Heather Purdey, MPhil
Director, International Journalism MA
Heather Purdey is Director of the International Journalism MA at City and acts as a consultant/trainer for both broadcasting and educational organisations in the UK and abroad.
She has designed training for commercial radio stations in Slovakia and Kenya, for non-governmental organisations in Slovakia, and has acted as an educational consultant for institutions in countries all over the world including Jordan, Bahrain, Vietnam and the Ukraine.
She is the co-editor of International News Reporting: Frontlines and Deadlines, a collection of essays by renowned international journalists.
She has delivered papers at international conferences and published book chapters and journal articles about the training of journalists.
She is vice-chair of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council, which validates broadcast journalism courses in the UK.
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