Her main research interests are the areas of international reporting and visual journalism, particularly with a focus on war and conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. Besides her practical expertise from having worked in the news and broadcast industries in Egypt and Italy for five years, she has published several widely cited articles on visual framing with an international focus in peer-reviewed journals. Shahira Fahmy is the current associate editor for Mass Communication & Society and has been a guest editor as well as on the board of several academic journals.