Biography
Dr Aurora Herrera is the Course Leader for BA Journalism at London Metropolitan University. Aurora is from Trinidad and Tobago and her core area of research pertains to journalism culture, media freedom, media law, censorship and safety of journalists within the Caribbean region. She completed a Specialist in Journalism at the University of Toronto, followed by a PhD at City, University of London where she has also been a visiting lecturer. She has also been a lecturer in journalism at the University of West London and Middlesex University.
Aurora is a past fellow of the Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute as well as One World Media. She is also an alumnus of the Media Institute of the Caribbean and is currently an editorial member of the Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network, with a journalism career in print and television spanning more than a decade.
Publications
- Herrera, A. (2026) The controlled watchdog: Media freedom in Trinidad and Tobago, in Tong, J. (ed.) Media freedom in an evolving journalism landscape. Abingdon: Routledge.
- Ryder, M. & Herrera, A. (2023) How Mainstream Media Organisations Can Advertise For, and attract, Black, Asian and Global Majority Journalists. Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity. [online] Available at: https://bcuassets.blob.core.windows.net/docs/nbaj-56pp-new-reporta-waccessibility-checked-133471058883978466.pdf
- Tsatsou, P., Robinson, N., Abeyie, J. and Herrera, A. (2025) BBC Creative Diversity Commitment: A report on the impact of the BBC's £112 million Creative Diversity Commitment. Birmingham: Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity, Birmingham City University. [online] Available at: https://bcuassets.blob.core.windows.net/docs/csu2024285-lhc-bbc-report-v2-interactive-14-8-24-133698387417921938.pdf.
- Herrera, A., de-Lima Santos, M.F., Villatoro, D., Fact Checking Practices Across Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, de-Lima Santos, M.F., & Kooli, A., (Eds), Fact Checking in the Global South – Volume 1 (TBC). Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. (Book under contract).
