Department of Journalism

Julian Linley is a multimedia creative consultant, formerly Editor-in-Chief of Digital Spy, Creative Director of Bauer Media, and Editor of heat magazine and heatworld.com.

Helena Lee is the Features Director at Harper’s Bazaar UK, Co-Editor of Bazaar Art, and Editor of East Side Voices: Essays celebrating East and Southeast Asian identity in Britain.

Visiting Professor Barney Jones started a new award winning political programme in the 1990's - Breakfast with Frost - anchored by David Frost, then launched The Andrew Marr Show. Earlier in his career he worked a producer at Newsnight, and BBC Breakfast News, and ran Election coverage at the BBC.

Malvin Van Gelderen is an art director and trainer in InDesign and Photoshop. Formerly a designer of trade publications at Haymarket Press followed by 14 years as Art Director on leisure, specialist and woman's interest at IPC Media. He’s also been a designer of newspapers and colour supplement's at the Daily Mirror, The Sun, and Express newspapers.

Fred Burlage is a copy writer. He was a former Digital Editor of Business and Money at The Sunday Times, and ex Chief Sub-editor of Business and Money Sections of The Sunday Telegraph.

Susie Boniface has worked almost everywhere in Fleet Street, and spent 10 years at the Sunday Mirror. In 2009 she began blogging anonymously as Fleet Street Fox and published a novel, The Diaries of a Fleet Street Fox, after revealing her identity in the Times. Today she is a freelance columnist, TV and radio commentator.

Tom Butler is a film journalist and online editor with extensive SEO, SMO, and content creation experience, including news, features, interviews, videos, and podcasts. He's currently Senior Editor at Yahoo Entertainment UK.

Ben Moore is a BBC Producer/Director and previously a senior Digital Video Reporter at the BBC. He's an award-winning journalist who makes films and tells stories for the BBC's digital and TV programmes, focusing on people who don't usually get a voice in the mainstream media.

Kat Lister is a writer and editor based in London. Beginning her career as a music journalist at the NME, she has gone on to write widely for publications including Guardian, Observer Magazine, Vogue, VICE, The Big Issue, The I and The Independent. In 2017, she joined the editorial team at The Pool, becoming a features and news editor until its demise in 2019. Since her husband’s death in 2018, she has focused on investigating her experience of grief, writing widely circulated essays and features for The Sunday Times Magazine and Sunday Times Style. Her first book, The Elements: A Widowhood, was published in September 2021 with Icon Books.

Jenna Corderoy is an investigative journalist for openDemocracy. She is one of the UK’s foremost journalistic experts in using access to information laws, and is an author of a handbook on subject access requests. She has also written for - amongst others - VICE News and Finance Uncovered. Her work has been long- and shortlisted for the Paul Foot Award, and the PressGazette British Journalism Awards.

Antony Barnett has a 25-year plus track record of leading major (and award-winning) investigations for both national newspapers (The Observer) and Channel 4. For the past 15 years, he has spearheaded, produced and presented more than 50 investigative documentaries for Channel 4. As well as traditional investigations, he has gone undercover in the UK and overseas.

Visiting Professor Barney Jones started a new award winning political programme in the 1990's - Breakfast with Frost - anchored by David Frost, then launched The Andrew Marr Show. Earlier in his career he worked a producer at Newsnight, and BBC Breakfast News, and ran Election coverage at the BBC.

Fred Burlage is a copy writer. He was a former Digital Editor of Business and Money at The Sunday Times, and ex Chief Sub-editor of Business and Money Sections of The Sunday Telegraph.

Innes Bowen is an executive producer at BBC Studios, the UK's largest production company and a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. She oversees investigative podcast serials made by BBC Studios for platforms including Audible UK and BBC Sounds. Her past jobs include executive producing true crime podcasts for independent production companies, editing programmes for BBC radio such as 5 Live Investigates, Analysis, The Briefing Room and The Bottom Line, and being investigations editor at BBC TV’s Newsnight. Her first podcast serial project, The Catch: The Real Freshwater Five Story, won true crime podcast of the year at the British Podcast Awards 2022.

Lloyd Watson was Duty Editor at GMTV, before becoming Senior Output Editor for Reuters. His last position with Thompson Reuters was as Editor, Television Production.

Tom Croasdell is a freelance newsreader, who can regularly be heard across the country on some of UK’s biggest radio brands including Heart, Capital, Radio X, Smooth, Times Radio, Talk Radio and Talk Sport. He also presents on the rolling news station, LBC News. Previously, Tom worked as a producer on the BBC News Channel and BBC Radio 5 Live and has also taught audio and TV on the Multimedia Journalism MA at Bournemouth University.

Visiting Professor Barney Jones started a new award winning political programme in the 1990's - Breakfast with Frost - anchored by David Frost, then launched The Andrew Marr Show. Earlier in his career he worked a producer at Newsnight, and BBC Breakfast News, and ran Election coverage at the BBC.

Mike Trew is a multi-skilled TV producer, whose clients include ABC News, Al Jazeera, and ESPN.

Lloyd Watson was Duty Editor at GMTV, before becoming Senior Output Editor for Reuters. His last position with Thompson Reuters was as Editor, Television Production.

Visiting Professor Barney Jones started a new award winning political programme in the 1990's - Breakfast with Frost - anchored by David Frost, then launched The Andrew Marr Show. Earlier in his career he worked a producer at Newsnight, and BBC Breakfast News, and ran Election coverage at the BBC.

Jane Fuller is co-director of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, an independent think-tank. A former financial editor and Lex writer at the Financial Times, she still trains its journalists. She is also Director of the Wincott Foundation, which promotes high-quality economic, financial and business journalism.

Mike Dolan is Reuters Editor-at-Large for Finance and Markets and has worked as an editor, correspondent and columnist at Reuters for the past 26 years, specialising in global economics, policymaking and financial markets across the G7 and emerging economies.

Julian Worricker is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster with nearly 30 years' on-air experience. He presents 'Weekend' on the BBC World Service. He presented 'You & Yours' on Radio 4 for five years, and was one of the main voices on Radio Five Live for 13 years.

Nerys Avery is a freelance journalist and editor. A specialist in covering China, she has been China economy reporter at Bloomberg and has held senior positions at AFX including Beijing bureau chief and editor of the international desk.

Fred Burlage is a copy writer. He was a former Digital Editor of Business and Money at The Sunday Times, and ex Chief Sub-editor of Business and Money Sections of The Sunday Telegraph.

Visiting Professor Barney Jones started a new award winning political programme in the 1990's - Breakfast with Frost - anchored by David Frost, then launched The Andrew Marr Show. Earlier in his career he worked a producer at Newsnight, and BBC Breakfast News, and ran Election coverage at the BBC.

Susie Boniface has worked almost everywhere in Fleet Street, and spent 10 years at the Sunday Mirror. In 2009 she began blogging anonymously as Fleet Street Fox and published a novel, The Diaries of a Fleet Street Fox, after revealing her identity in the Times. Today she is a freelance columnist, TV and radio commentator.

Fred Burlage is a copy writer. He was a former Digital Editor of Business and Money at The Sunday Times, and ex Chief Sub-editor of Business and Money Sections of The Sunday Telegraph.

Laurence Earle is the former Executive Editor of The Week and formerly, Executive Editor and an award-winning Magazine and Features Editor for The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers. He is currently Acting Editor of Military History Matters, and Executive Editor of The Past.

Ray Alexander was a reporter on UK newspapers and at the BBC and ITV. Before joining City he was Lead Trainer in broadcasting at the BBC in the UK and also went to 16 countries training journalists as well as sport professionals moving into broadcasting as reporters/commentators.

Julie Hadwin began her career with the BBC as a broadcast journalist - working in news and current affairs as a TV producer/director and programme editor. She also helped to establish and run an independent production company making series and documentaries for Channel 4 and the BBC, before returning to the BBC as Head of Journalism Training.

Malvin Van Gelderen is an art director and trainer in InDesign and Photoshop. Formerly a designer of trade publications at Haymarket Press followed by 14 years as Art Director on leisure, specialist and woman's interest at IPC Media. He’s also been a designer of newspapers and colour supplement's at the Daily Mirror, The Sun, and Express newspapers.

Jonathan Rugman has reported from over 50 countries and winning 15 awards, including a BAFTA while covering the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015. He began his career as the BBC’s Ankara correspondent. He then joined The Guardian and The Observer, reporting from the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus. He has made 15 current affairs documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and recently left Channel 4 News after 22 years, where he served successively as Business, Washington, Diplomatic and Foreign Affairs Correspondent.

Tom Parry has been a renowned print journalist for more than 20 years, and has won a clutch of prestigious international awards. His dispatches from the 2017 famine in Somalia, the Rohingya refugee crisis, the Japan tsunami, and the West Africa Ebola outbreak - as well his writing on social affairs in the UK - brought particular acclaim during his time as Special Correspondent at the Daily Mirror. Tom has also written two books.

Jane McClenahan trains journalists for the Thomson Reuters Foundation to cover under-reported topics including children’s issues. She works with charities and NGOs developing their media training. She worked at the BBC for more than 15 years as an editor, producer, reporter or presenter in national and international news and current affairs.

Alex Wood is Europe Editor at Forbes. Previously he founded The Memo, which was acquired by Forbes Media in February 2018. Alex is a leading voice on technology and regular contributor to BBC News, Sky, CNN and CNBC.

Jonathan Paterson is Managing Editor of The News Movement, a start up news provider pressing the reset button on journalism. Previously Head of Video at BBC News, Jonathan’s 20+ year career include production roles at Newsnight, and international postings to New York and Washington

Sophie Murray-Morris is a freelance audience and product consultant. She was Head of Audience and Product at the Metro.co.uk. Previously she was the Engagement Editor of inews.co.uk, and worked in Audience Development for The Sun.

Nicu Calcea is the Data Projects Editor at GlobalData Media and the New Statesman Media Group. He previously created data-led content for the property website Zoopla.

Michael Goodier is a data journalist at the New Statesman Media Group. He previously worked for the Reach Data Unit, a team providing data-driven stories for The Mirror and regional newspapers.

Tom Calver is the Data Projects Editor at The Times and The Sunday Times. He was previously a Data Journalist at the BBC and a Data Journalist at Which? consumer magazine. He was names one of Forbes’ 30 under 30.

Ashley Kirk is a Visual Projects Editor at The Guardian. He’s interested in data-driven storytelling, statistical analysis and multi-platform reporting. In 2021, he was included in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for Media and Marketing. Previously published in the Telegraph, the Independent and City AM.

Visiting Professor Barney Jones started a new award winning political programme in the 1990's - Breakfast with Frost - anchored by David Frost, then launched The Andrew Marr Show. Earlier in his career he worked a producer at Newsnight, and BBC Breakfast News, and ran Election coverage at the BBC.

• Decca Aitkenhead – Chief Interviewer, Sunday Times | Newspaper Journalism, 1995
• Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff - award winning founder of GalDem – now Senior Editor, New York Times | Newspaper Journalism, 2016
• Celia Duncan – Women’s Editor, Daily Mail | Periodical Journalism, 1994
• Stephen Foley – Deputy US News Editor, Financial Times| Newspaper Journalism, 1999
• Victoria Newton – Editor in Chief of The Sun |
• Sebastian Payne - Whitehall Editor, Financial Times | Investigative Journalism, 2011
• Alexis Petridis - Guardian's head rock and pop critic and the music editor of GQ | Periodical Journalism, 1995
• Ben Preston - Associate Editor and Culture Editor, Sunday Times Newspaper Journalism, 1987
• Ben Riley-Smith – Chief Political Editor, Daily Telegraph – Magazine Journalism, 2012
• Simon Rogers - Data journalist. Author of 'Facts are Sacred' Newspaper Journalism, 1991
• Fay Schlesinger - Head of National News, The Guardian | Print Journalism, 2008.

• Szu Ping Chan – Economics and Finance, BBC World Service | Newspaper Journalism, 2010
• Mark Chapman - BBC Sport | Broadcast Journalism, 1996
• Adam Fleming – Chief Political Correspondent, BBC News | Broadcast Journalism, 2002
• Faisal Islam – Economics Editor, BBC News | Newspaper Journalism, 2000
• Ian King – Presenter ‘Ian King Live’, Sky News | Newspaper Journalism, 1994
• Dermot Murnaghan - Sky News | Dip Journalism, 1986
• Ramita Navai – Emmy Award-winning documentary maker | Broadcast Journalism, 2003
• Keme Nzerem - Channel 4 News | Broadcast Journalism, 2000
• Ali Plumb - Film Critic BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra | Magazine Journalism, 2009
• Barbara Serra - Al Jazeera | Broadcast Journalism, 1999
• Dino Sofos – Founder of Persephonica Podcasts, Former Editor, BBC News podcasts (Newscast/Americast) | Broadcast Journalism, 2007.

• Ellie Austin - Editor of Live Journalism at the Wall Street Journal | Magazine Journalism 2013
• Clare Conway - Features Editor, Tatler | Magazine Journalism, 2011
• Hannah Ewens - Features Editor Rolling Stone Magazine | Magazine Journalism, 2014
• Helena Lee – Features Director, Harper’s Bazaar – Magazine Journalism, 2011
• Helen Lewis - The Atlantic and BBC radio | Newspaper Journalism, 2005
• Stuart McGurk - Associate Editor, GQ | Periodical Journalism, 2004
• John Mulvey - Editor, Mojo | Periodical Journalism, 1990
• Fraser Nelson - Editor, Spectator | Newspaper Journalism, 1996
• Susan Riley - Editor of Stylist magazine | Magazine Journalism, 2000.

• James Ball – Global Editor, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism | Investigative Journalism, 2008
• Kate Day – Deputy Editor in Chief, Politco Europe | Newspaper Journalism, 2007
• James Harding – Former editor of the Times and former Director of News at BBC, now editor of Tortoise Media | Newspaper Journalism, 1995
• John Jelley – SVP Product at Peacock, NBCUniversal | Broadcast Journalism, 2005
• Conrad Quilty-Harper – UK Digital Editor, Bloomberg UK | Investigative Journalism, 2010
• Yara Silva - Group Head of Social for Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star and OK! | Magazine Journalism, 2013
• Martin Stabe – Data Editor, Financial Times | International Journalism, 2005.

• Richard Benson - (former editor of The Face), The Farm
• Imogen Edwards-Jones - Hotel Babylon | Pop Babylon | Beach Babylon | Wedding Babylon | Air Babylon | Fashion Babylon
• Tania Hershman - Writer. Author of ‘The White Road and Other Stories’ | Periodical Journalism, 1994
• Julia Llewellyn Smith - The Love Trainer | If I Were You | Amy's Honeymoon
• James Meek - The People's Act of Love | We are Now Beginning Our Descent | Drivetime
• JoJo Moyes - Silver Bay | Foreign Fruit | The Ship of Brides | The Peacock Emporium | Sheltering Rain
• Patrick Neate - Winner of 2001 Whitbread Novel Prize and 2004 National Book Critics Circle Criticism Award - Jerusalem | Twelve Bar Blues | City of Tiny Lights | The London Pigeon Wars | Musungu Jim and the Great Chief Tuloko | Where You're At: Notes from the Frontline of a Hip Hop Planet
• Justine Picardie - Coco Chanel | Daphne | If The Spirit Moves You: Love and Life After Death | My Mother's Wedding Dress: The Life and Afterlife of Clothes | Wish I May | Truth or Dare.