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Biography

Susana Sampaio-Dias is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the СÀ¶ÊÓƵ. She holds a PhD from Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, where she also contributed to teaching and worked as a researcher. Her first monograph Reporting Human Rights was published by Peter Lang in 2016.  Susana worked as a journalist and news producer for RTP Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public service broadcaster. She has a Postgraduate Diploma in International Human Rights Law, and in Communication Law and Copyright, both from University of Coimbra (Portugal). Before that, she completed an MA in Journalism Studies and a BA in Journalism from the University of Coimbra.

Research interests

• Human Rights and Journalism
• Press freedom and security of journalists
• News production and ethnography
• International Human Rights Law and Responsibility to Protect
• Journalism in Lusophone Africa
• Social media and digital news
• Environment and community