Anya Schiffrin

Director, technology and media, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs

Schiffrin is a speaker at the 25th ISOJ, happening from April 12 – 13, 2024, both online and in person at the University of Texas at Austin.

Anya SchiffrinAnya Schiffrin is the director of the technology and media specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a senior lecturer who teaches on global media, innovation and human rights. She writes on a number of topics related to journalism sustainability, impact and online disinformation. Her most recent books are Women in the Digital World edited with Karolina Koc-Michalska, and Michelle Ferrier (Routledge, 2023) and the edited collection, Media Capture: How Money, Digital Platforms and Governments Control the News (Columbia University Press 2021). She’s been looking at government policies to support journalism globally and her recent reports include Paying for News: What Google and Meta Owe US Publishers. Professor Schiffrin holds a PhD with Distinction from Universidad de Navarra.