Dr Michel Leroy
Responsibilities
Academic Project Manager of the Erasmus+ project CoMMPASS (Communicating Migration and Mobility, E-Learning Programs and Newsroom Applications for Sub-Saharan Africa)
Contact
Erich-Brost Institute for International Journalism
Otto-Hahn Str. 2
44227 Dortmund
Email: send email
Twitter: @MediaDev_FR
Fields of research and teaching
- Media sustainability
- Media development
- Editorial Analytics
- Media and Migration
- Media Social Impact
Background
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2023 onwards: Academic manager of CoMMPASS, a project aimed at creating an African online course on migration with 8 universities involved
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2018-2023: Postgraduate school Medas21 with courses on Process Tracing from Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) and on Sustainable Communication from Jönköping University, Sweden
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2011-2018: Media development implementer, Consultant for institutional bodies (ministries, development agencies) and private implementers and TV documentary free-lancer (based in Paris, France)
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2008-2011: Free-lance investigative reporter, writer, and blogger (based in Paris, France)
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2001-2008: Journalism Schools executive (ESJ-Lille and CFPJ-Paris)
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1999-2001: Journalist (based in Paris, France)
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1998-1999: Project Manager to set up a weekly & AFP news agency stringer (based in Vientiane, Laos)
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1996-1998: Journalist (based in Paris, France)
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1995-1996: Development worker at Cairo University & Al-Goumhouriya media group (based in Cairo, Egypt)
Publications
- Leroy, M. (2025). The Sustainability Imperative in Media Development: A Critical Analysis of a Self-Serving Myth. Cham: Palgrave McMillan. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-83659-6.
- Leroy, M. (2025). The industry known as ‘media development’. In Richter C. and al. (Eds.) Cosmopolitan Communication Studies. Toward Deep Internationalization. Bielefeld: Transcript. 247-266. DOI: 10.14361/9783839476772.
- Fengler, S., Drefs, I., Keßler, M., Leroy, M., Mack, J., Ortiz, F., Schönbächler V., Wollnik, S. and Zaitoonie R. (2025) Analyzing media assistance from a cosmopolitan perspective in mass communication. In Rothberg, D. and al. (Eds). Communication and Democracy in Brazil and Germany. São Paulo: Cultura Acadêmica. 74-104. bit.ly/4ngMJB0.
- Leroy, M. & Fengler S. (2024). “Migration and forced displacement as transnational phenomena”. Presentation at the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) conference. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Leroy, M. (2023). The Social Construct of Sustainability in Media Development. In Harbisher, B. (Ed). The Mediation of Sustainability, Development Goals, Social Movements, and Public Dissent. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 11-30. DOI: 10.5771/9781538161128.
- Leroy, M. (2023). Sustainability through 20 years of media development evaluation. Presentation at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference. Lyon, France.
- Leroy, M. (2021). In Future We Trust: Sustainability of community radio and professionalization. Presentation at the European Media Management Association (EMMA) conference. Jönköping, Sweden.
- Leroy, M. (2021). Response to the paper “Proximity Radio Stations: Sustainability or Pragmatic Viability?” by Myers, M. &Harford, N. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference (online).
- Leroy, M. (2014). Results-Oriented Evaluations: Their Uses, Their Limits and How They are Driving Implementers‘ Coping Strategies, Global Media Journal German Edition special issue “International Media Assistance: Experiences and Prospects”. 4/02. bit.ly/4m5XiGq.
Presentations
- Leroy, M. (2025). Measuring Impact. In Jannusch, S., Leroy, M., and Wollenberg, A. (Eds). Minutes of the 2024 Forum Medien und Entwicklung (FoME) annual Symposium: “Mind the Gap! A critical review of common practices and strategies”. Dortmund. bit.ly/47sHOIR.
- Leroy, M. (2024). How to Embrace Teaching and Learning Innovations in Higher Education? Presentation at the CoMMPASS international conference. Blantyre, Malawi.
- Leroy, M. and Wollnick, S. (2022). Dealing with failures in Media Development Assistance. Presentation at the Medas21 Closing conference. Dortmund, Germany.
- Leroy, M. (2022). Fundraising for media development. Panel at the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) townhall (online).
- Leroy, M. and Meuter, S. (2022). Current issues of media development in conflict-affected areas. Knowledge 4 Tomorrow conference, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
- Fengler, S., Drefs, I., Keßler, M., Leroy, M., Mack, J., Ortiz, F., Schönbächler V., Wollnik, S. and Zaitoonie R. (2022). Development Assistance in the 21st Century. Lessons Learnt from a Media Development Research Program. Position paper of Medas 21. bit.ly/3RhTJNH.
- Leroy, M., Passicousset, L. and Clayton, J. (2008). Focus on France: French Research in Transition. Science. 321/5897. 26 Sep 2008. 1857-1860. DOI: 10.1126/science.321.5897.1857.
