Dolors Palau-Sampio

Dolors Palau-Sampio is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Valencia (Spain). Her research focuses on digital and narrative journalism, disinformation, quality journalism and accountability. Co-editor of four books, she has published sixty articles in indexed journals and half a hundred chapter books. Since 2014 she has been coordinating the working group on journalism and quality information at the Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación. She has been a visiting researcher at several universities in Europe (France, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal and Finland) and Latin America (Chile, Argentina, Peru and Mexico). She is currently IP in Spain of the Horizon 2020 R&D project PLEDGE, funded by the European Union. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a journalist for nine years.

Guillermo López-García is a Full Professor of Journalism at the University of Valencia, Spain. His primary research focuses on political and online communication. He coordinates the R&D Group Mediaflows, financed by Spain's Ministry for the Economy and Innovation, since 2013. This project analyses communication flows among political parties, the media, and citizens in processes of political mobilization. He also directs the Valencian Digital Media Research Group, and has coordinated a yearly conference on new trends in digital communication since 2009. López García was editor of the academic journal Dígitos. Revista de Comunicación Digital (2015-2022) and has authored or edited 20 books and numerous articles and book chapters in various scientific publications. He has co-edited the website La Página Definitiva since 2000 and works with various media outlets, including the digital media Valencia Plaza, for which he is a weekly columnist.