Previous projects – Media Freedom Project

Data literacy and audience engagement: Training course and symposium for journalists (funded by UKRI Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF), PI)

Data Literacy for Journalists course

Data Journalism Symposium

News and journalists in the social media age: a comparative study of mainland China and Taiwan (funded by the British Academy and the National Science Council of Taiwan, co-PI)

This research examines how and to what extent the wide application of social media (Twitter/Weibo) has transformed journalism in mainland China and Taiwan. Interviews with journalists in mainland China and Taiwan were conducted in this project. Two research workshops were held in Leicester, the UK and Taiwan. The discussions in these workshops were published as two edited volumes: Digital Technology and Journalism: An International Comparative Perspective and Social Media and Journalism (in Chinese).

Constructing discourse of risks: investigative journalists and environmental problems in China (funded by the British Academy, PI)

This research project analyses the discourse of risks constructed by investigative coverage of environmental problems in China. Interviews and content analysis were used and the research findings have been published as journal articles and a book: Investigative Journalism, Environmental Problems and Modernisation in China.