Media and Journalism staff
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Dr Matt Grimes
Course Director BA (Hons) Music Business; Senior Lecturer in Music Industries and Radio
Dr Matt Grimes is the course director for the BA (Hons) Music Business course and a Senior Lecturer in Music Industries and Radio, with over 15 years experience in higher education. In 2020, he received his PhD exploring ageing and identity in British anarcho-punks. Matt’s published research and research interests include...
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Dave Harte
Head of the College of English and Media (interim)
Dave Harte is Associate Professor in Journalism and Media Studies. His research is focused on local and community journalism, and he has published widely on these topics. He was co-investigator on the UK Research Council funded project 'Media, Community and the Creative Citizen' where he led a research strand investigating...
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Dr Ross Hawkes
College Academic Lead for Media and Journalism
Ross is the founder and editor of an award-winning hyperlocal news website, Lichfield Live, and also leads the Community Interest Company producing The Lichfield and Burntwood Independent newspaper. His PhD explored the work of semi-professional journalists operating in the hyperlocal and independent space across the UK. He is...
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Neil Hollins
Lecturer in Radio Production
Neil began his radio career in the late 1980s at Birmingham commercial station BRMB (now Free Radio). Prior to his move to BCU in early 2013, Neil was the Station Manager at 107.5 Switch Radio, a community radio station in north east Birmingham where he co-ordinated a ten year programme of restricted licence broadcasts –...
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Vanessa Jackson
Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the College of English and Media (interim)
Vanessa Jackson is a former BBC series producer and now an associate professor in the College of Media and English at Birmingham City University. She teaches television production as well as working on employability activities and external partnerships. She completed her PhD in television historiography under the supervision...
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Dr Olufunmilayo Jinadu
Lecturer in Broadcast Journalism
Dr Olufunmilayo 'Funmi' Jinadu is a journalist and researcher with over a decade of experience working as a radio presenter, news editor and producer in the UK and Nigeria. She was also a multimedia journalist working across visual and audio online platforms. She has a PhD in journalism from the University of Limerick,...
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Robin Kay
Lecturer
Robin is a Lecturer in Media and Communication with a New Media specialism. He has a background within the music industry having worked for several notable record labels and industry organisations including: Ministry of Sound Recordings, Defected Records, Sanctuary Records and PRS. He has extensive experience within education...
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Professor Diane Kemp
Professor of Broadcast Journalism
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...
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Julian Kilsby
Senior Lecturer in Photography
Julian Kilsby is Senior Lecturer in Photography at BCU. He has a professional background in a variety of photographic fields including fashion photography, social documentary, travel photography and product photography. He joined the University in 1999 and combines his work at Birmingham City University with also working as...
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Chris Lepkowski
Course Director: Sports Journalism
Chris has been a journalist since 1997, specialising in sport since 1998. Chris has worked for national publications and websites, including FourFourTwo, Autosport, Motorsport News and the Birmingham Post & Mail, as well as freelanced for The Sunday Times, The Mirror, The Express and The Daily Star. Chris has worked as...