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Amy Zerba has been studying the news habits and non-news habits of young adults (18-29) for the past eight years. She received her Ph.D. in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin in 2009 and her master's and bachelor's in journalism from the University of Florida. She worked as an associate producer of interactives at CNN.com, most recently, and worked eight years as a page designer / copy editor at large daily newspapers, including the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Houston Chronicle and Austin American-Statesman.

In Fall 2010, she will be an assistant professor at the University of Florida, where she will teach classes in online journalism and visual journalism.