Ayala Panievsky

Overview

Dr Ayala Panievsky is a researcher specialising in media under attack, right-wing populism, and democratic backsliding. Her research appeared in journals such as The International Journal of Press/Politics and Digital Journalism, and featured in media outlets like the BBC, The News Agents, LBC and ABC. She is currently a Presidential Fellow in the Journalism Department at the City University of London, a Research Associate at the Sociology Department at the University of Cambridge, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy.

She holds a PhD (no corrections) from Cambridge University, an MPhil in Political Communication (with distinction) from Goldsmiths College, and a BA in Journalism and Communication (with distinction) from the Honours Programme at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her work received the ICA Outstanding Dissertation for 2024, the 2023 IJPP Best Article of the Year Award, and an honourable mention by the 2023 ICA Wolfgang Donsbach Outstanding Article of the Year Award, among others.

As a former journalist, she works with journalists worldwide to improve the future of news in times of sophisticated threats to democracy, equality, freedom, and justice. Her first book, The New Censorship, will be out next year with Footnote Press.

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