projects and theses I have superviseD or reviewed
at Middlesex University London
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2019 / 2020
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'Social Media Influencers and Branding: The Rise of a Phenomenon'
Main supervisor, BA Journalism and Media dissertation, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2019/2020
'How Sexual Objectification of Women in Music Videos Increase Views?'
Main supervisor, BA Journalism and Media dissertation, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2019/2020
'The Impact of Vlog Content on Music Journalism' essay and digital music magazine
Main supervisor, BA Journalism and Media essay and creative project, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2019/2020
'How Do Different British Newspapers Frame Police Conduct When Dealing With the Events of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests?'
Second marker, BA Journalism and Media essay and creative project, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2019/2020
'How Do Top Selling Women's Lifestyle Magazines Such as Vogue Represent Black Women in Their Publication?'
Second marker, BA Journalism and Media essay and creative project, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2019/2020
'Media Representation of Black and White Criminals: A Comparative Study on Left and Right Wing UK Newspapers'
Second marker, BA Journalism and Media essay and creative project, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2019/2020​
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2020 / 2021
'The Dangers of Beauty Trends Set by Influencer on Social Media'
Main supervisor, BA Journalism and Media dissertation, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2020/2021
'Why Are Women Given Stardom to Have It Stripped Away From Them? The Portrayal of Women in American Tabloid Media'
Main supervisor, BA Journalism and Media dissertation, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2020/2021
'Why Is Cancel Culture Widely Popular Among Young Twitter Users?'
Main supervisor, BA Journalism and Media dissertation, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2020/2021
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'To What Extent Are Twitter and Instagram Changing the Engagement of Football Organisations with Fans in the UK?'
Main supervisor, BA Journalism and Media dissertation, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2020/2021
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'How Did Journalism Change During National Pandemic?' essay and digital health magazine
Main supervisor, BA Journalism and Media essay and creative project, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2020/2021
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'Is Tabloid Journalism in the UK Violating Journalism Ethics, Integrity and Professional Values in their Coverage of Celebrities? An Assessment of the Sun and The Daily Mail'
Main supervisor, BA Journalism and Media dissertation, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2020/2021
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2023 / 2024
'How journalists use SEO to get engagement through online journalism?'
Main supervisor, Msc Digital Journalism Major Project, Middlesex University London, faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, 2023/2024
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Middlesex University, London (2020 - 2025)
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Journalism Skills (BA Journalism and Creative Writing - Year 1)
The module prepares students for the core journalism skills, techniques and knowledge that lay the foundation for the journalism and creative writing degree and journalism career. It includes news gathering, research, news and feature writing. These skills are applicable to print, broadcast, online, mobile and emergent technologies.
Multimodal Journalism (BA Journalism and Creative Writing - Year 2)
This module helps students to apply skills in news gathering, production and distribution in print, broadcast, online, mobile and emergent technologies across multiple platforms individually and collaboratively. It considers how factors such as monetisation, non-linear design, audience interaction and mode of dissemination affect the journalistic editorial and production process.
Arts, Lifestyle and Sports Journalism (BA Journalism and Creative Writing - Year 2)
The module explores the role of journalism specialism in the modern media and it is based on teaching the knowledge, skills and techniques needed to be an arts, lifestyle and/or sports reporter. It includes journalism ethics, literary and film reviews, radio and podcasting, visual images in a context of specialism journalism and other specialist journalism areas.
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Global Journalism and News Culture (BA Journalism and Creative Writing - Year 3)
This module introduces students to global journalism as a concept, a way of researching the expanding news media landscape, and of practicing journalism. Throughout the module, students explore the ethics and nature of journalism that is being created in, and exported by, different countries and compare the approach of journalists, as well as the quality and style of reporting of global news media outlets.
Long Form Journalism (BA Journalism and Creative Writing - Year 3)
The module prepares students for researching and producing long form journalism from conception to consumption. The module includes journalism ethics, systematic approach to long form journalism, developing in-depth research methods and storytelling techniques, along with practical skills in writing, broadcasting, and/or digital journalism. Because of Covid-19, all teaching for this module in 2020/2021 was remote. For 2021/2022 teaching at Middlesex University was hybrid (mix of in-person and remote teaching).
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Project Management and Research Skills (MA Media Management)
This module helps students to gain research skills that enable them to embark on a process of knowledge-making, self-discovery and self-motivation. Through hands-on assignments, students gain project management skills beneficial for their future career, such as defining, planning and costing projects, which consequently will inform the development of their final major project proposal.
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Digital Marketing for the Creative Industries (MA Media Management)
The module aims to explore digital marketing looking at the challenges and opportunities of the new technologies and concepts, such as social media, search engines, mobile advertising and user generated content.
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Major Project (MSc Digital Journalism)
The module prepares students for the dissertation and/or for the work placement. The module focuses on helping students pushing their critical and communicative skills and develop already existing knowledge. This module is remotely taught and it includes pre-recorded lectures on developing research questions, gathering literature review, research methods and ethics. Live seminars are focused on developing the knowledge gained from the pre-recorded lectures and to prepare students for their independent work.
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Investigative Techniques (BA Journalism and Creative Writing - Year 2)
This module helps students to develop their capacity to evaluate and appreciate good research practices, as well as develop their understanding of research methods and processes, and how these could be applied for both academic and storytelling
purposes. Students learn how to transfer academic research skills and concepts to practical creative work.
and work in journalism.
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Journalism, Society & Power (BA Journalism and Creative Writing - Year 1)
This module introduces students to key journalism theories, ethics, laws, concepts and critical issues. It aims to develop students' understanding of the news media industry, both history and current, as well as teach them to begin to conceptualise what journalism is, and how the practice is developing alongside technology, and to think critically and reflexively about journalism as a discipline.
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King's College London -
May 2021 - July 2023
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I marked essay assignments at the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London for Data Journalism module and Digital Publishing module and I marked dissertations that used quantitative methods for their data collection. I was co-teaching Gendering Technology module at the Department of Digital Humanities (hybrid teaching).
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University of West London - teaching since 2024
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Digital and Online Journalism Practice (BA Broadcast and Digital Journalism - Year 2)
The module prepares students for the world of digital technologies. It is designed to equip students with the knowledge and experience to apply their skills and understanding of online journalism in practical, real-life scenarios. The module includes lectures and seminars on wider topics of social media, photojournalism, digital journalism ethics and online writing skills.
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Journalism Skills (BA Journalism / BA Broadcast and Digital Journalism - Year 1)
This module teaches students the foundations of journalism and its core skills of news and digital content production such as news and long form writing, SEO, journalism best practice. It also aims to introduce students to industry governance, as well as teach them visual storytelling. The module emphasises the practical skills that journalists use on a daily basis, such as researching, interviewing, writing, verifying, digital content production and editing.
Ethics and the Media (BA Journalism / BA Broadcast and Digital Journalism)
​This module is an introduction to the field of media ethics and its repercussion in terms of policies and laws. Students will critically analyse and participate on a range of historical and topical debates in the areas of policy and ethics in the field of media and communications, such as ‘freedom of speech’, ‘fake news’, ‘the role of the state’, ‘civil society’ and ‘digital citizenship’.
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