Afrooz Mosallaei is a Ph.D. candidate in Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University. Her research is driven by a commitment to understanding and influencing the interplay between digital media content, its effects on public opinion and behavior, and policymaking in the context of the climate crisis. Her doctoral dissertation investigates climate-related news platformization: the news outlets’ selective adaptation and production of news in line with social media platforms’ logic and the contemporary gatekeeping practices of newsroom editors. She holds an M.S. in Communication, Culture, and Media from Drexel University, and a B.A. in Photography from the University of Tehran, Iran.