Journalism Education ISSN: 2050-3903 Journalism Education The Journal of the Association for Journalism Education Volume Four, No: One June 2015 Page 2 Journalism Education Volume 4 number 1 Volume 4 number 1 Journalism Education page 3 Journalism Education Volume Four number One: Contents Journalism Education is the journal of the Association for Journalism Education a body representing educators in HE in the UK and Ireland. The aim of the journal is Contributors 4 to promote and develop analysis and understanding of journalism education and of journalism, particularly when that is related to journalism education. Articles Computational Journalism by Liz Hannaford, Manchester Metropolitan Univer- 6 Editors sity Mick Temple, Staffordshire University Chris Frost, Liverpool John Moores University Reporting US2012: Using Facebook to Communicate by Ann Luce and Mathew 22 Deirdre O’Neill Huddersfield University Charles, Bournemouth University Stuart Allan, Cardiff University Reviews editor: Tor Clark, de Montfort University Chasing the Accreditation Dream by Lily Canter, Sheffield Hallam University 40 You can contact the editors at [email protected] Learning the Lessons of Leveson by Chris Frost, Liverpool John Moores Univer- 53 Editorial Board sity Chris Atton, Napier University The Death of the Local Press by Mick Temple, Staffordshire University 72 Olga Guedes Bailey, Nottingham Trent University David Baines, Newcastle University “Too Ghastly to Believe?” Liverpool, the Press and the May Blitz by Guy Hodg- 80 Guy Berger, UNICEF son, Liverpool John Moores University Jane Chapman, University of Lincoln Martin Conboy, Sheffield University Ros Coward, Roehampton University Comment and criticism 90 Stephen Cushion, Cardiff University Genesis and dissemination: Some thoughts concerning Journalism as Knowl- Susie Eisenhuth, University of Technology, Sydney edge by Pradeep Nair, Harikrishnan Bhaskaran and Navneet Sharma, all of Central Ivor Gaber, Bedfordshire University University of Himachel Pradesh, Dharamshala, India, Roy Greenslade, City University Mark Hanna, Sheffield University Michael Higgins, Strathclyde University Reviews 97 John Horgan, Irish press ombudsman (retired) Pinkoes and Traitors by Jean Seaton, reviewed by John Mair; Freedom of Informa- Sammye Johnson, Trinity University, San Antonio, USA tion Act Ten Years On co-edited by Tom Felle and John Mair reviewed by Sarah Richard Keeble, University of Lincoln Chapman; Media Imperialism, by Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Global Communications Mohammed el-Nawawy, Queens University of Charlotte by Cees J Hamelink, both reviewed by Alan Geere; Key Readings in Journalism by An Duc Nguyen, Bournemouth University Elliot King and Jane L Chapman is reviewed by Emma Hemmingway; and Periodi- Sarah Niblock, Brunel University cals and Journalism in Twentieth Century Ireland by Mark O’Brien and Felix M Bill Reynolds, Ryerson University, Canada Larkin (ed) and Newspapers and Newsmakers: The Dublin Nationalist Press in the Ian Richards, University of South Australia Mid-Nineteenth Century are reviewed by Michael Foley; Journalism: Principles Verica Rupar, AUT University, Auckland and Practice 3rd edtn by Tony Harcup reviewed by Gary Hudson. Prasun Sonwalkar, Hindustan Times Linda Steiner, University of Maryland, USA Classics from the Journalism Bookshelf: British News Media and the Spanish Kate Wright, Roehampton University Civil War by David Deacon reviewed by Richard Keeble and Bad Science by Ben Sonja Merljak Zdovc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Goldacre reviewed by David Hayward You can contact the editors at [email protected] Editorial Editorial Page 4 Journalism Education Volume 4 number 1 Volume 4 number 1 Journalism Education page 5 its Newspapers and the Luftwaffe’s Blitz of 1940 and his research interests include newspaper history, propaganda, war and censorship Contributors Lily Canter Dr Lily Canter is a principal lecturer and subject group leader for journalism at Sheffield Hallam Ann Luce University. She teaches on a range of practical and academic modules ranging from online journalism Dr. Ann Luce is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University. skills to research method and ethics. Her research interests include local and hyperlocal media, digi- She is the Programme Leader for the BA in Communication and Media and also teaches across the tal journalism, social media and journalism training. She continues to work as a freelance journalist multi-media journalism degree. Her main research interests are representations of suicide, mental ill- building on her experience working as a reporter and features editor in the regional press. Her other ness and trauma and how journalism students today learn. She currently serves on the MeCCSA Dis- passion is film and she chair of film festival Film Northants. ability Studies network and is a former award-winning US newspaper and online journalist. aluce@ bournemouth.ac.uk. 44 1202 962340 Pradeep Nair Pradeep Nair PhD, is Associate Professor and Dean, School of Journalism, Mass Communication Mathew Charles and New Media (SoJMC&NM) at Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, India. His Mr. Mathew Charles is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Documentary at Bournemouth Uni- teaching interests include communication research, development communication, health governance versity. He is an award winning documentary maker and a former BBC reporter, where he worked and critical theory. His scholarly work is grounded in a nuanced understanding of interdisciplinary mainly for BBC Breakfast and the BBC News Channel. He is a fellow of the International Journalists’ and cross-disciplinary engagement. His research studies talks about the strategic utilization of vari- Programme and is a recipient of the George-Weidenfeld bursary. He is in the third year of his PhD ous participatory communication strategies to facilitate the process of development by accompanying investigating how journalists report violence in Colombia and Central America. mcharles@bourne- the local development dynamics at community level. Ph. No. +91-98166-00218. E-mail: nairdevcom@ mouth.ac.uk. 44 1202 965394 yahoo.co.in Mick Temple Harikrishnan Bhaskaran Mick Temple is Professor of Journalism & Politics at Staffordshire University. His single-authored Harikrishnan Bhaskaran is Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism and Creative Writ- books include The British Press (2008), Blair (2006) and How Britain Works: From Ideology to Output ing, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, India. He worked with The New Indian Politics (2000). He has published extensively on many areas of politics and the media, including recent Express, Kerala as a Staff Correspondent before joining academics. articles in Political Studies, New Perspective and Politics. He broadcasts regularly on current affairs for radio and television, and is an election night analyst for BBC Midlands TV. Mick is a convenor Navneet Sharma for the Media & Politics group of the Political Studies Association, a former AJE chair, and one of the Navneet Sharma, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education, School of co-editors of Journalism Education. Education, Central University of Himachal Pradesh. His research interest has a wide array from phi- losophy of education to its praxis in various forms. His core grounding in philosophy and education Chris Frost motivates him to look for and appreciate every educational initiative. Chris Frost is Professor of Journalism at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK and has been a journalist, editor and journalism educator for more than 40 years. He is chair of the Association for Journalism Education, chair of the National Union of Journalist’s Ethics Council, an NUJ National Executive Council member and a National Council member of the Campaign for Press and Broad- casting Freedom. He also sits on the NUJ’s Professional Training Committee. He is a former President of the National Union of Journalists and a former member of the Press Council. He has written sev- eral books on Journalism: Journalism Ethics and Regulation (now in production for the fourth edition); Designing for Newspapers and Magazines (now in a second edition); Reporting for Journalists (now in its second edition); and Media Ethics and Self-Regulation as well as numerous refereed papers and book chapters. Liz Hannaford Liz Hannaford joined Manchester Metropolitan University as it launched its new BA in Multimedia Journalism in September 2014 to run alongside its established Masters journalism programme. She has also taught at the University of Salford. Before starting her academic career, Liz spent 15 years working in BBC World Service News and Current Affairs presenting and producing live programmes and features from around the world, including 12 months based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She is the founder and co-organiser of HacksHackersManchester. Guy Hodgson Dr Guy Hodgson is a senior lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University who worked as a journal- ist, including for The Independent and the BBC, for 35 years. Prior to working in Liverpool, he was a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and was Head of Media at the University of Chester for four years. He published a book in 2015 entitled: War Torn: Manchester, Editorial Editorial Page 6 Journalism Education Volume 4 number 1 Volume 4 number 1 Journalism Education page 7 model is replicated in newsrooms in other parts of the world.