Dr Julie Reid is based at the Department of Communication Science at the University of South Africa (Unisa). She is a media analyst and her research interests include semiotics, myth, identity politics, media policy and regulation, as well as media freedom and access to information. Julie is an activist for media freedom, and a working member of the Right2Know Campaign. She is also the Deputy President of the South African Communications Association (SACOMM). Julie regularly writes opinion pieces for various newspapers, magazines and online news media, mostly on media politics and issues of media freedom in South Africa.