Dr. Nikos S. Panagiotou  is Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Media Communication, Aristotle University. He has been a visiting Professor at Deutsche Welle, APU University, Japan. He has been awarded the following scholarships:  Chevening Scholar of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK, RCAP Scholar from APU University Japan, IVLP Scholar. He has an extensive research work which has been funded from Google (DNI Initiative fund) and has been applied in various news organisations . He is the initiator and organizer of Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy. He serves as the President of Digital Communication Network Global, Director of the Peace Journalism Lab.