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Overview
I am originally from Canada, but have studied, worked, and lived in the U.S., China, Hong Kong, Denmark, Croatia, Sweden, and now the U.K. Before getting a Ph.D., I worked as a television and radio producer and reporter. My research interests focus on how human rights are covered in various types of news platforms, focusing particularly on women's rights. I also study digital news reporting and contextual influences such as hegemony.
Qualifications
- Ph.D., Texas Tech University, United States, September 2013 - May 2016
- LL.M. in Human Rights, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Research students
1stsupervisor
- Yasmine Feital Cal�ado Barbosa, Research Student
Publications
Publications by category
Chapters (3)
- Blumell, L. and Hellmueller, L. (2022). Objectivity. In Borchard, G.A. (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism Sage.
- Blumell, L. and Hellmueller, L. (2019). Celebrity Coverage. In Vos, T.P. and Hanusch, F. (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Massachusetts, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 9781118841679.
- Blumell, L. and Hellmueller, L. (2019). Celebrity Journalism. International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies Wiley.
Conference paper and proceedings
- Blumell, L., Feital, Y. and Feital Calcado Barbosa, Y. (2025). #Metoo 2.0: How news organisations cover sexual abuse amidst a backlash to the movement. Future of Journalism 11-12 September, University of Cardiff.
Journal articles (27)
- Innes, A., Slootmaeckers, K., Cook, E., Adisa, O., Blumell, L., Feder, G.... Sjoberg, L. (2026). Collective Discussion: Violence as a Boundary Object: Implications for the Field of International Political Sociology. International Political Sociology, 20(3). doi:10.1093/ips/olag024
- Blumell, L.E. and Mulupi, D. (2025). Addressing Workplace Sexual Harassment Through Organizational Policy Messaging. Communication Studies, 76(2), pp. 143-163. doi:10.1080/10510974.2024.2406045
- Blumell, L.E. and Mulupi, D. (2024). How News Organizations Cultivate and Maintain Sexist Newsrooms via Gendered Journalistic Norms, Sexual Harassment, and the Boys’ Club. Women's Studies in Communication, 47(3), pp. 268-291. doi:10.1080/07491409.2024.2342842
- Blumell, L.E. and Mulupi, D. (2023). The Impact of Anti-Sexual Harassment Policies on Sexual Harassment Prevention in the Workplace. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal. doi:10.1007/s10672-023-09487-w
- Blumell, L.E., Mulupi, D. and Arafat, R. (2023). The Impact of Sexual Harassment on Job Satisfaction in Newsrooms. Journalism Practice. doi:10.1080/17512786.2023.2227613
- Mulupi, D. and Blumell, L. (2023). Gatekeeping Rape Culture: Kenyan News Coverage of Sexual Abuse and Femicide. African Journalism Studies, 44(2), pp. 153-170. doi:10.1080/23743670.2024.2328524
- Blumell, L. (2022). The Power of Hostile Sources in the News Industry. Journalism & Communication Monographs, 24(3), pp. 217-220. doi:10.1177/15226379221116643
- Blumell, L.E. and Mulupi, D. (2022). “A Playing Field Where Patriarchy Plays”: Addressing Sexism in South African and Nigerian Newsrooms. Journalism Practice, 16(4), pp. 582-602. doi:10.1080/17512786.2020.1807391
- Blumell, L. (2022). Book review: News for the rich, white, and blue. How place and power distort American journalism. Journalism, 23(3), pp. 730-732. doi:10.1177/14648849221084195
- Blumell, L.E. and Mulupi, D. (2022). Investigating Rape Culture in News Coverage of the Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford Cases. Violence Against Women, 28(2), pp. 487-509. doi:10.1177/10778012211021129
- Blumell, L.E. and Mulupi, D. (2021). “Newsrooms need the metoo movement.” Sexism and the press in Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria. Feminist Media Studies, 21(4), pp. 639-656. doi:10.1080/14680777.2020.1788111
- Blumell, L.E. and Huemmer, J. (2021). Reassessing balance: News coverage of Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood scandal before and during #metoo. Journalism, 22(4), pp. 937-955. doi:10.1177/1464884918821522
- Cooper, G., Blumell, L. and Bunce, M. (2021). Beyond the ‘refugee crisis’: How the UK news media represent asylum seekers across national boundaries. International Communication Gazette, 83(3), pp. 195-216. doi:10.1177/1748048520913230
- Blumell, L. and Mulupi, D. (2020). Presidential framing in the Christine Blasey Ford and Anita Hill cases. The Communication Review, 23(2), pp. 91-121. doi:10.1080/10714421.2020.1776042
- Blumell, L.E. and Rodriguez, N.S. (2020). Ambivalent Sexism and Gay Men in the US and UK. Sexuality & Culture, 24(1), pp. 209-229. doi:10.1007/s12119-019-09635-1
- Blumell, L.E., Bunce, M., Cooper, G. and McDowell, C. (2020). Refugee and Asylum News Coverage in UK Print and Online Media. Journalism Studies, 21(2), pp. 162-179. doi:10.1080/1461670x.2019.1633243
- Blumell, L.E. (2020). Bro, foe, or ally? Measuring ambivalent sexism in political online reporters. Feminist Media Studies, 20(1), pp. 53-69. doi:10.1080/14680777.2018.1546211
- Blumell, L.E. and Cooper, G. (2019). Measuring Gender in News Representations of Refugees and Asylum Seekers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, 13, pp. 4444-4464
- Huemmer, J., McLaughlin, B. and Blumell, L.E. (2019). Leaving the Past (Self) Behind: Non-Reporting Rape Survivors’ Narratives of Self and Action. Sociology, 53(3), pp. 435-450. doi:10.1177/0038038518773926
- Blumell, L.E., Huemmer, J. and Sternadori, M. (2019). Protecting the Ladies: Benevolent Sexism, Heteronormativity, and Partisanship in Online Discussions of Gender-Neutral Bathrooms. Mass Communication and Society, 22(3), pp. 365-388. doi:10.1080/15205436.2018.1547833
- Blumell, L. and Miglena, S. (2018). Godlike Men and Sex Assault Coverage: the Cases of Cosby and Kumar. Media Report To Women, 46(2), pp. 6-11
- Blumell, L.E. (2017). She Persisted … and So Did He: Gendered source use during the Trump Access Hollywood scandal. Journalism Studies pp. 1-20. doi:10.1080/1461670X.2017.1360150
- Blumell, L.E. and Huemmer, J. (2017). Silencing survivors: how news coverage neglects the women accusing Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. Feminist Media Studies, 17(3), pp. 506-509. doi:10.1080/14680777.2017.1304714
- Hellmueller, L., Mellado, C., Blumell, L. and Huemmer, J. (2016). The Contextualization of the Watchdog and Civic Journalistic Roles: Reevaluating Journalistic Role Performance in U.S. Newspapers. Palabra Clave - Revista de Comunicación, 19(4), pp. 1072-1100. doi:10.5294/pacla.2016.19.4.6
- Rodriguez, N.S., Huemmer, J. and Blumell, L.E. (2016). Mobile Masculinities: An Investigation of Networked Masculinities in Gay Dating Apps. Masculinities & Social Change, 5(3), pp. 241-267. doi:10.17583/mcs.2016.2047
- Blumell, L., Qiu, Y. and Peaslee, R.M. (2016). Pacifying the dragon? How expatriate media professionals are gatekeeping in the Chinese media system. International Journal of Communication, 10, pp. 2402-2421
- Rodriguez, N.S. and Blumell, L. (2014). What a Year! The Framing of Marriage Equality Through Media’s Selected Sources in 2013. Journal of Communication Inquiry, 38(4), pp. 341-359. doi:10.1177/0196859914551767
Report
- Thurman, N., Henkel, I., Thäsler-Kordonouri, S. and Fletcher, R. (2025). UK Journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think. Oxford, UK: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. ISBN 9781914566202.