Dr. Courtney Radsch, a fellow at UCLA’s Institute for Technology, Law & Policy has joined Media and Journalism Research Center’s fellowship program. As a strategic advisor and global thought leader on the intersection of technology, media, and human rights, Dr. Radsch has a long experience as a journalist, scholar, and press freedom advocate. Throughout her work, which…
Dr. Courtney Radsch, a fellow at UCLA’s Institute for Technology, Law & Policy has joined Media and Journalism Research Center’s fellowship program. As a strategic advisor and global thought leader on the intersection of technology, media, and human rights, Dr. Radsch has a long experience as a journalist, scholar, and press freedom advocate. Throughout her work, which…
Anastasiia Vorozhtsova, an MA graduate in international relations from CEU with academic and professional experiences in Russia, the United States of America, and Austria, has joined our Fellowship program. Anastasiia is a freelancer at The New York Times Podcast The Daily, where she has been monitoring news coverage of Russia and the war in Ukraine, conducting…
Anastasiia Vorozhtsova, an MA graduate in international relations from CEU with academic and professional experiences in Russia, the United States of America, and Austria, has joined our Fellowship program. Anastasiia is a freelancer at The New York Times Podcast The Daily, where she has been monitoring news coverage of Russia and the war in Ukraine, conducting…
Dr Andrei Richter, Researcher Professor at Comenius University in Bratislava and Adjunct Professor of the Webster University in Vienna has joined our Fellowship program. Dr Richter has served as Director and a Senior Adviser at the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media from 2011-2022. He has authored more than 250 publications on media law and policy in 12 languages,…
Andrei Richter is Researcher Professor at Comenius University in Bratislava and Adjunct Professor of the Webster University in Vienna. In 2011-22 he served as Director and a Senior Adviser at the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. An Austrian citizen, Richter holds university degrees in law, journalism and foreign languages, a doctorate of philology in Russia and a habilitated…
Fatima el Issawi has joined the Fellowship Program at the Media and Journalism Research Center. The focus of her research project at MJRC is to continue investigating the media activism nexus in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and how the notion of resilience in the dynamics between dissenting actors in media and activism…
Fatima el Issawi is a Reader in Journalism Studies at the University of Essex and Associate Professor in Journalism (in residence) at Northwestern University in Qatar. She led several research projects on the interplay between media and political change in the region. She recently completed the project “Media and Transitions to Democracy: Journalistic Practices in…
Sulochana Peiris, an independent documentary maker, researcher, and writer based in Sri Lanka, has joined our Fellowship program. Sulochana has over two decades of experience in media, advocacy, and peace-building fields. During early career years, Sulochana worked as a print and TV journalist, and subsequently, switched over to the not-for-profit sector where she was involved…
Sulochana Peiris is an independent documentary maker, researcher, and writer based in Sri Lanka. Sulochana has over two decades of experience in media, advocacy, and peacebuilding fields. During early career years, Sulochana worked as a print and TV journalist, and subsequently, switched over to the not-for-profit sector where she was involved in peacebuilding, early warning,…