STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Alexandra Wake
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School - Media & Communication
Phone:
+61399259749
Email:
alex.wake@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision,
Media comments
Alexandra Wake is an Associate Professor at RMIT University. She came to the academy after a long career as a journalist and broadcaster. She is an active leader, educator and researcher in journalism. Her research, teaching and practice sits at the nexus of journalism practice, journalism education, equality, diversity and mental health.
Alexandra Wake is Program Manager for the Graduate Diploma in Journalism at RMIT University and the elected President of the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia. An Associate Professor in Journalism, Alex is an active leader, educator and researcher in journalism. Her research, teaching and practice sits at the nexus of journalism practice, journalism education, equality, diversity and mental health. Dr Wake has taught journalism at RMIT, Deakin University, Dubai Women's College, and was a trainer on international aid projects including at the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Before turning full time to the academy, she spent more than 25 years working for broadcast and print international news agencies in Australia, the Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Dr Wake has been an education advisor for Mindframe for Journalists since 2012 and was a Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma Academic Fellow in 2011. She is also part of the team of researchers in "The International UNESCO UniTWIN Network on Gender, Media and ICTs" promoting and developing international co-participative projects together with the National Autonomous University of Mexico. With a team, she has been awarded a Discovery Grant in 2023 to work on an historical study of Australian Journalism and Trauma.
- Li, X.,Wake, A. (2024). Public diplomacy, propaganda, and journalism in the digital landscape In: Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific: The Battle for Trusted News and Information, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland
- Wake, A. (2024). Australia’s Voice in the Indo-Pacific In: Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific The Battle for Trusted News and Information, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland
- Wake, A. (2024). The Indo-Pacific’s Broadcast Landscape, Strategic and Military Value In: Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific: The Battle for Trusted News and Information, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland
- Wake, A. (2024). Distribution via Shortwave, Satellites, and Social Media In: Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific: The Battle for Trusted News and Information, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
- Wake, A. (2024). Transnational Voices in the Indo-Pacific In: Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific: The Battle for Trusted News and Information, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Swtizerland
- Wake, A.,Li, X. (2024). Diplomacy, Propaganda, and Journalism in the Digital Landscape In: Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific: The Battle for Trusted News and Information, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland
- Wake, A.,Ambrose, D.,Grenfell, D. (2024). Fact-Checking and Verification: The Changing Role of Professional Journalists In: Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific: The Battle for Trusted News and Information, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland
- Wake, A.,Morieson, L. (2024). A Case Study of Media Tensions in Solomon Islands, China, and Australia In: Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific: The Battle for Trusted News and Information, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland
- Wake, A. (2024). The Future and Funding of Transnational Broadcasting and Soft Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific In: Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific: The Battle for Trusted News and Information, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland
- von Nordheim, G.,Bettels-Schwabbauer, T.,Konigslow, K.,Wake, A., et al, . (2023). The different worlds of Google – A comparison of search results on conspiracy theories in 12 countries In: Convergence, , 1 - 20
Journalism, Journalism education, International journalism, Journalism education as foreign aid, Journalism and government, Journalism and power, Journalism practice, Journalism and trauma, Journalism and suicide, New journalism
4 PhD Completions6 PhD Current Supervisions
- Australian Journalism, Trauma and Community (externally led by Monash University). Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2023 via Other University from (2024 to 2027)
- Mitigating the impact of the media on stigmatising attitudes towards people with severe mental illness (administered by the University of Melbourne). Funded by: NHMRC - Investigator Grants from (2024 to 2028)
- Brave new worlds of international broadcasting. Funded by: Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) Research Grant 2017 onwards from (2018 to 2023)
- To attend Radio Conference (Monash University, Prato campus) and What is News Now Conference (East West Centre, Singapore). Funded by: Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant 2018 Round 1 from (2018 to 2018)
- RMIT Japan Times Journalism Interns 2017-2018. Funded by: Australia Japan Foundation Grant 2017 CAT0 from (2017 to 2020)