Dr Pauline Renaud
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About
Overview
Dr Pauline Renaud is a lecturer in the Department of Journalism at City St George’s, University of London, with a focus on financial journalism and gender studies.
She completed her PhD in 2023, investigating journalistic authority in the face of disinformation. Passionate about questions related to journalism and democracy, trust in the media, and women in journalism, she also currently works as a senior research associate with TheNerve, a digital forensics lab established by Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa.
Pauline has over 15 years’ experience as a reporter and editor. After graduating from La Sorbonne, she worked as a broadcast journalist in France. In 2008, she moved to the UK, beginning a career as a financial journalist at PA Media and Thomson Reuters. She speaks fluent English and French.
Qualifications
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom, July 2024
- PhD, City, University of London, United Kingdom, February 2020 - November 2023
- Master's degree, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, France, September 2005 - June 2007
- Master's degree, Pantheon-Sorbonne University, France, September 2004 - June 2005
- BA, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France, September 2001 - June 2004
Employment
- Senior research associate, TheNerve, United Kingdom, November 2025 - present
- Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2025 - present
- Senior research associate, International Center for Journalists, United States, November 2024 - October 2025
- Visiting lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, December 2023 - July 2025
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2021 - November 2023
- Senior reporter, Thomson Reuters (United Kingdom), United Kingdom, October 2017 - September 2018
- Editor, Press Association, United Kingdom, August 2010 - January 2017
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), French (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review) and Spanish - Latin American (can read)
Publications
Publications by category
Book
- Renaud, P. and Lemaitre, C. (2025). Femmes journalistes Entre passion et désillusion. France: Les Petits Matins. ISBN 9782363834515.
Journal articles (3)
- Renaud, P. (2025). A Game Worth the Candle? French Journalists and Their Illusio in the Face of Disinformation. Journalism Studies, 26(15), pp. 1851-1870. doi:10.1080/1461670x.2025.2539258
- Lunga, C. and Renaud, P. (2025). Disinformation discourse as boundary work in journalism. A comparison between South Africa and France. Journalism, 26(7), pp. 1428-1446. doi:10.1177/14648849241254276
- Renaud, P. (2023). Repairing Deviant Journalistic Practice. Sur le journalisme, About journalism, Sobre jornalismo, 12(2), pp. 174-187. doi:10.25200/slj.v12.n2.2023.581
Reports (2)
- Posetti, J., Williams, K., Hellmueller, L., Renaud, P., Shabbir, N. and Aboulez, N. (2026). Tipping point: Online violence impacts, manifestations and redress in the AI age. New York: UN Women.
- Renaud, P., Posetti, J., Hellmueller, L., Williams, K., Shabbir, N. and Aboulez, N. (2025). Tipping point: The chilling escalation of online violence against women in the public sphere. New York: UN Women.