Journal of Public Interest Communications Volume 3, Issue 1 April 2019 ISSN (online): 2573-4342 Journal homepage: http://journals.fcla.edu/jpic/ Editor-in-Chief Dr. Brigitta R. Brunner Auburn University Journal Supervisor Dr. Linda Childers Hon University of Florida Journal Manager Dr. Kelly Chernin University of Florida JPIC is an open-access, online journal published through the Public Knowledge Project and is supported by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. Contact: Dr. Kelly Chernin
[email protected] DOI:10.32473/jpic.v3.i1 JPIC Editorial Board Melissa Adams, Giselle Auger, Lucinda Austin, Shelly Aylesworth-Spink, Tor Bang, Denise Bortree, Caty Borum Chattoo, Pam Bourland-Davis, Lois Boynton, Sharee Broussard, Myoung- Gi Chon, Eun Ji Chung, Erica Ciszek, Colleen Connolly-Ahern, Kristin Demetrious, Melissa Dodd, Candice Edrington, Jasper Fessmann, Julia Fraustino, Karla Gower, Corey Hickerson, Myleea Hill, Oyvind Ihlen, Hua Jiang, Yan Jin Samsup Jo, Amanda Kennedy, Sora Kim, Christie Kleinmann, Jacqueline Lambiase, Alex Laskin, Stephanie Madden, Brooke McKeever, Dean Mundy, Marlene Neill, Julie O’Neil, Holly Overton, Katie Place, Donnalyn Pompper, Andrew Pyle, Matt Ragas, Viviane Seyranian, Amber Smallwood, Katie Stansberry, Ashli Stokes, Michail Vafeiadis, Jennifer Vardman Winter, Marina Vujnovic, T. Franklin Waddell, Richard Waters, Brenda Wrigley, Xiaochen Zhang Journal of Public Interest Communications, Vol. 3 Issue 1, 2019 Journal of Public Interest Communications ISSN (online): 2573-4342 Journal homepage: http://journals.fcla.edu/jpic/ Editor’s Essay Brigitta R. Brunner Auburn University This semester I am teaching a graduate level research methods course. Each week as my students and I review the material and talk through the various methods, I am reminded of the importance of building a meaningful body of knowledge through an assortment of methodologies.