Professor Lisa Waller
Details
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Department: School - Media & Communication
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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lisa.waller@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-2689-8010
Open to
- Media enquiries
- Industry Projects
- Mentoring (long-term)
- Membership of an advisory committee
About
Professor Lisa Waller is the Associate Dean of Communication in the School of Media and Communication.
Lisa's research and PhD supervision practice centres on Journalism. She has been a chief investigator on 5 Australian Research Council projects, including Discovery and Linkage grants. She is currently the leading chief investigator on the DP 'Democratic Promissory Representation: Election Promises in Australia', which has a focus on the role of political journalism in public perceptions of government performance. Her previous work has contributed fresh theoretical insights on First Nations peoples and news and local journalism. Lisa has also investigated the practice of media shaming and explored how a 'rural imaginary' shapes media representations of regional Australia. Her book publications include: Local Journalism in a Digital World (Palgrave) and The Dynamics of News and Indigenous Policy in Australia (Intellect).
Industry experience:
Prior to joining RMIT University, Lisa worked in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University from 2007 to 2019. She brings news industry experience to both teaching and research, having worked in various editorial roles at major news outlets including The Canberra Times, The Australian and The Australian Financial Review.
Research fields
- 4701 Communication and media studies
UN sustainable development goals
- 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- 4 Quality Education
- 5 Gender Equality
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
Supervisor projects
- The Russian War in Ukraine: The Emergence of the Offshore War Correspondent in Cotemporary Territorial Conflicts
- 19 Feb 2025
- Intrusion and Inclusion: Towards an ethical death knock practice for Australian journalists
- 1 Jun 2023
- From Screen Celebrity to Social Media Influencer.
- 18 Oct 2022
- Towards algorithmic literacy: exploring how young Australians understand news algorithms.
- 14 Jan 2022
- Expanding practice: translating fact-check methodology to new and emerging formats
- 3 Dec 2021
- The emotional dispatch: Exploring the foreign correspondent’s experience and practice through creative non-fiction.
- 23 Nov 2021
- The power dynamics of the human interest story
- 15 Mar 2021
- Peonies Attract Ants: Housing Emotions in Uncanny Narratives
- 9 Mar 2021
- Ceremony of Restoration: A Practice-Based Experiment in Civil Celebrancy
- 28 Jan 2021
Teaching interests
Supervision interests:
Lisa is currently supervising PhD and Master of Research projects. Her students are investigating a range of topics centred on news media and texts. These include:
- Fact checking
- Journalism practice (eg. the 'death knock')
- Teenagers and news algorithms
- Foreign correspondence
Research interests
- Journalism
- Politcal Communication
- Fact checking
- First Nations and news
- News Media representation
- Creative practice research
