BRIEF RÉSUMÉ:

Daniel Arasa has a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – UAB, 1995), a Bachelor's Degree in Theology (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, 1999) a M.A. in Television and Radio (Southern Methodist University - SMU, Dallas, 2001), and a PhD in Social Institutional Communications (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, 2007). From 1994 to 1997, Daniel worked as a journalist in the political, social and local sections of Europa Press news agency, Spain. In 2001, he started teaching at Santa Croce, where he is currently Dean of the School of Church Communications, Extraordinary Professor of Strategic Communications, and member of the editorial board of the academic journal Church, Communication and Culture.

In June 2010, Daniel joined the Board of Directors of Rome Reports TV, news agency specialized in the coverage of the Pope, the Vatican and the Catholic Church and, in March 2021, he was named Consultor of the Vatican Dicastery for Communications.

His main research interests are dynamics of mass media groups, institutional communications, and online religious communication, particularly of Catholic institutions. He is author of Church Communications Through Diocesan Websites. A Model of Analysis (2008) and is co-editor of Religious Internet Communication. Facts, Trends and Experiences in the Catholic Church (2010), Church Communication and the Culture of Controversy (2010) and Church Communications: Creative Strategies for Promoting Cultural Change (2016).

LANGUAGES:

• Catalan: spoken, read, written (first language)
• Spanish: spoken, read, written (first language)
• English: spoken, read, written (second language)
• Italian: spoken, read, written (second language)
• French: basic level
• Portoguese: read