Media and Journalism staff
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David Massey
Senior Technician (Film, TV, Radio)
David’s role as Senior Technician (Film, TV and Radio) involves offering support on cameras, lighting, Vision Mixing, Audio and post-production. Here he also supports degree and post-graduate students working in AVID, Adobe Suite and Da Vinci. David has a decade of experience with a major satellite sustaining service...
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Dr Trust Matsilele
Senior Lecturer in Journalism
Trust Matsilele is an academic, political commentator and former journalist. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with an interest in the changing journalism ecologies, recruitment and retention practices in African newsrooms, the intersection of journalism and technologies and social media and protest cultures. He has...
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Dr Will McKeown
Lecturer in Media and Communication
Dr Will McKeown holds a PhD in Film and Creative Writing and is a lecturer in Media and Communication. His research examines the intersections between media and how depictions of selfhood and subjectivity can be understood culturally. He has published on the resonance of self-sacrifice in film as well as the complex...
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Professor John Mercer
Professor of Gender and Sexuality, Director of Researcher Education and Development
John Mercer is Professor of Gender and Sexuality in the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research. His research interests focus on the social and cultural construction of masculinities in the 21st century. He is the author, with Clarissa Smith of Sexualised Masculinity: Men’s Bodies in 21st Century Media Culture...
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Dr Annette Naudin
Associate Professor
Dr Annette Naudin is Associate Professor and Academic Lead for Teaching Excellence and Student Experience in the College of English and Media. Annette co-leads CEDIA, a research cluster concerned with Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts. Annette is interested in the challenges faced by cultural workers, the...
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Kelly O’Hanlon
Senior Lecturer in PR
Kelly has worked in the public relations industry for 17 years, both agency and in-house, consumer and B2B. A former BCU student herself, Kelly graduated in 2005 with a BA in Media and Communications, and in 2018 with an MA in Public Relations. She started her career at the multi award-winning WPR Agency and went on to lead...
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Nina Robinson
Lecturer BA Hons Journalism courses, Foundation courses, and MA Mobile & Multiplatform Journalism
Nina Robinson delivers Mobile and Multiplatform Journalism lectures to Masters students and BA Hons Journalism to undergraduate students at Birmingham City University, home to the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity for whom she has been a recipient of grant funding for research into diversity of senior leaders in...
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Dr Charlotte Stevens
Lecturer in Media and Communication
Charlotte works mainly in television and fandom studies, with a strong interest in archival and historical aspects of audiences. She also co-leads the Game Cultures research cluster. Charlotte has published on fanvids, video game fan histories, screen vampires, and poetic television documentaries on the BBC. She is currently...
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Ellie Tomsett
Senior Lecturer
Dr Ellie Tomsett is a Senior Lecturer in media and film. Before teaching in Higher Education, Ellie worked in the UK film education sector. During this time she delivered training to teachers, youth workers and professional filmmakers across the country and organised filmmaking and theory activities for large organisations such...
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Professor Panayiota Tsatsou
Professor in Media Diversity
Panayiota is a Greek citizen who moved to the UK in 2003 to pursue postgraduate taught and research study. Panayiota has been research-active for more than a decade and her research lies in the broader field of digital media research. Panayiota’s research has addressed phenomena concerning Internet studies and...