David Cheruiyot is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies (CMJS) at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. David�s scholarship focuses on how citizens contribute to making today�s media meet their assumed mission to serve their communities better. His research contributes to several media and communications fields, first, through investigating the ways that public criticism or non-journalists in digital spaces influence the profession and institution of journalism. Second, by examining the ways citizens or organised groups/organisations or algorithmic actors produce journalistic/media content independently, collaboratively or collectively. And, lastly, by exploring the implications of harms and failures of journalism (or peripheral media entities) on the public, global communities, media policy and generally, democracy. David�s research mainly entails multi-country and comparative approaches, as well as empirical data from the Majority World Countries, and find relevance mostly within the fields of media/journalism studies, while their theoretical/conceptual contributions are interdisciplinary and applicable globally. His research has been published in major media and communication publications.