Mireya MÁRQUEZ recently earned her PhD in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths, University of London and holds a MA in Journalism Studies from Cardiff University, in the United Kingdom. As a journalist she has experience in subjects as varied as sport, international news, celebrity and mainly national Mexican politics. Moreover, she did work experience as a reporter in the Spanish Section of the BBC Worldservice in London, and worked as an editor or producer for key radio, online, print and TV news media in Mexico City. She now teaches theories of media and journalism at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, where she is a full-time lecturer and researcher. Her research interests include comparative media cultures, digital media and production, sociology of news organizations, and journalism and professionalism. She values her international experience as a catalyst to develop a teaching curricula which engages with global issues and comparative journalism cultures.