Dr Muhammad Adnan is a media and journalism researcher and educator based in Sydney, Australia. He works as a Research Officer at Western Sydney University’s School of Arts. His research interests broadly encompass journalism, politics, and technology.

He completed his PhD in Journalism Studies at Monash University’s School of Media, Film and Journalism (MFJ). His research has been published in reputed international journals, including Journalism Practice, Media International Australia, Media Asia and Mobile Media & Communication. He is the author of a research monograph on mobile media and political journalism in Pakistan (Palgrave Macmillan).

As an educator, he has taught journalism, data analytics, and audience engagement at Monash University. Adnan was selected by the U.S. Department of State as Pakistan’s Cultural Ambassador to the United States for the Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) in 2017, and was named among 100 emerging journalists worldwide by the British Council Scotland for Future News Worldwide (FNW) in 2018.