Featured researcher

Michelle Riedlinger, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Michelle Riedlinger is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and a Chief Investigator at the QUT Digital Media Research Centre. Her work sits at the intersection of science communication, digital media, and environmental policy. Michelle’s research focuses on how scientists and institutions can communicate more effectively with diverse publics through digital platforms, storytelling, and strategic framing. 

She has published widely on topics including climate communication, science-policy discourse, and the spread of misinformation. Her recent work explores how digital communication can build trust and foster inclusive dialogue around complex scientific and environmental issues. Michelle’s interests also include the role of alternative science communicators and the digital communication of environmental, agricultural, and health research. 

She has been a co-investigator on two SSHRC-funded projects examining science communication in Canada and the circulation of reliable health information. Michelle advocates for responsible, ethical, and inclusive science engagement. 

Featured Project

Tracking Digital-born journalism organizations

This project aims to track the development of English-language organizations launched in Canada since 2000. It seeks to ask what journalism capacities are being created, repaired or transformed at a time when Canada’s liberal and largely commercial media system is showing signs of market failure. The database is organized by journalism organization, rather than by the individual outlets owned by one body.