Antonio Castillo
Honorary Fellow
Details
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College: Design and Social Context
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Department: Design and Social Context
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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antonio.castillorojas@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-5043-3486
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr. Antonio Castillo is a Latin American journalist and academic. As an academic he has taught in Latin America, Asia and Australia. He joined the RMIT Department of Journalism in 2013.
Awards:
2002 University of Western Sydney Vice Chancellor Award in the Excellence in Regional & Community Partnership Category.
1994 Geneva, Honourable Mention, International Award for Solidarity with Refugees, International Catholic Union of the Press.
Industry Experience:
His first academic position was held at The University of Western Sydney (UWS) where he became the Director of Journalism. He was also an academic at The University of Sydney (USYD). Dr. Castillo is a founding editor of Global Media Journal, Australian edition (GMJ) and an editor of the Iberian and Latin American Studies Journal (JILAR). He is also an editorial board member of the journal Ethical Space. Before joining RMIT, he was an Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University, in Hong Kong.
He has worked in news wire services, magazines, newspapers and radio. In Australia, Antonio has worked for SBS and ABC. In 1994 in Geneva he was awarded an Honorable Mention in the International Award for Solidarity with Refugees (International Catholic Union of the Press, UCIP).
Dr. Castillo has maintained his passion and commitment with journalism. As such he has covered major international events including the Colombian conflict, the Arab Spring, the peace process in Sri Lanka and the drug war in Mexico, among others.
Industry engagement-
2013 Vietnam Central Commission for Mass Mobilization Public Policies
2013 Ho Chi Minh City Television Skills for Interacting Social Media with Television
2012 Reporting the world, understanding the world, Santo Tomas College, Chile
2011 Financial Reporting Workshop, Reuters & Hong Kong Baptist University
2010 Understanding cultures, Australia, BHP
2009 Mongolia Press Institute & Media and Communication - Journalism training seminar funded by the World Bank
2009 Koori Radio & Media and Communication – Journalism training
Awards:
2002 University of Western Sydney Vice Chancellor Award in the Excellence in Regional & Community Partnership Category.
1994 Geneva, Honourable Mention, International Award for Solidarity with Refugees, International Catholic Union of the Press.
Industry Experience:
His first academic position was held at The University of Western Sydney (UWS) where he became the Director of Journalism. He was also an academic at The University of Sydney (USYD). Dr. Castillo is a founding editor of Global Media Journal, Australian edition (GMJ) and an editor of the Iberian and Latin American Studies Journal (JILAR). He is also an editorial board member of the journal Ethical Space. Before joining RMIT, he was an Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University, in Hong Kong.
He has worked in news wire services, magazines, newspapers and radio. In Australia, Antonio has worked for SBS and ABC. In 1994 in Geneva he was awarded an Honorable Mention in the International Award for Solidarity with Refugees (International Catholic Union of the Press, UCIP).
Dr. Castillo has maintained his passion and commitment with journalism. As such he has covered major international events including the Colombian conflict, the Arab Spring, the peace process in Sri Lanka and the drug war in Mexico, among others.
Industry engagement-
2013 Vietnam Central Commission for Mass Mobilization Public Policies
2013 Ho Chi Minh City Television Skills for Interacting Social Media with Television
2012 Reporting the world, understanding the world, Santo Tomas College, Chile
2011 Financial Reporting Workshop, Reuters & Hong Kong Baptist University
2010 Understanding cultures, Australia, BHP
2009 Mongolia Press Institute & Media and Communication - Journalism training seminar funded by the World Bank
2009 Koori Radio & Media and Communication – Journalism training
Supervisor projects
Chinas Digital Public Diplomacy: Evaluation of Strategies and Effects
- 1 Mar 2024
Defining and disrupting the effects of misinformation
- 1 Mar 2024
A compared analysis of media violence in Brazil, Chile and Argentina: its perversive influence in contemporary South America
- 19 Dec 2023
- The emotional dispatch: Exploring the foreign correspondent’s experience and practice through creative non-fiction.
- 30 Nov 2022
- Exploring Digital Bereavement: Young People, Digital Media, and Grief
- 16 Jul 2021
"Neither Black nor White – The Postmodern Politic: La Leyenda Negra in turn of the millennium Latin American Cinema."
- 11 Sep 2020
- Feminist Digital Media Politics in Latin America: a counterhegemonic space of gender activism.
- 23 Jan 2020
- The Mongolian Lens: Encounters Through Photography While Exploring Mongolian Herder Communities in Transition
- 27 Mar 2019
- The Invisible Journalists: A Study into Fixers¿ Professional Journalistic Practices In Pakistan Post 9/11 US Terrorist Attack
- 2 Mar 2015
- Transnational investigative journalism: towards a methodological practice
- 23 Jan 2015
Teaching interests
Dr Antonio Castillo research brings together democracy, politics and journalism. Latin American journalism is his current area of research, a research that explores the major trend shaping the news landscape of this region.
Research interests
Journalism and Professional Writing, Communication and Media Studies, Historical Studies
As a researcher Dr. Antonio Castillo is interested in Latin American journalism history and politics, reportage and literary journalism, international comparative news and journalism & democracy. In the past he has conducted research into ethnic and social media representation.
Latin American journalism between shadows and lights (current)
This research – part of a book project – examines some of the key aspects shaping contemporary Latin American journalism.
Literary journalism in Latin America: chronic of a foretold revival (current)
Literary journalism emerges in this region in the nineteenth century. It was genre that allowed writers to keep on doing literature and journalism in one single body of work; informing with fiction story telling tools.
News neglected regions (current)
This research examines the lack of news coverage of regions and societies and the impact this might have. It looks at news selection, newsroom socialization and journalistic practices.
Global News Standards (completed)
This research – conducted under the umbrella of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Sydney – examines the notion of peace journalism in a global context.
Western Sydney and the media: a history of misrepresentation (completed)
This research examined the media representation and stigmatization of Great Western Sydney, one of the most densely and ethically diverse regions in Australia.
Cosmopolitan Sydney, explore the world in one city (completed)
This research is an examination into the ethnic and cultural diversity of Australian city of Sydney. This was part of book project.
Research supervision
“Psychological effect of war journalism and peace journalism”, Co-supervisor.
The University of Sydney,
Student: Ms Annabel McGoldrick (current)
“Content and role of Chinese newspapers in Australia”,
The University of Sydney,
Student: Mr Jack Liu (completed)
“The gateway: Private women and public world”.
The University of Sydney,
Student: Erin Semon (completed)
“My Colombian death”, Doctor in Creative Arts (DCA), Co-supervisor.
The University of Western Sydney
Student: Mr Matthew Thompson (Completed)
As a researcher Dr. Antonio Castillo is interested in Latin American journalism history and politics, reportage and literary journalism, international comparative news and journalism & democracy. In the past he has conducted research into ethnic and social media representation.
Latin American journalism between shadows and lights (current)
This research – part of a book project – examines some of the key aspects shaping contemporary Latin American journalism.
Literary journalism in Latin America: chronic of a foretold revival (current)
Literary journalism emerges in this region in the nineteenth century. It was genre that allowed writers to keep on doing literature and journalism in one single body of work; informing with fiction story telling tools.
News neglected regions (current)
This research examines the lack of news coverage of regions and societies and the impact this might have. It looks at news selection, newsroom socialization and journalistic practices.
Global News Standards (completed)
This research – conducted under the umbrella of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Sydney – examines the notion of peace journalism in a global context.
Western Sydney and the media: a history of misrepresentation (completed)
This research examined the media representation and stigmatization of Great Western Sydney, one of the most densely and ethically diverse regions in Australia.
Cosmopolitan Sydney, explore the world in one city (completed)
This research is an examination into the ethnic and cultural diversity of Australian city of Sydney. This was part of book project.
Research supervision
“Psychological effect of war journalism and peace journalism”, Co-supervisor.
The University of Sydney,
Student: Ms Annabel McGoldrick (current)
“Content and role of Chinese newspapers in Australia”,
The University of Sydney,
Student: Mr Jack Liu (completed)
“The gateway: Private women and public world”.
The University of Sydney,
Student: Erin Semon (completed)
“My Colombian death”, Doctor in Creative Arts (DCA), Co-supervisor.
The University of Western Sydney
Student: Mr Matthew Thompson (Completed)
