Fitria Andayani is pursuing a PhD in journalism at the University of Missouri. Her planned research will be in media and journalism studies, and entrepreneurial journalism.

Her bachelor’s degree was in journalism from University Padjajaran, Bandung and her masters in media and journalism from Newcastle University, UK. She received an award as one of the best speakers in a World Conference on Media and Mass Communication in Kuala Lumpur in 2017.

She is a lecturer at Pertamina University, Jakarta.