As of May, 2014, I am now based at the National University of Ireland Galway. I hold a lectureship in English, and also direct both the BA with Journalism and the MA in Journalism. This is an exciting project for me, mixing a well-established postgraduate programme with a BA that is still developing (our first cohort are currently in the second year of their four year programme).

The BA follows the model for ‘Connect’ programmes that has been developed at NUIG over the last decade, in which students blend study of two ‘traditional’ Arts subjects with a speciality – in this case journalism. It provides the promise of developing students who have strong critical skills, have knowledge of substantive topic areas (e.g. political science, sociology, history, psychology, literature…), and have significant opportunities for experiential learning in journalism and media production.

Further information about our programmes is available from the NUIG site, and we welcome applicants at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as expressions of interest from those interested in doctoral level work, particularly related to my own focus on media industries, technology, and media for social change.

My JRAM article on copyright and community radio and a review I completed for HJFRT of Guy Starkey’s Local Radio, Going Global, are now available online.