Alex Fernández Muerza is Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He has a Ph.D. in Journalism from the UPV/EHU. Accredited as a Contracted Doctor by ANECA (2024). As a professor at the UPV/EHU, he has taught Informative Writing, Management of Documentary Sources and Specialized Journalism. He is also a professor of the Master of Journalism and Scientific Communication of the National University of Distance Education (UNED) from its creation, in 2007, until its extinction, in 2023.

Post doctoral researcher (Research Fellow) at the Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) (Ikerbasque Center of Excellence) in 2020, carrying out corporate communication tasks for the center and scientific research in climate change communication.

Guest speaker and/or moderator at more than 70 conferences, courses and summer courses, seminars, etc. related to his lines of research throughout Spain and Latin America, and a student in more than 30 courses and summer courses, workshops, conferences, seminars, hackathons, etc.

As a communicator and journalist specialized in science and environment, he has worked in various media such as El País, Muy Interesante, Eroski Consumer, or Radio Euskadi. In 2014 he was one of the founders of Ballena Blanca, printed and online magazine specializing in environment and economics, and in 2000 of E-ciencia.com, a website specializing in scientific communication. He has also carried out corporate communication work for various institutions, such as Ihobe (Basque Government), the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) or the Biodiversity Foundation (Ministry for Ecological Transition).

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• Scientific and environmental communication and dissemination
• Climate Change Communication
• Communication and digital journalism
• New media
• Specialized journalism

• Fernández Muerza, A (2025). Keys to improving climate change communication through its sources. In Connected realities: media, culture and society in the digital age. Madrid: McGraw Hill. Coord. by Sierra Sánchez, J., Rodrigo Martín, I., and Bartolomé Muñoz de Luna, Á. pp. 57-70.
• Fernández-Muerza, A. and Rodrigo-Cano, D. (2025). The use of graphic humor in Spanish and English to communicate climate change stories and how it appears in Google Images. Miguel Hernández Communication Journal, Vol. 16(1), pp. 207 to 233. https://doi.org/10.21134/9n84p259
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2024). The international media transformation of Atapuerca: from Nature to the reference press. RIHC. International Journal of Communication History, (22), 106–129. https://doi.org/10.12795/RIHC.2024.i22.05
• Rodrigo Cano, D. and Fernández Muerza, A. (2024). Blue economy and climate change, a perspective from the specialized media in Spain: The case of El Ágora. In The frontiers of knowledge: perspectives and applications in the digital age. Madrid: Dykinson. Coord. by Bermúdez Vázquez, M., Chaves Montero, A, Otero Santamaría, J. ISBN: 9788411709347 Electronic ISBN: 978-84-1170-934-7 1, pp. 839-859. https://www.dykinson.com/libros/las-fronteras-del-conocimiento-perspectivas-y-aplicaciones-en-la-era-digital/9788411709347/
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2024). Disinformation on the environment and climate change. In Ethics of environmental communication and climate change. Madrid: Tecnos. Coord. by Mercado, M. and Teso, G. ISBN: 978-84-309-9006-1, pp. 197-227. https://www.tecnos.es/libro/comunicacion/etica-de-la-comunicacion-ambiental-y-del-cambio-climatico-maria-teresa-mercado-saez-9788430990061/
• Fernández Muerza, A. and Rodrigo Cano, D. (2024). Climate change is gaining interest in the media in Spain. In Communicating solutions to climate change. Madrid: Dykinson. Coord. by Álvarez Rivas, D., Fernández Reyes R., and Jiménez Gómez I. ISBN: 978-84-1170-801-2, pp. 21-36. https://www.dykinson.com/libros/comunicar-soluciones-ante-el-cambio-climatico/9788411708012/
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2023). Dissemination or Scientific Journalism? Public communication of science and technology as a global concept through a narrative review. Sphera Publica, 1(23). https://sphera.ucam.edu/index.php/sphera-01/article/view/478
• Fernández Muerza, A. and Monge Benito S. (2023). Concern about climate change, attribution of responsibilities and effect on the voting decision of university students: the case of the UPV/EHU. Ámbitos. International Journal of Communication. https://doi.org/10.12795/Ambitos.2023.i61.01
• Fernández Muerza, A., and Picó Garcés, M. J. (2023). Effect of COVID-19 on the communication of the climate crisis: The Basque public radio and television (EITB) as a case study. Spanish Journal of Health Communication, 14(1), 35-47. https://doi.org/10.20318/recs.2023.7270
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2022). Influence and evolution of the Internet in the Communication of Science and its sources. Fonseca, Journal of Communication, (25), 5–22. https://doi.org/10.14201/fjc.29539
• Borja A, Elliott M, Basurko OC, Fernández Muerza A, Micheli F, Zimmermann F and Knowlton N. (2022). #Ocean Optimism: Balancing the Narrative About the Future of the Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9:886027. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.886027
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2021). The new "squirrel" media, present and future of environmental journalism: the case of "El Asombrario". In Communicating in a pandemic: from "fake news" to sustainability. Madrid: Mc Graw Hill. Coord. by Sotelo González J., Abuín Vences N., ISBN 978-84-486-3193-2, pp. 191-207. 633-652 https://www.mheducation.es/comunicar-en-pandemia-pod-9788448631932-spain
• Fernández Muerza, A., and Picó M.J. (2021). The new climate frameworks in the face of Covid-19: the case of EITB's scientific outreach programs. In Climate change communication, a tool in the face of the great challenge. Madrid: Dykinson. Coord. By Rodrigo Cano D., Mancinas Chávez R., Fernández – Reyes R. ISBN 978-84-1377-643-9, pp. 107-123 https://www.dykinson.com/libros/la-comunicacion-del-cambio-climatico-una-herramienta-ante-el-gran-desafio/9788413776439/

• Fernández Muerza, A. (2024). Guest speaker at the round table “Climate communication: From fear to action”, Unesco Etxea (Busturia), November 28, 2024.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2024). Moderator and presenter of the round table “Alliances against climate change”, Basque Association and College of Journalists - Asteklima (Bilbao), October 21, 2024.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2024). Guest speaker at the climate change communication conference "Policies that slow down climate action: from Retardism to Greenwhasing", Climática, (Bilbao), June 1, 2024.
• Fernández Muerza, A. and Rodrigo Cano. D. (2023). Blue economy and climate change, a perspective from the specialized media in Spain. The case of El Ágora. IV International Conference on Continuing Education Nodos del Conocimiento. Innovation, research and transfers in the era of Artificial Intelligence, held virtually on the nodos.org platform on November 23 and 24, 2023 and organized from Seville, Madrid and Mexico City by the research groups INECO, ComPoder and LADECOM.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2023). Moderator and facilitator of the conference “Creating circular communities. Circular communication for a sustainable future”, Naturklima (Donostia-San Sebastián), November 22, 2023.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2022). Guest speaker with the presentation “Local media and their role in building the city of the future” and later moderator of the round table at “Citizen Dialogues: 'Green media'”, held in Vitoria-Gasteiz on September 19, 2022. Organized by the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2022). Guest speaker during the celebration of the second working meeting of the Applied Innovation and Research and Knowledge Transfer Project entitled: “Virtual Mojo: Young people and technological innovation for edu-communication and the ecological transition”, held at the Somorrostro Training Center (Muskiz) between May 17, 18, 19 and 20, 2022:
  • “The work of the environmental journalist. Specific examples and practices of communication on SDGs and the climate crisis”.
  • “Creation and distribution of environmental content for Social Networks (RRSS)”.
  • In addition to the aforementioned invited presentations, the professor has participated in the supervision of the practical activities of the workshop carried out by the students during this meeting for a total of 18 hours.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2022). Guest speaker at the round table specialized in Communication / Journalism "Cities in the Digital Forest: image, information and data", held in Zaragoza on May 25, 2022 during the National Congress of Public Parks and Gardens PARJAP 2022.
• Fernández Muerza, A., Alonso Jurnet A. and Alonso Urreta A. (2022). The responsibility of communicating climate change from public media: the case of Euskal Irrati Telebista (EITB). II International Congress of Research and Transfer in Communication (Intracom), December 5, 7 and 9, 2022. University of La Laguna, Tenerife.
• Fernández Muerza, A. and Rodrigo Cano. D. (2022). Climate change is growing in interest in the media. III International Conference on Climate Change Communication, October 27 and 28. University of Seville and Complutense University of Madrid.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2022). The mass communication of hoaxes and inaccuracies about climate change through YouTube: from “denialism” to “inactionism”. VIII International Conference of the Spanish Association for Communication Research (AE-IC), ‘Communication and the Connected City’. Barcelona, ​​June 28 to July 1, 2022.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2021). Guest speaker "Communicating Climate Change" at the Green Days of the Association of Environmental Information Journalists (APIA), Madrid, November 19, 2021.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2021). Guest speaker at the Workshop on Scientific Communication and Dissemination (10 teaching hours) with the presentation "12 tips for publishing a doctoral thesis on scientific communication". Doctoral School of the Doctoral Program in Social Communication UPV/EHU. June 23 and 30, 2021.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2021) Speaker in AZTI SUMMER SCHOOL 2021 “#OceanOptimism: balancing the narrative about the future of the ocean”. TITLE OF THE LECTURE: How media can assist scientists in disseminating positive messages. Held online from the 8th to the 10th June 2021.
• Fernández Muerza, A. (2021). Guest speaker at the round table “Orokorretik tokikora: ingurumen arazoak komunikabideetan”. Udako Euskal Unibertstitatea (UEU) “Natur Zientzien IV. Topaketa: Itsumustuka” April 17 and 18, 2021.
• Fernández-Muerza, A., and Picó M.J. (2021). Co-creation and transmedia narratives on climate change. The case of the game show “Catch me if you can” by Euskal Telebista (ETB). XIII International Conference on Cyberjournalism “Information and Big Data in the hybrid media system”.

Some of his journalistic works have received various awards: Euskadi Special Award for Environmental Journalism from the Basque Government, Environmental Journalism Award from the Fundación Biodiversidad-MITECO, Ecovidrio Environmental Journalism Award, Diploma of honor in the Prismas Scientific Dissemination awards, etc.

Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Association of Scientific Communication (AEC2) between 2013 and 2015 and of the Basque Association of Journalists-Basque College of Journalists between 2014 and 2015, as well as a member of the Jury in several journalism and scientific communication awards and environmental (Ecovidrio Awards, Prismas, Unesco Etxea...).

Member of the Scientific and Organizational Committee in several editions of the National Congress of Environmental Journalism of the Association of Environmental Information Journalists (APIA).