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Dr James Rodgers

Reader in International Journalism and Assistant VP (Global Engagement)

School of Communication & Creativity Department of Journalism

Contact details

  • +44 (0)20 7040 3593
  • james.rodgers.2@city.ac.uk
  • @jmacrodgers

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Overview

Dr James Rodgers is Reader (Associate Professor) in International Journalism, and Assistant Vice-President (Global Engagement).

From September 2022, he will be the programme director of the BA Journalism, Politics and History.

In the academic year 2022-23, he is teaching on the MA International Journalism (Journalistic Storytelling; International News; Journalism Ethics), and the BA Journalism (Introduction to News Writing; Reporting Conflict), as well as supervising PhD students and postgraduate and undergraduate dissertations.

He is the author of four books on international affairs. His latest is 'Assignment Moscow: reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin' (I.B Tauris, 2020; new edition due out from Bloomsbury in May 2023).

James' next book, on Russia and the West, is due to be published in 2025 by Yale University Press.

James' particular areas of interest in international journalism are Russia and the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. Much of his research has a historical focus, seeking to understand the way that history influences narratives and reporting of current events.

Before entering Journalism academia full time in 2010, James was a journalist for twenty years. He spent fifteen years at the BBC, completing correspondent postings in Moscow, Brussels, and Gaza, as well as numerous other assignments. These included reporting from New York and Washington after 9/11, and covering the war in Iraq in 2003 and 2004.

In addition to his academic work, James still works as a journalist, contributing print, web, and broadcast work to news outlets in Britain and the United States. In the last 12 months, he has contributed to the BBC, NBC Think, Al Jazeera English, History Today, and The New European.

In spring 2020, he was awarded the John C. Hartsock prize for his article “Making Space for a New Picture of the World: Boys in Zinc and Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich,” published in Literary Journalism Studies (Vol. 11, No. 2, December 2019).

In May 2021, James was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, in recognition of his contribution to the discipline of History.

He has been a member of the Society of Authors since 2015, and a member of the National Union of Journalists since 1992.

Qualifications

  • Fellow, Royal Historical Society, United Kingdom, May 2021
  • PhD by prior output 'Reflective Journalistic Practice in an Environment of Uncertainty and Change', London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, 2012 – 2013
  • PG Cert Teaching and Learning for Higher Education, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, 2012
  • BA (Hons) Modern Languages (Russian & French), MA, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 1984 – 1988

Languages

Danish (can read, speak and understand spoken), French (can read, write, speak and understand spoken) and Russian (can read, write, speak and understand spoken).

Teaching

MA International Journalism: Journalistic Storytelling; International News; Dissertation.
Erasmus Mundus Masters: Journalism, Media and Globalisation.
BA Journalism: Reporting Conflict.

Research

Research interests

- The journalism of armed conflict
- The History of Journalism
- Western reporting of Russia and the Soviet Union, Israel-Palestine, and Iraq
- Relations between political power and news organizations

Research students

1st supervisor

  • Pauline Renaud, Research Student

Publications

Publications by category

Books (4)

  • Rodgers, J. (2020). Assignment Moscow Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-0-7556-0115-8.
  • Rodgers, J. (2015). Headlines from the Holy Land. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-349-56249-7.
  • Rodgers, J. (2013). No Road Home: Fighting for land and faith in Gaza. Bury St Edmonds: Abramis. ISBN 978-1-84549-580-0.
  • Rodgers, J. (2012). Reporting Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-27446-4.

Chapters (14)

  • Rodgers, J. (2017). Limited Perspectives: Reporting Gaza. Reporting the Middle East: The Practice of News in the Twenty-First Century (pp. 123–141). London: I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78453-272-7.
  • Rodgers, J. (2015). The Roadmap, Reporting, and Religion. HEADLINES FROM THE HOLY LAND: REPORTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (pp. 79–97). ISBN 978-1-137-39512-2.
  • Rodgers, J. (2015). The Ambassador's Eyes and Ears. HEADLINES FROM THE HOLY LAND: REPORTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (pp. 126–148). ISBN 978-1-137-39512-2.
  • Rodgers, J. (2015). Social Media: A Real Battleground. HEADLINES FROM THE HOLY LAND: REPORTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (pp. 149–169). ISBN 978-1-137-39512-2.
  • Rodgers, J. (2015). Six Days and Seventy-Three. HEADLINES FROM THE HOLY LAND: REPORTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (pp. 40–58). ISBN 978-1-137-39512-2.
  • Rodgers, J. (2015). Reporting from the Ruins The End of the British Mandate and the Creation of the State of Israel. HEADLINES FROM THE HOLY LAND: REPORTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (pp. 8–39). ISBN 978-1-137-39512-2.
  • Rodgers, J. (2015). Holy Land. HEADLINES FROM THE HOLY LAND: REPORTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (pp. 170–189). ISBN 978-1-137-39512-2.
  • Hollis, R. (2015). Headlines from the Holy Land Reporting the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Foreword. HEADLINES FROM THE HOLY LAND: REPORTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (pp. VIII–X). ISBN 978-1-137-39512-2.
  • Rodgers, J. (2015). Going Back Two Thousand Years All the Time. HEADLINES FROM THE HOLY LAND: REPORTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (pp. 98–125). ISBN 978-1-137-39512-2.
  • Rodgers, J. (2015). Any Journalist Worth Their Salt. HEADLINES FROM THE HOLY LAND: REPORTING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (pp. 59–78). ISBN 978-1-137-39512-2.
  • Rodgers, J. (2014). From Perestroika to Putin: Journalism in Russia. Media Independence
    Working with Freedom or Working for Free?
    Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-02348-2.
  • RODGERS, J. (2011). 'The fog of propaganda: attempts to influence the reporting of the Arab Spring, and how journalists should see through it'. In Mair, J. and Keeble, R.L. (Eds.), Mirage in the Desert? Reporting the 'Arab Spring' (pp. 94–100). Abramis. ISBN 978-1-84549-514-5.
  • Rodgers, J. and Thurman, N. Citizen Journalism in Real Time? Live Blogging and Crisis Events. Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives, Volume Two New York: Peter Lang.
  • Rodgers, J. The downfall of the News of the World: the decline of the English newspaper and the double-edged sword of technology. In Brake, L., Kaul, C. and Turner, M.W. (Eds.), The News of the World and the British Press, 1843-2011
    'Journalism for the Rich, Journalism for the Poor'
    (pp. 266–279). ISBN 978-1-137-39203-9.

Conference papers and proceedings (5)

  • Rodgers, J. (2014). From Perestroika to Putin: journalism in post-Soviet Russia. 25 Years After: The Challenges of Building the Post-Communist Media and Communication Industries 20-22 November, Prague.
  • Rodgers, J. (2013). From Stalingrad to Grozny: patriotism, political pressure, and literature in the war reporting of Vassily Grossman and Anna Politkovskaya. Media, War & Conflict's Fifth Anniversary Conference 11-12 April, Royal Holloway, University of London.
  • RODGERS, J. (2012). They want it yesterday: 24-hour, multiplatform, news and the editorial process. Social Media, Journalism and Communication Practitioners - International Symposium’ 7 September, Canterbury Christ Church University.
  • RODGERS, J. (2012). Let journalists be journalists, and let lawbreakers be prosecuted: why statutory regulation should not be a consequence of the hacking scandal. After phone hacking, what next? 29 May, University of Westminster.
  • RODGERS, J. (2012). The decline of the English newspaper: the press turned secret police.
    The double-edged sword of technology, and the downfall of the News of the World.
    News of The World study day 24 February, King's College, London.

Journal articles (17)

  • Rodgers, J. and Lanoszka, A. (2021). Russia’s rising military and communication power: From Chechnya to Crimea. Media, War & Conflict pp. 175063522110270–175063522110270. doi:10.1177/17506352211027084.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Rodgers, J. (2019). Making space for a new picture of the world: Boys in Zinc and Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich. Literary Journalism Studies, 11(2).

    [publisher’s website]

  • Rodgers, J. (2019). Journalism, separation and independence: Newspaper coverage of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine, 1948. Journalism, 20(11), pp. 1497–1512. doi:10.1177/1464884917703468.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Rodgers, J. (2019). ‘Russia is all Right’. Media History pp. 1–13. doi:10.1080/13688804.2019.1634526.
  • Rodgers, J. (2017). Book review: Reporting Dangerously: Journalist Killings, Intimidation and Security. Media, War & Conflict, 10(2), pp. 254–256. doi:10.1177/1750635217714687.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Rodgers, J. (2017). This first draft of history lasts. British Journalism Review, 28(2), pp. 48–52. doi:10.1177/0956474817713966.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Rodgers, J. (2016). The clues are in the history. British Journalism Review, 27(2), pp. 45–49. doi:10.1177/0956474816652814.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Rodgers, J. (2015). Religious observance. British Journalism Review, 26(3), pp. 43–47. doi:10.1177/0956474815604296.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Rodgers, J. (2015). New name, old values. British Journalism Review, 26(1), pp. 44–48. doi:10.1177/0956474815575455.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Rodgers, J. (2014). Passing the test of time. British Journalism Review, 25(3), pp. 56–60. doi:10.1177/0956474814550601.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Rodgers, J. (2014). From Stalingrad to Grozny: Patriotism, political pressure, and literature in the war reporting of Vassily Grossman and Anna Politkovskaya. Media, War and Conflict, 7(1), pp. 23–36. doi:10.1177/1750635213514965.
  • Rodgers, J. (2013). The Roadmap Ripped Up: Lessons from Gaza in the Second Intifada. Mediterranean Quarterly, 24(3), pp. 20–34. doi:10.1215/10474552-2339444.
  • RODGERS, J. (2012). The air raids that never were and the war that nobody won: government propaganda in conflict reporting and how journalists should respond to it. Global Media and Communication. doi:10.1177/1742766512463037.

    [publisher’s website]

  • RODGERS, J. (2012). Two sides of the mountains and three sides to every story: Towards a study of the development of the BBC’s multimedia newsgathering. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, 1(2), pp. 157–172. doi:10.1386/ajms.1.2.157_1.

    [publisher’s website]

  • Rodgers, J. (2012). Getting the Story Right: evaluating a postgraduate multimedia journalism module. Investigations in university teaching and learning, Volume 8, pp. 61–65.
  • RODGERS, J. (2011). Capturing Saddam Hussein: How the full story got away, and what conflict journalism can learn from it'. Journal of War and Culture Studies, 4(2), pp. 179–191.
  • RODGERS, J. (2011). 'Piercing the fog of propaganda'. British Journalism Review, 22(4), pp. 79–84.

Professional activities

Events/conferences (2)

  1. Future of Journalism 2021. (Conference) Cardiff University--online (2021).
    Paper: ‘No News From Petrograd Yesterday’: historical perspectives on, and future challenges of, reporting Russia.
    Author: Rodgers, J.
  2. From Perestroika to Putin: ideas of Independence in Post-Soviet Russian Journalism. Prague (2014).
    Description: 25 Years After: The Challenges of Building the Post-Communist Media
    and Communications Industries

Media appearances (3)

  1. 'Global' BBC World News. I appeared on BBC World News to discuss the challenges of reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  2. BBC World Service Newshour. I took part in a studio discussion about Russia and the West after the suspected shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine. The programme is available here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p022tlh3
  3. BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service 'From our own Correspondent'. I contributed a report about Britain, the Middle East, and the First World War. The World Service version is available here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01t7gr6

Online articles (8)

  1. Where are the diplomats, policy-makers and peace envoys? They're not in Gaza. (2014). New Statesman website Available at http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2014/07/where-are-diplomats-policy-makers-and-peace-envoys-theyre-not-gaza
  2. Ancient ideas of land and faith must underpin a new Middle East peace initiative. (2013). New Statesman http://www.newstatesman.com/middle-east/2013/07/ancient-ideas-land-and-faith-must-underpin-new-middle-east-peace-initiative
  3. "It’s the occupation, stupid”: what went wrong in Iraq. (2013). New Statesman http://www.newstatesman.com/voices/2013/03/its-occupation-stupid-what-went-wrong-iraq
  4. With Israel and Gaza, separation is no guarantee of solution. (2012). New Statesman http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/11/israel-and-gaza-separation-no-guarantee-solution
  5. Is Vladimir Putin's adolescent Russia ever going to grow up? (2012). New Statesman http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/vladimir-putins-adolescent-russia-ever-going-grow
  6. Despite Putin, change is underway in Russia. (2012). New Statesman http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2012/03/russia-putin-whacks-moscow
  7. Russia's post-election protests: a "no" to nihilism. (2011). New Statesman http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/12/russia-post-believe-starting
  8. Getting your boots dirty. The Journalist October/November 2012

Radio programmes (2)

  1. The PR War for the Caucasus. BBC World Service The South Ossetian conflict, which began in early August this year, not only sparked a military war between Russia and Georgia, but a propaganda battle.

    It even made the front-page of PR Week magazine in the UK.

    Both countries have hired Western PR companies to help put across their messages.

    Georgia was first off the mark with what many say is a concerted effort to portray its fight with Russia as a conflict between "David and Goliath" and Russia as the major aggressor.
  2. The Middle East and Home. BBC World Service The BBC's Gaza correspondent, James Rodgers, talks to both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict about their ideas of who has the right to call where 'home'.

Television programme

  1. Warm Russia. BBC World News The BBC's James Rodgers travels to the northern Russian port of Archangel to investigate how the changing climate is altering people's lives. He discovers that the inhabitants of Russia's north no longer know what to expect - either at work, or at play.

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