Previously she worked as a journalist on an Emmy-nominated team at NOW on PBS and has served as a White House intern on the Obama administration’s Broadcast Media team. White researches race, gender, and politics in media. Her book manuscript, Raising the Volume: How the News Media Created the Tea Party is a multi-platform study that examines the rise of the Tea Party in online, print, broadcast, and cable news; it is currently under review at a university press. She has conducted ethnographic media research in the United States, Australia, and South Africa. She has also published her work in books, academic journals, professional blogs, and presented her research at conferences around the world.