Dr Eleni Tsalkatidou

Dr Eleni Tsalkatidou after completing her bachelor’s in Journalism and Mass Communication at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, she received an MSc in Journalism and New Media. In 2023 she got her PhD from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and for her excellent doctoral studies she had been awarded with a three-year scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). Dr Tsalkatidou is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, focusing on the integration of Artificial Intelligence tools in sports journalism newsrooms. She has also participated in many international scientific conferences in the field of journalism and communication and she has published extensively both in these fields. Alongside her academic career, she has been working for more than 20 years as a journalist in major newspapers, websites and radio stations in Thessaloniki and as a communication manager in cultural and sports events. Since 2014 she has also been working as an adult teacher in the fields of journalism, communication and digital media in public and private institutes of vocational training.

• Digital Media
• Sports journalism
• Gender and Media Representation
• AI and journalism
• Communication and Media Studies
• New Media Technologies

• Tsalkatidou, Ε. & Karypidou, C. (2025). Predictive journalism The case of Greek sports and betting websites. Envisioning the Future of Communication - Conference Proceedings, 2 (1), 278-290. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/efoc.7916.
• Tsalkatidou, E. (2025). The role of Instagram in enhancing the coverage of the 2023 Women's World Cup by traditional media. In M. K. Yanity & D. S. Coombs (eds.), Media, Communication and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup (pp. 129-146). Routledge.
• Tsalkatidou, E. (2023). The projection of the professional identity of the Greek sports organizations through of Instagram. Volume of Proceedings of the 8th Conference «Societies and Sociologies in the 21st Century» (pp. 1033-1041). Athens.
• Tsalkatidou, E. (2021). The female athletes through their photos on Instagram. In X. Zaragas & I. Litos (ed.), Proceedings of the 1st Interdisciplinary Conference «Sports and Art: Scientific and Artistic dialogue» (pp. 309-320). Ioannina: University of Ioannina.

Speaker in the following Scientific Conferencers:

• Headlines of the Greek Press and Women’s Sports in 2024: The Invisible Exclusion in 2024. 28th International Conference on Physical Education and Sport, Thessaloniki, Greece, 9-11/5/2025.
  ▪ Data Visualization and Sports Journalism: The Case of Greek Sports Websites | 1st Conference on Sports Communication & Journalism: New Trends and Digital Strategies, 14-15/2/2025.
  ▪ The Olympic Games in the TikTok Era: The Use of the Platform by Greek Athletes in Paris 2024 | 24th Congress of Sport Management and Recreation, Sport Management: Strategies of Internationalization and Extroversion. Thessaloniki, Greece: Hellenic Association for Sport Management (ELLEEDAA), 13-15/12/2024.

  ▪ Artificial Intelligence and Sports Journalism: Evolution, Revolution, or a Real Game Changer? | 5th Summer Event "Language & Public Image in the Digital Age", 22-25/8/2024.
  ▪ Artificial Intelligence and Data Journalism: The Case of Sports Journalism | CCLABS 2024 - 3rd Annual Greek-Speaking Communication Labs Conference, 29-30/6/2024.
  ▪ The Role of Instagram in the Profession of Sports Journalists | 23rd Congress of Sport Management and Recreation, Sport Management & Social Well-being. Thessaloniki, Greece: Hellenic Association for Sport Management (ELLEEDAA), 7-9/12/2023.
  ▪ Sociological representations of homophobia in television discourse: The case of “Maestro” | 4th Short Summer Program of the Alumni Association of the International Summer University “Greek Language, Culture, and Mass Media”, University of Ioannina, Greece.

  ▪ Can female sports journalists be influencers?: The case of Greece | IACS 2023 Communication and Sport, Barcelona, 9-11/3/2023.
  ▪ Professional female athletes on Instagram: prospects and expectations. The case of Greece | IACS 2023 Communication and Sport, Barcelona, 9-11/3/2023.
  ▪ Sports and Social Media. A blessing or a curse? | 9th Summer School of Sports Journalists, 16-19/10/2022.
  ▪ The Promotion of the Professional Identity of Greek Female Sports Journalists through Instagram | 8th Conference of the Hellenic Sociological Society, 13-15/10/2022.
  ▪ The Perpetuation of Gender Stereotypes through the Language of Sports. | 3rd Short Summer Program of the Alumni Association of the International Summer University “Greek Language, Culture, and Mass Media”, University of Ioannina, Greece.
  ▪ A case study of self presentation on Instagram: A gender analysis of Greek sports journalists | Semiosis in Communication: Culture, Communication and Social Change, Bucharest, 26-29/5/2021.
  ▪ Athletes and Social Media: Does Freedom of Expression Really Exist? | Submission at the 7th International Summer University «Greek language, culture and media» 11-14/7/2021.

• Three-year scholarship of State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) for her PhD
• Member of the Journalists’ Union of Macedonia and Thrace (April 2010 – until now)

etsalkatidou@york.citycollege.eu