Dr Eileen Culloty is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Future Media and Journalism (FuJo) where she works on a number of institute projects including the JOLT European Training Network (H2020), PROVENANCE (H2020) and the Reuters Digital News Report. As part of the JOLT-ETN, she is co-supervisor of a PhD on ‘new journalism publics’ and a member of the project management team. Her research examines the digital public sphere with a specific focus on knowledge-driven media, digital citizenship and information literacy. She is a member of the BAI Media Literacy Network.
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