Academia
Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations. Ramon Llull University.
Professor at the Degree of Journalism and Corporate Communication and at the Degree of Global Communication Management. Coordinator at the MA Programme on International Journalism and the Specialization Diploma on Communication and Religion.
(September 2019-Today)
Blanquerna Observatory on Media, Religion and Culture.
Vicedirector (since 2020) and Researcher. Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona. Blanquerna Observatory is an interdisciplinary centre of research and dissemination of information about communication and religion. Member of national and international networks as the International Society for Media, Religion and Culture or Anna Lindh National Network. The Observatory works in projects about gender, youth, interreligious dialogue and migration.
(June 2015-Today)
World Association for Christian Communication Europe.
Member of the Global Board of Directors.
(April 2019-Today)
Publications
Sabaté Gauxachs, A.; Micó Sanz, J.L.; Díez Bosch, M. (2019). Is the new "new" digital journalism a type of activism? An analysis of "Jot Down", "Gatopardo" and "The New Yorker". Communication and Society, 32(4), pp. 173-191. https://doi.org/10.15581/003.32.4.173-191
Díez Bosch, M.; Micó Sanz, J.L.; Sabaté Gauxachs, A. (2019). Letting Diasporic Voices Be Heard. Refugees and Migrants in European Media. The Ecumenical Review, 71(1-2), pp. 110-132. https://doi.org/10.1111/erev.12405
Sabaté Gauxachs, A.; Micó Sanz, J.L.; Díez Bosch, M. (2019). Slow Religion: Literary Journalism as a Tool for Interreligious Dialogue. Religions, 10(8), pp. 1-24. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10080485
Díez Bosch, M.; Sabaté Gauxachs, A.; Micó Sanz, J.L. (2019). Meaningful Likes: How to digitally communicate the ethics behind a yoghurt. Ramon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics, 10, pp. 153-182.
Díez Bosch, M.; Micó Sanz, J.L.; Sabaté Gauxachs, A. (2018). Construcción de comunidades online a partir de comunidades presenciales consolidadas. El caso de la iglesia católica en internet. El profesional de la información, 27(6), pp. 1239-1250. https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2018.nov.09
Sabaté, A.; Micó, J.L.; Díez, M. (2018). El periodismo slow digital de Jot Down y Gatopardo. Transinformaçao, 30 (3).
Díez, M.; Micó, J.L.; Sabaté, A. (2018). A phone on my own. Gender, Religion and Technology. Ramon Llull Journal of Applied Ethics, pp. 9-37.
Díez, M.; Micó, J.L.; Carbonell, J.M.; Sànchez, J.; Sabaté, A. (2017). Open Wall Churches. Catholic Construction of Online Communities. Prisma Social, 19, pp. 298-323.
Sánchez, J.; Sabaté, A. (2017). Film and Values. Barcelona: Blanquerna Observatory on Media, Religion and Culture.
Díez, M.; Micó, J.L.; Sabaté, A. (2017). Typing my Religion. Digital use of religious webs and apps by adolescents and youth for religious and interreligious dialogue. Church, Communication and Culture 2(2), pp. 121-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2017.1347800
Micó, J.L.; Díez, M.; Sabaté, A. (2017). Scientific Authority, Academic Leadership, Axiological Reference. In Díez, M.; Soukup, P.; Micó, J.L.; Zsupan-Jerome, D. Authority and Leadership. Values, Religion, Media. Barcelona: Blanquerna Observatory on Media, Religion and Culture.
Micó, J.L.; Díez, M.; Sabaté, A. (2016). Las nuevas tecnologías como herramienta para la igualdad de género: Mujeres inmigrantes religiosas del barrio del Raval. Cuestiones de Género, n. 11, pp. 135-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.18002/cg.v0i11.3633
Professional experience
Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations. Ramon Llull University.
Professor of Global Communication Management. Coordinator at the MA Programme on International Journalism and the Specialization Diploma on Communication and Religion.
(September 2016- Today)
Catalunya Religió.
Digital journalist in charge of interreligious issues. Covering stories about the different religions in Catalonia.
(May 2016- Today)
Pregària.cat
Digital journalist in the section ‘Claraboia’, about news, religion and values.
(September 2017-Today)
Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations, Ramon Llull University.
PhD Researcher Granted by the Government of Catalonia and the European Social Funds.
(March 2017- March 2020)
Contenidos, Conocimiento y Comunicación.
Production coordinator. Editor and community manager of digital projects, specialized on health and social fields:
- m4social.org: Online platform devoted to help NGO’s to develop mobile solutions to solve social needs. Created by Taula del Tercer sector, the biggest federation of social entities in Catalonia.
- m4development.org: Informative website about how mobile is used in emergent countries to improve development in subjects as health, education, employment, migrations.
(April 2014 - March 2017)
From the Ground Up INC.
Communication, press services and public relations for Qualcomm in Mobile World Congress 2014.
(February 2014)
Ixiam Global Solutions.
Content producer for the 73rd Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association.
(June - July 2013)
L’Ebre Communication Group.
Head of the section “La Ràpita” of the weekly journal l’Ebre, ENG for the TV program l’Ebre Notícies and community manager.
(January - June 2013)
Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations, Ramon Llull University.
Scholar intership at the Journalism Department of the Blanquerna Faculty of Communication.
(September 2012-June 2013)
Televisió de Catalunya.
ENG internship at the news program Telenotícies Vespre: writing, editing, recording and production of news.
(February-May 2012)