Dr Ayala Panievsky is a Presidential Fellow at the Journalism Department at City University of London, a former journalist for Haaretz newspaper, and a research fellow at Molad. She specializes in journalism under attack, right-wing populism, and democratic backsliding, and teaches media and populism at the Sociology Department at Cambridge University. Her research appeared in leading academic journals and was featured in media outlets like the BBC and Politico. Her first book, "The New Censorship", will be out this year with Footnote Press.