Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München

Munich Area, Germany Germany

Education

I am Professor of Communication with an emphasis on Computational Journalism in the Department of Communication Studies and Media Research, LMU Munich. I hold a Freigeist Fellowship from the Volkswagen Foundation (VolkswagenStiftung) for a project on 'Algorithmic News'. Previously I was a Reader (Associate Professor) at City University London where, between 2006 - 2015, I lead an Erasmus Mundus Master's in Journalism, Media and Globalisation. I was appointed as City University's first lecturer in Electronic Publishing in 1997 and directed their successful Master's in Electronic Publishing until 2004. My research focuses on the changes taking place in news production and consumption as ...