Journalism and PR
To contact any of the Journalism and PR experts below please speak to the University of Sunderland press office in the first instance: 0191 515 3276 or 0191 515 3265 / pressoffice@sunderland.ac.uk
| Name | David Banks |
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| Job title | Senior Lecturer in Journalism and PR |
| Faculty | Arts, Design and Media |
| Areas of expertise | Media law - libel, slander, contempt of court, reporting restrictions, reporting child offenders, reporting sex offences, reporting inquests, reporting crime, data protection, privacy, confidentiality, official secrets, freedom of information, malicious falsehood, copyright, law and photography, election law, broadcast law, media regulation, Scots media law. |
| Name | Alex Lockwood |
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| Job title | Lecturer in Journalism |
| Faculty | Arts, Design and Media |
| Areas of expertise | Climate change in relation to media (NOT science), magazines, content publishing, literary journalism, emotion and media |
| Name | Alistair Robinson |
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| Job title | Lecturer in Journalism |
| Faculty | Arts, Design and Media |
| Areas of expertise | The history of the Press, newspaper English, media ethics, arts and entertainments journalism |
| Name | Chris Rushton |
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| Job title | Head of Journalism & Public Relations |
| Faculty | Arts, Design and Media |
| Areas of expertise | Journalism, public relations, media ethics, media business models |
| Name | Dr Amir Saeed |
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| Job title | Programme Leader Media, Culture and Communication |
| Faculty | Arts, Design and Media |
| Areas of expertise | 'Race' racism, Civil Rights movement, Islam, sport and celebrity, popular music, lying/propaganda in the media (public relations) |
| Name | Graeme Thompson |
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| Job title | Dean |
| Faculty | Art, Design and Media |
| Areas of expertise | Media, journalism, theatre and the creative industries |


