Dr Lindsey Blumell is a reader in the Department of Journalism at City St George’s, University of London. She is also the Associate Dean for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for the School of Communication and Creativity. She specialises in researching human rights, with a special emphasis on gender. Her other interests include identifying sexism in newsrooms, LGBTQIA+ media narratives, and news representations of refugees and asylum seekers.