Javier Sauras

Javier Sauras is a multimedia journalist and university professor based in Madrid. His research interests lie in the intersections between democracy and technology, populism, and the rise of new political movements in Latin America.

As a journalist, he has worked on issues of human rights and development across the globe, being a news-wire correspondent in China, covering the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, the civil war and famine in South Sudan, and elections and crises in Latin America. He has been based in Shanghai, London, Bolivia, and New York. His work appears on Al Jazeera English, Der Spiegel, El País, and Internazionale, among other outlets.

Javier has been awarded multiple times by the European Journalism Centre with the Innovation in Development Reporting and the Global Health grants, and by the European Journalism Fund with a Cross-border Investigation grant. He has also been nominated for the King of Spain International Journalism award 2017 and the Gabriel García Márquez Journalism Award 2018. In 2019, he got the European Science Journalist of the Year award in the Multimedia and New Formats category (2019).

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. (cand.) in Communication and Media Studies, Columbia University

• M.A. in Journalism, Politics, and Global Affairs, Columbia University, 2016

• M.A. in International Journalism, City University of London, 2012

• B.S. in Journalism, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2008