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Maxine De Wulf Helskens
University of Ghent
Maxine De Wulf Helskens is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Communication Sciences at Ghent University, where she is affiliated with the Center for Journalism Studies (CJS) and the Centre for Cinema and Media Studies(CIMS).
Her research lies at the intersection of journalism studies, feminist media studies, and cultural studies, with a particular focus on metajournalistic disUncourse, journalism fiction, and gendered newsroom cultures.
She has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Journalism Practice and Feminist Media Studies and was awarded the 2023 Frieda Saeys Prize for outstanding research in gender and media studies. She has also received competitive research funding from the Flemish government, Research Foundation Flanders (FWO), and the Fulbright Program.