Professor Diane Kemp
Diane Kemp is Director of the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity, which launched in March 2020, and Professor of Broadcast Journalism in CoEM.
Before joining the university, Diane worked in commercial and BBC radio before moving into BBC television news and current affairs.
She was also Deputy Chair of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council for 8 years and chaired the accreditation committee which set the training standards required for courses by industry.
Diane has been a consultant for the Council of Europe on diversity in journalism over a number of years and projects. She has also taught journalism ethics in Macedonia and Lithuania for the Fundamental Rights Agency and for Transparency International. She has also chaired panels at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy and been a judge for the UK Society of Editors and the Royal Television Society’s journalism awards.