Outreach and non-academic writing
Commentary
Op-edThe Independent — “How UK aid cuts help China win the battle for hearts and minds in Africa”
Op-ed on how UK aid reductions create openings for Chinese media influence in Africa.
PodcastUrban Radar — “Child Labour and Disinformation”
Guest on the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester podcast, discussing how disinformation plays out across urban and rural areas.
PressChina Media Project — “Global Powers, African Stories”
Interview on great-power competition and the contest over news narratives in Africa.
Research mentions
PressThe Moscow Times — “Muzzled in the West, RT Still Reaches Audiences Across the Globe”
Quoted in a news story by Sofia Johanson on RT’s reach across the Global South.
PressThe New York Times — “How Putin Became a Hero on African TV”
Quoted on Russian disinformation narratives circulating on African television.
PressThe Economist — “China, meet the Fourth Estate”
Quoted in a special report on China’s expanding international media operations.
From the blog
Occasional writing on media, technology and research, collected in my blog mapr (media, Asia, pop culture and research).
A short piece based on my research on the Chinese pay-TV operator StarTimes, published on Africa Is a Country.
An op-ed for The Conversation on race and representations of Africa in Chinese media.
A report on some of the things I took away from the event.