Senior lecturer

Biography note

Senior professor in the Department of Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2006 on science journalism. He graduated in Chemistry at Universitat de Barcelona and in Journalism at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Cortiñas has worked also in several mass media as reporter (press, radio and Internet) and has participated in different research on the media in Spain. His present research focuses on science journalism and popularisation of science. He is the director of the Observatori de la Comunicació Científica and chaired the Societat Catalana de Comunicació from l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Research lines

- Science Journalism;
- Popularisation of science;
- Writing news;
- Sports Journalism.

Teaching

- Writing news;
- Techniques of Science Communication;
- Sports Journalism.