Staff
Senior Management
Steering Committee
Advisory Board
Research Associates
Journalist Fellows
Visiting Fellows
Staff
Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Director
Rasmus is Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford.
Meera Selva
Deputy Director of the Institute and Director of our Fellowship Programmes
Meera is an accomplished senior journalist with experience in Europe, Asia and Africa, and the Director of our Journalist Fellowship Programmes.
Federica Cherubini
Head 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
Senior Research Fellow
Richard is a Senior Research Fellow and leads the research team. 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 Communications
Eduardo is the co-founder of two news startups and an accomplished senior journalist with experience in Europe and the United States.
Senior Management
Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Director
Rasmus is Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford.
Meera Selva
Deputy Director of the Institute and Director of our Fellowship Programmes
Meera is an accomplished senior journalist with experience in Europe, Asia and Africa, and the Director of our Journalist Fellowship Programmes.
Federica Cherubini
Head 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
Senior Research Fellow
Richard is a Senior Research Fellow and leads the research team. 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 Communications
Eduardo is the co-founder of two news startups and an accomplished senior journalist with experience in Europe and the United States.
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.
Alan Rusbridger
Principal, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
Alan is the Chair of our Steering Committee and the former Editor-in-Chief of the Guardian.
Professor Wale Adebanwi
Rhodes Professor of Race Relations and Director, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford
Wale has held a number of senior journalistic roles and has taught around the world in the field of African Studies.
Sir Michael Dixon
Principal, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
Prior to his role leading our affiliate college, Sir Michael was the Director General of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Director of London's Natural History Museum.
Michael Friedenberg
President, Reuters
Michael has significant experience in advancing digital transformations and driving both business-to-business and business-to-consumer growth in the media industry.
Professor Timothy Garton Ash
Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford
Timothy is a leading expert on European affairs and writes a weekly column syndicated in newspapers worldwide.
Helen Lewis
Journalist, The Atlantic
Helen is a leading UK journalist, author and the inaugural Oxford University Women in the Humanities Honorary Writing Fellow.
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.
Lord Patten of Barnes
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Lord Patten is the Chair of the RISJ's Advisory Board. He is a life peer, and was formerly an MP and government minister, the Chairman of the BBC Trust for three years, and was the last Governor of Hong Kong.
Professor Stephen Ansolabehere
Professor of Political Science, Harvard University
Stephen is one of the leading academic experts on U.S. elections and voting behaviour.
Marty Baron
Executive Editor, The Washington Post
Marty is Executive Editor of The Washington Post, and former editor of the Boston Globe and Miami Herald.
Wolfgang Blau
Visting Fellow and former President, International and Chief Operating Officer, Condé Nast
Wolfgang is the former President, International and Chief Operating Officer at Condé Nast and a Visiting Fellow.
Helen Boaden
Council member, Royal Academy of Arts; Board member, UK Statistics Authority
Helen is a council member of the Royal Academy of Arts, a non-executive board member of the UK Statistics Authority, and a former Director of BBC News.
Campbell Brown
Head of News Partnerships, Facebook
Campbell is Head of News Partnerships at Facebook. She is a former CNN and NBC News anchor.
Journalist Fellows
Here are the Journalist Fellows currently at the Reuters Institute. You can find our Journalist Fellow alumni on this page.
Ramisha Ali
News Correspondent, Independent Urdu (The Independent UK)
Ramisha is a Pakistani journalist normally based in Karachi. She works as a news correspondent and a video content creator for The Independent UK's Urdu service based in Pakistan.
Ipsita Chakravarty
Associate Editor, Scroll.in
Rachel Chitra
Financial journalist and special correspondent, Times of India
Peter Erdelyi
Senior editor / director, 444.hu
Christine Franciska
Managing Editor, Glance - Indonesian Section
Malva Izquierdo
Multimedia Journalist, managuafuriosa.com
Visiting Fellows
Wolfgang Blau
Visting Fellow and former President, International and Chief Operating Officer, Condé Nast
Wolfgang is the former President, International and Chief Operating Officer at Condé Nast and a Visiting Fellow.
Jennifer McGuire
Visiting Fellow
Jennifer is the former General Manager and Editor in Chief, Canadian Broadcasting Corporationcovered news content and programming across television, radio and digital channels.