Anya Schiffrin
Senior Lecturer in Discipline of International and Public Affairs
Personal Details
Focus areas: Media, development, innovation, media in Africa and the extractive sector
Anya Schiffrin is the director of the Technology, Media, and Communications at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a senior lecturer who teaches on global media, innovation and human rights. She writes on journalism and development, investigative reporting in the global south and has published extensively over the last decade on the media in Africa. More recently she has become focused on solutions to the problem of online disinformation, earning her PHD on the topic from the University of Navarra. She is the editor of Global Muckraking: 100 Years of Investigative Reporting from Around the World (New Press, 2014) and African Muckraking: 75 years of Investigative journalism from Africa (Jakana 2017). She is the editor of Media Capture: How Money, Digital Platforms and Governments Control the News (Columbia University Press 2021)
Education
- MS, Columbia University, School of Journalism
- BA, Reed College
Affiliations
- Natural Resource Governance Initiative
- Global Reporting Center, University of British Columbia
- Initiative for Policy Dialogue (IPD)
- Thomson Reuters Foundation (US)
- Founder, www.journalismtraining.net
- Media & Journalism Research Center, University of Santiago (Spain)
Research And Publications
In The Media
SIPA’s tech specialization convened experts to discuss the European Union’s upcoming digital services legislation and more.
Part one in a series on the worsening spread of false information online looks at the challenge of balancing freedom of expression with targeting misinformation. Anya Schiffrin reports.
“Events like the U.S. elections and the COVID-19 pandemic have also provided stark reminders that serious journalism remains vital to the proper functioning of societies,” Anya Schiffrin expands on the findings of their new study.
Anya Schiffrin shares an excerpt from their most recent findings.
The last in a three-part series of excerpts from "Saving Journalism 2: Global Strategies and a Look at Investigative Journalism," a new report by a team led by Anya Schiffrin, this portion features an interview with GIJN’s executive director, David E. Kaplan, about the challenges facing investigative journalism.