About

Since 29.05.2015

Professor
Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

01.08.2013–28.05.2015

Reader (Associate Professor)
Department of Journalism, School of Arts & Social Sciences
City University London

01.08.2003–31.07.2013

Senior Lecturer
Department of Journalism, School of Arts & Social Sciences
City University London

01.08.1997–31.07.2003

Lecturer
Department of Journalism, School of Arts & Social Sciences
City University London

01.12.1995–31.07.1997

Design and Production Manager
Yorkshire International Thomson Multimedia, Newcastle, England

01.10.1994–30.11.1995

Senior Project Manager
Interactive Learning Productions, Newcastle, England

16.01.1994–30.09.1994

Research Team Leader
Interactive Learning Productions, Newcastle, England

01.02.1993–15.01.1994

Content Coordinator
Interactive Learning Productions, Newcastle, England

01.09.1992–31.01.1993

Visiting Lecturer
Communication and Image Studies
University of Kent, Canterbury, England

22.08.2012

PhD
City University London
Dissertation topic: Twenty-first Century Online News: Studies of Production, Content and Consumption in Europe and the US

Supervisor: Prof. H. Tumber
External Examiners: Prof. B. Franklin, Prof. S. Allan

14.07.1992

BA (Hons) Communication and Image Studies
University of Kent, Canterbury, England
Class 2:1

2001

Admitted (by accreditation) to the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILTHE) as a full member

09.03.2007

Admitted (by accreditation) as a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy having demonstrated ‘a broad understanding of effective approaches to teaching and learning support as key contributions to high quality student learning’