Dr Lucy Morieson

Lucy Morieson is a Lecturer in Contemporary Politics and Communication. She has a background in journalism practice and her research considers the ways journalism is changing as it moves away from legacy forms and is increasingly produced for online consumption. She is particularly interested in the ways journalists and publications navigate the associated shifts in professional practices and identities. Her PhD thesis examined these shifts at two Australian news organisations. She is actively working with RMIT ABC Fact Check and FactLab on a range of research projects around the intersection of fact checking and verification and journalism practice.

Lucy is a lecturer in the Contemporary Politics & Communication minor in the School of Media and Communication. 

She is currently Course Coordinator for: 

• COMM2408 Changing Economies and Communication 
• COMM2636 Screening Politics and Technologies 

Lucy is a Victorian representative for the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association. 

Lucy is an HDR supervisor with experience supervising both project-based and traditional academic theses. Her current supervisions are in the areas of journalism, automation, fact-checking and radio practice.

Lucy is available for media comment in the following areas: journalism practice and professional identity; automation and AI in media and journalism; the role of fact-checking and verification in journalism; media literacy; journalism education.