Jenna Spinelle
Democracy Works Podcast HostJenna Spinelle is the Communications Specialist for the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State. She is responsible for shaping all of the institute's external communication, including website content, social media, multimedia, and media outreach.
She holds a B.A. in journalism from Penn State and is an instructor in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.
Prior to joining the McCourtney Institute, Spinelle worked in Penn State's Undergraduate Admissions Office and College of Information Sciences and Technology.
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This episode is the first in a series examining the state of democracy around the world. First up is Hungary, a country that's often referred to in a… -
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Democracy and inequality have been at odds for as long as democracy as has existed. As the gap between rich and poor widens, so too does trust in… -
We begin a new season of Democracy Works with a fundamental question: What is democracy?Astra Taylor grapples with this question in her film and… -
This episode of Democracy Works originally aired in May 2018.The next census is still a few years away in 2020, but the U.S. Census Bureau is already hard… -
It seems like every few weeks, we see headlines about states banding together to block actions taken by the federal government. You might even remember… -
As a piece in The Atlantic recently noted, democracy is not natural. Becoming a democratic citizen involves a set of behaviors that need to be learned and… -
From gerrymandering to record voter turnout, it's been a busy year for democracy. This doesn't mean that everything has been positive, but there's…
