Institute Staff

Dr David Levy

Dr David Levy holds degrees from the Universities of York, LSE and a doctorate in 20th century French history from Nuffield College, Oxford. In addition to his role as Director of the RISJ, Dr Levy is an Associate Fellow of the Saïd Business School...

John Lloyd

John Lloyd is a contributing editor to the Financial Times, to which he contributes features, analysis, book reviews and a weekly column on UK TV in the Weekend FT. For the Financial Times, he has been Labour Editor, Industrial Editor, East European Editor and Moscow Bureau Chief...

James Painter

James Painter joined the BBC World Service in 1992, and has worked in various capacities there including as head of the Spanish American Service, head of the BBC Miami office, and editor in the newsroom. He has published, or contributed to, several books and articles, and is the author of the RISJ CHALLENGE Counter-Hegemonic News: A case study of Al-Jazeera English and Telesur.

Henrik Örnebring

Dr Henrik Örnebring, Axess Research Fellow in Comparative European Journalism. Dr Henrik Örnebring has a fil kand (BA) in Media and Communication Studies with minors in Literature and Philosophy from Karlstad University and Göteborg University, Sweden...

Dr Brian Rotheray

Dr Brian Rotheray is a post doctoral research fellow working on the Carnegie/BBC World Service/France 24 funded project ‘International News in Africa, India and Pakistan: provision, consumption and trust in a rapidly changing broadcasting environment’....

Dr Anne Geniets

Dr Anne Geniets is a post doctoral research fellow working on the Carnegie/BBC World Service/France 24 funded Project, ‘International News in Africa, India and Pakistan: provision, consumption and trust in a rapidly changing broadcasting environment’...

Kate Hanneford-Smith

Kate has a BA (Hons) in Modern Languages from the University of Leeds. She has studied and worked in both Italy and Germany...

Alex Reid

Alex has a BA (Hons) in Religion and Literature from Bristol University and a post-graduate Diploma in Museum and Gallery Studies from St Andrews University. On leaving her career in museums, Alex became a fund-raiser for Macmillan Cancer Relief and then worked in the local radio station, FOX FM in Sponsorship and Promotions.