media: Moneyweb – a case study.
Presented at the 6th Annual KAS Media Leadership Conference. Cape Town, South Africa.
Duncan, F.J. (August 2007). Exploiting Traditional Content Through Online Platforms. Presented at the 6th
Annual KAS Media Leadership Conference. Cape Town, South Africa.
Duncan, F.J., Oyedeji, T. (August, 2006) The Relationships among Audience Loyalty, Perceived Quality, and
Media Credibility of Cable News Networks Presented at the 2006 Association for Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication Conference. San Francisco, California.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Company: Moneyweb, a business news organization involved in newspapers, radio and online
content provision (see www.moneyweb.co.za and www.moneyweb.com)
Position: Director of content
Period: 2003 to 2009
Key responsibilities: Managing a team of journalists to produce business news coverage for a range
of media; writing and editing
PAPERS PENDING SUBMISSION
Framing African genocide: Location, time and gender in the coverage of genocide in Rwanda and Sudan
Lone Rangers: The framing of business news in a large metro daily
Neoliberalism in the face of financial crisis: An exploration of changing neoliberal discourse in response to the crisis in
the economy.
Looking out is looking in: How their news coverage of the Haiti earthquake reflects the fabric of the nation-states of
South Africa, Lebanon, and Hong Kong