Postgraduate leader, Journalism, Leeds Beckett University
Senior lecturer and postgraduate leader in journalism at Leeds Beckett University. A judge of the 2012 Orwell prize.

Buzzfeed News: sad demise of a clever, innovative site that led the way in digital journalism
May 01, 2023 12:44 pm UTC| Business
Buzzfeed News, once a shining star of digital journalism, has announced it will shut its award-winning news division for good, laying off about 60 journalists in a move its founding editor, Ben Smith, described as the end...
'Frankenstein news': how new media recycles the mainstream press
Nov 14, 2018 11:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
What are we to make of the hashtag #BoycottTheGuardian which was recently trending on Twitter? Whether we agree with the sentiment or not, the intention behind it is pretty clear. The hashtag is like its predecessor,...