Journalism & Web3

Minna Aslama Horowitz is a researcher and instructor at the University of Helsinki and an MJRC Fellow. Her work examines communications policy, media trust and digital governance, including public service media, platform regulation, information disorders and digital information literacy. She coordinates interaction for the Finnish research consortium DECA and is a member of the Nordic Observatory for Digital Media and Information Disorder.

Alessandro D’Arma is a Reader in the School of Media and Communication at the University of Westminster, where he directs the school’s doctoral programme. His research focuses on communications policy, public service media and the politics of media policy. He studies the digital transformation of media industries, including the consequences of the platform economy for media organisations and their sustainability.

Marius Dragomir is the founding director of the Media and Journalism Research Center and a researcher at the University of Santiago de Compostela. His work focuses on media ownership, regulation, public service media and journalism business models. He led the Center for Media, Data and Society from 2016 to 2022 and previously worked on media research and policy at the Open Society Foundations in London.

Katja Leifheit is a research associate at Stuttgart Media University, where she studied Audiovisual Media and Media Management. Her doctoral research examines the adoption of generative artificial intelligence in the film and television industry. She pursues this work as an external doctoral candidate at the Chair of Innovation Management and Media at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Tim Outshoorn is a philosopher and researcher at the Fontys School for Journalism in Tilburg, the Netherlands. His writing has explored queer chosen families and equality in the courtroom. He is part of the Journalism and Web3 research team.

Judith Pies is a professor of data journalism at Stuttgart Media University and holds a PhD in communication science from the University of Erfurt. Her research focuses on international and transcultural journalism, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, media in conflict and media accountability. She founded Medien | Kompetenz | International in 2018 to provide international media consultancy and media literacy training.

Marta Rodríguez-Castro is an assistant professor in Communication Sciences at the University of Santiago de Compostela and a member of the Novos Medios research group. She studies public service media, with a focus on public value, governance, funding and European media policy. Her research experience includes stays at Central European University in Budapest and the Hans-Bredow-Institut in Hamburg.

Hilde Van den Bulck is a professor and head of the Department of Communication at Drexel University. Her research connects media structures and policies with media cultures, particularly the effects of digitisation on legacy and public service media. She also examines how datafication, algorithms and platforms shape citizens’ ability to understand and participate in public life.

Martín Vaz-Álvarez is an assistant professor at the University of Santiago de Compostela and a member of the Novos Medios research group. His work explores artificial intelligence, journalistic values, co-creation and innovation in public service media. He is deputy director for innovation at the RTVE–USC Chair and a senior expert at MJRC, with research interests in governance, participation and the digital transformation of media.