Maria Iranzo-Cabrera

Biography

Maria Iranzo-Cabrera (València, 1982) holds a PhD (2014) and a degree (2005) in Journalism from the University of Valencia. She has been recognized with the Extraordinary Prize and the First National End-of-Career Award in these studies. She defended her doctoral thesis focused on the satirical magazine 'El Papus', work recognized with several awards.

In addition to satirical journalism research (carried out within the Gricohusa R&D group), Maria Iranzo has been part of research projects on the phenomenon of Sensationalism and other based on Digital Communication Trends (Medianews). Currently, as a member of the R&D group Mediaflows, her lines of research are in the field of journalism, self-regulation and gender perspective, as well as the study of feminist cyberactivism. In this field, she has published in indexed scientific journals and attended national and international conferences.

She currently works as Lecturer in Journalism, where she teaches the subject Multimedia Journalim and tutors Final Degree Projects, especially linked to the audiovisual and multimedia modality. Iranzo-Cabrera is also a member of Master in New Journalism, Political Communication and Knowledge Society teaching team as a specialist in journalism and gender.

As for her experience as a journalist, Maria has 16 years working as a reporter in regional and national media (Europa Press, Antena 3 TV, Radiotelevisión Valenciana, Tele5, Cuatro, Valencia Plaza). She has also been responsible for communication at the University of Valencia Science Park Foundation.