Ijeoma Opara

Ijeoma Opara is a doctoral student at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, interested in the influence of technologies and institutional language on journalistic framing and public perception.

She earned her master’s degree as a Howard fellow at Merrill College, focusing on data journalism and artificial intelligence for investigative reporting.

Before beginning graduate studies, she worked as a reporter at the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) in Abuja, Nigeria, where she covered gender issues, education and other beats.

Areas of Interest

• Journalism and AI
• Media and society

Education

• B.A., Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Nigeria)
• M.J., University of Maryland

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