Kate joined Bournemouth University in 2012 after a 24-year career with the BBC, predominantly as a producer on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. Her research interests include social history, notions of equality and women in radio. Her book Behind the Wireless: A History of Early Women at the BBC was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016. In… Read more »
Stephen has spent a large part of his career as a foreign correspondent and media executive covering news in Europe, the Middle East and the United States for Reuters. In his final position for the news agency, he was Global Head of News, responsible for all editorial output including text, TV, news pictures and graphics. Before working at… Read more »
Dan is a researcher, educator and consultant in the field of media, communication and politics. His research broadly explores the intersection of media and democracy, including news coverage of politics, the construction of news, media policy, political communication, and political talk online. Dan regularly speaks at international conferences about politics and media and has provided expert commentary on… Read more »
Sam’s research interests include identity, Britishness/Englishness (especially in relation to Brexit), the British Empire, and literature and culture in various forms from 1945-present. He has extensive expertise in medical humanities, particularly on the relationship between alcohol, health and medicine within historical and contemporary drinking cultures. Sam also has research interests in popular cultures, ranging from… Read more »
Roman’s current research focuses on the challenges facing democracy due to globalization, digitization and extremism, threats to global security, and the role of urban public space, art and media in bridging divides. He is currently leading a project on shame and political violence funded by the ISRF, completing a report on the refugee crisis for… Read more »
As a senior BBC journalist, Karen worked in Radio 4 News and Current Affairs as an output editor on The World at One, PM andThe World this Weekend. She was also a field producer in the Middle East, covering the Gulf Crisis and War in 1990/1 and producing news output from Moscow, Europe, Northern Ireland and the United States, with a… Read more »
Anna’s work focuses on communication and social justice. She is co-author of the book Protest Camps and is currently writing a book on the history of tear gas in policing protests and crowd control. Anna also runs community workshops on data storytelling and digital communications skills, as well as providing consultancy to journalists, NGOs and cultural organisations,… Read more »
Hugh is a broadcasting historian with a particular interest in the history of radio talks, news and current affairs as well as the history of radio drama. As Director of the Centre for Broadcasting History he is working to develop the university’s media archives and also UK national radio archives; in the latter case by working closely… Read more »
Richard has worked in education for over a decade and has run professional development workshops for teachers internationally, as well as conducting research for the BBC Trust, the Higher Education Academy and the UK Literacy Association. He lectures on education, literacy, English and adaptation studies with his interests focused on the area of adaptation and literacy – particularly… Read more »
David lectures principally in the areas of creativity in advertising and the social context of advertising. He has worked on a number of collaborative projects with both major and local advertising agencies, specialising in the field of cultural strategy. His interests are primarily focused on the area of the history of advertising – particularly the relationship between… Read more »