Staff
Senior Management
Steering Committee
Advisory Board
Researchers
Journalist Fellows
Visiting Fellows
Staff
Rebecca Edwards
Digital News Programme Manager
Becca is the Digital News Programme Manager whose role includes production oversight of our Digital News Report.
Dr Waqas Ejaz
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Waqas is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Oxford Climate Journalism Network
Paul Evans
Events and Administration Officer
Paul is a seasoned professional in event production and client management, bringing over 14 years of experience working with trade associations, membership organisations, and academic institutions.
Lana Fisher
Finance Officer
Lana is the finance officer, dividing her responsibilities between the Reuters Institute and the Department of Politics and International Relations.
Gretel Kahn
Journalist
Gretel is a journalist in our editorial team. She previously worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Matthew Leake
Communications and Media Officer
Matthew works in the editorial team and has a background in marketing and communications.
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Steering Committee
The Steering Committee meets several times throughout the year and has general oversight of the Reuters Institute. It approves long-term planning, financial statements, fundraising strategies and other activities. It reports to key stakeholders within the University of Oxford and supports our relationship with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Antonio Zappulla
CEO, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Alongside his role at TRF Antonio is a One Young World Ambassador and a World Economic Forum agenda contributor. He sits on the boards of All Out and the International News Safety Institute (INSI). In 2018, he came first in the Financial Times' OUTstanding list of third sector LGBT+ executives.
Mitali Mukherjee
Acting Director of the Reuters Institute
Mitali Mukherjee is the Acting Director of the Reuters Institute and the Director of our Journalist Programmes.
Federica Cherubini
Director of Leadership Development
Federica is an expert in newsroom operations and organisational change, with ten years of experience in publishers and networks worldwide.
Dr Richard Fletcher
Director of Research
Richard is the Director of Research at the Reuters Institute. He is primarily interested in digital news consumption and comparative media research.
Kate Hanneford-Smith
Director of Operations
Kate is responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the Institute and plays a lead role in setting financial and operational strategy.
Eduardo Suárez
Head of Editorial
Eduardo is the co-founder of two news startups and an award-winning senior journalist with experience in Europe and the United States.
Advisory Board
Our advisory board is made up of high profile international figures from news organisations, technology companies, media policymaking and academia. Board members provide valuable insight and suggestions for our work.
John-Allan Namu
CEO and co-founder, Africa Uncensored
John-Allan is the CEO and co-founder of investigate journalism outlet Africa Uncensored
Luz Mely Reyes
Co-founder, Efecto Cocuyo
Luz Mely is a multimedia Venezuelan journalist. She is co-founder of the independent digital media organization Efecto Cocuyo.
Ed Richards
Managing Partner, Flint Global Ltd
Ed has a wealth of experience working at the highest levels of the corporate, media and public sectors.
Vivian Schiller
Executive Director, Aspen Institute
Vivian heads up the Aspen Institute's programmes around media, technology and cybersecurity. She is the former President and CEO of NPR and Global Chair of News at Twitter.
Mark Thompson
CEO, CNN
Mark is the CEO of CNN and the Co-Chair of the International Fund for Public Interest Media.
Jaffer Zaidi
Vice President of News Partnerships at Google
Jaffer is Vice President of News Partnerships at Google
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Journalist Fellows
Here are the Journalist Fellows currently at the Reuters Institute. You can also find recent Journalist Fellow alumni and Journalist Fellows pre-2006.
Karen Rebelo
Deputy Editor, BOOM Live
A journalist and fact-checking expert, Karen is interested in making sense of misinformation and disinformation in India. Her reporting falls at the intersection of generative AI and disinformation, investigating tech-facilitated online abuse and scams.
Anne Salomäki
Journalist, STT
Anne Salomäki has worked for various local, regional, and national news outlets in Finland as a journalist and subeditor. Currently, she's working for the Finnish News Agency STT, one of the oldest news agencies in the world.
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