
Dr. Rana Arafat
@ranaarafat12
Lecturer(Assistant Prof) in Digital Journalism @CityJournalism📚Ph.D. in Media and Communication @usi_imeg🇨🇭 PF&R Chair @AEJMC_BAMJ 👩🏫 📖 AI & Automation🤖
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Excited to welcome Dr. Rana Arafat at Weizenbaum-Institut this Thursday at 6pm who will give a lecture on AI manipulation, disinformation, and algorithmic bias in the Global South. Join us in person or online. weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltunge…

The incredible Financial Times reporters Peter Andringa & [email protected] delivered an inspiring guest talk to our City Journalism students today, sharing valuable examples & insights from their investigative work using AI and computational methods. Our students were very lucky to have you!


Glad to virtually welcome Dr. Hannes Cools 🟥 - @hannescools.bsky.social today to give an insightful guest talk to our third year students at City Journalism on AI ethics and responsible use. He shared great findings and lessons to learn from AI guidelines & practices in different newsrooms.. Many thanks!☺️


🚨 First publication in 2025! 🚨 Curious about what online dynamics make some social movements on TikTok more successful and viral among younger generations? Check out our newly published paper in Media, War & Conflict (by Sage) 😊Link for OA version: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17… 🧵⬇️


So apparently one of my papers is on the shortlist of the Digital Journalism 2024 Outstanding Article Award – and in such great company?! Many, many thanks to whoever recommended it! I had no idea and this was a very nice surprise on a drab Tuesday morning.


NEW PUBLICATION: Our Digital Journalism editorial team has refined our editorial agenda for 2025 and beyond. Check out the overview that we co-wrote, in which we outline our shared vision for the journal's future.

🚨 It’s out!!! 🥳 Grateful to my brilliant co-authors Imke Henkel @imkehenkel.bsky.social & lea hellmueller for teaming up on our chapter exploring the changing role perceptions of UK journalists. Many thanks to the amazing editors Neil Thurman Sina Thaesler-Kordonouri Imke Henkel @imkehenkel.bsky.social Richard Fletcher 😊 Details below👇

We authored the report along with City Journalism's Rana Arafat, Lindsey Blumell, Dr Glenda Cooper, lea hellmueller, Ayala Panievsky & Jane Singer; The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan's François Nel; RISJ's Craig T Robertson; & The University of Sheffield's Jingrong Tong. Pete Clifton has written the foreword.

Delighted to speak at the JSRN Online Symposium for #WorldPressFreedomDay on how AI is being adopted in MENA newsrooms exploring opportunities, challenges & ethical concerns in restrictive media environments. Grateful to share insights from 3 ongoing projects. City Journalism 🤖