Biography

Professor of Journalism Studies and Media Theory at the Department of Communications, Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, and Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University (Faculty of Media and Communications). She is a Level 2 Member of Mexico’s System of National Researchers (SNI), appointed by Mexico's National Council of Science, Humanities and Technology (CONACYT). She holds a Ph.D. in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K. (2012); a Master of Arts (MA) in Journalism Studies from Cardiff University, U.K. (2006); and a BA in Social Communications from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (2001). Her research interests include media capture, media systems in Latin America, comparative journalism cultures, journalistic roles, journalistic professionalism and labor, sociology of news production, anti-press violence, safety of journalists, health, and sports journalism. She is the principal investigator (PI) of the Journalistic Role Performance study in Mexico and Worlds of Journalism study in Bolivia. She is part of the national consortium conducting Worlds of Journalism Mexico. She currently co-leads the Latin American section of the Journalists Safety Research Network.