Dr. Courtney C. Radsch is the Director of the Center for Journalism and Liberty at the Open Markets Institute where she produces and oversees cutting-edge research into news media market structures and helps design smart policy solutions to protect and bolster journalism’s financial and editorial independence in the digital age. As a global thought leader she regularly publishes and provides commentary and analysis in top media outlets; provides testimony and keynotes; and participates in expert consultations with tech platforms and policymakers. Dr. Radsch’s research focuses AI governance, tech policy and the future of journalism. She is a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution, the Center for International Governance Innovation, the Center for Democracy and Technology and a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA’s Institute for Technology, Law and Policy. She previously worked for the Committee to Protect Journalists and UNESCO following stints as a journalist in the US and Middle East. She is involved in the responsible tech and platform accountability movement, and has worked on issues related to platform governance, freedom of expression, and digital rights as an advisor to the UN, OECD, OSCE, World Economic Forum, the Christchurch Call, and the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. Dr. Radsch serves on the International Science Council’s Panel of Experts on the Public Value of Science, the board of Tech Policy Press and the Dangerous Speech Project.  She is the author of Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt: Digital Dissidence and Political Change (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2016), holds a doctorate in international relations, and speaks Arabic, French and Spanish.