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  Dr Gabriel Moreno-Esparza
   Senior Lecturer

  Research interests: Migration; Political and environmental communication; Online journalism

  Twitter: @Gmoresp
About
​Gabriel has been involved in various programmes of study within his department since his arrival to Northumbria University in September 2013. At present, he delivers under- and post-graduate modules such as Key Concepts and Debates in Journalism, Media Research Methods, Research Theory and Practice, Mass Communication Case Study and Media Spaces. Dr Moreno is also involved in supervision of graduate and postgraduate students in topics such as the representation of migrants and race in the news, the impact of technological disruption in journalism and social media and environmental activism, among others. He was awarded recognition as Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in December 2015.

Qualifications
  • ​PhD awarded by Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) – University of Westminster (2009)
Professional Affiliations
  • ​IAMCR
  • MeCCSA
Employment
  • ​Research fellow – National System of Science and Technology (CONACYT, Mexico) (2010 – 2011)
  • General and financial news correspondent - Reuters (2000 – 2004)
  • Journalist/Electoral Observer of US Presidential Elections 2000 – US Department of State
  • Journalist in Residence (Washington, DC) – Freedom Forum (1999)
Awards
  • Chevening Scholarship Award – Foreign & Commonwealth Office (2004 – 2005)
  • Writing International News Workshop Award – Reuters News Foundation (2000) 
Recent Publications​
  • “Digital families in diasporic social space”, in R. Tsagarousianou (ed.) The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture. Wiley, 2018
  • “Visualising simultaneity in diasporic public spheres”, JOMEC Journal, 2017
  • “Mobile journalism: Reflexive storytelling in the co-produced public sphere, in S. Prassad (ed.) Creative Mobile Media: A Complete Course. Routledge, 2017
  • Transnational audiences and the reception of television news: A study of Mexicans in Los Angeles. Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011.