Staff
Senior Management
Steering Committee
Advisory Board
Research Associates
Journalist Fellows
Visiting Fellows
Staff
Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Director (on leave from July to December 2023)
Rasmus is Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford.
Mitali Mukherjee
Acting Director of the Institute from July to December 2023
Mitali Mukherjee is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism in India.
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.
Senior Management
Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Director (on leave from July to December 2023)
Rasmus is Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford.
Mitali Mukherjee
Acting Director of the Institute from July to December 2023
Mitali Mukherjee is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism in India.
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.
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
Editor, Prospect magazine
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.
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.
Jane Green
Professor of Political Science and British Politics
Director of the Nuffield Politics Research Centre and Westminster Bridge and Co-Director of the British Election Study
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.
Zaffar Abbas
Editor, Dawn
Zaffar is the editor of Dawn, Pakistan’s leading English language newspaper
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
Former Executive Editor, The Washington Post
Marty is the former Executive Editor of The Washington Post and former editor of the Boston Globe and Miami Herald.
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.
Research Associates
Dr Simge Andı
Research Associate
Dr Simge Andı is a Lecturer in Quantitative Political Science at the University of Ex
Dr Alexandra Borchardt
Senior Research Associate
Dr Alessio Cornia
Research Associate
Dr Sarah Anne Ganter
Research Associate
Dr Lucas Graves
Research Associate
Dr Joy Jenkins
Research Associate
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.
Thu Thu Aung
Correspondent, Reuters
Thu Thu is a Pulitzer prize winning Myanmar correspondent at Reuters. Since the military coup of February 2021, she has continued to report on Myanmar from Thailand. In her career she has covered ethnic armed conflicts, drug trafficking, human rights abuses and the Rohingya genocide.
Ayen Bior
Producer, National Public Radio
Ayen Deng Bior is a producer and reporter in radio, television and web. She is drawn to stories about the refugee experience and the rights of women. In her spare time, she loves to read, kayak and bird watch.
Abu Sayeed Asiful Islam
Associate Editor, Dhaka Tribune
Asif is associate editor at the Dhaka Tribune. His work has appeared on MSNBC, CBS News, NDTV, the Times of India podcast and the Mekong Review. Asif enjoys reporting and conducting interviews and is passionate about climate journalism and foreign affairs.
Radheshyam Jadhav
Deputy Editor, The Hindu Businessline
Radheshyam Jadhav is an award-winning journalist from India working for The Hindu Businessline. He holds a Ph.D. in journalism and communication. He has a proven track record of writing about gender, health, agriculture, environment, and rural and urban development issues.
