Lindita Camaj is an assistant professor at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, University of Houston. She received her PhD at the Indiana University. Her broad research interests include news media role during electoral campaigns, agenda-setting effects, Freedom of Information (FOIa) legislation, and state–press relationships in Eastern Europe. As a multi-method scholar grounded in the agenda setting and agenda building scholarship, her research explores individual and societal factors that determine the impact of mass media on how we perceive and engage with the political world.

Her scholarly work has been awarded by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and published at numerous high impact journals at the intersection of mass media, technology, politics, international communication and journalism studies. Prior to entering academia, she has worked as a professional journalist in the Balkans, covering public affairs and elections for local and international media.