In September, the AJE voted in its new committee. Here each member introduces themselves, and explains a little about what they hope to achieve in the role.
Tony Harcup is a senior lecturer in the Department of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield where, since 2007, he has been the department’s Director of Teaching and Learning. He has more than 30 years’ experience as a staff and freelance journalist for media ranging from small local weekly publications to national newspapers and magazines, both alternative and mainstream. This first-hand experience as a practitioner informs both his teaching and his research.
Tony is the author of the books The Ethical Journalist (Sage, 2007) and Journalism: Principles and Practice (Sage, 2004 and 2009) and the co-author with Peter Cole of Newspaper Journalism (Sage, 2010). His research on news values, alternative media, journalistic ethics, and journalism education has been published in journals including Journalism Practice, Journalism Studies, Ethical Space, and Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism in addition to being presented at conferences such as the Future of Journalism (Cardiff, 2009).
Tony says: “The AJE plays a valuable role as an inclusive organisation in which all of us involved with delivering journalism education in the university sector can have our say, whatever our level of experience or our views on issues such as accreditation.”
In addition to serving several terms on the AJE committee, Tony has also been elected to the Professional Training Committee of the National Union of Journalists. He is a former chair of the editorial advisory board of the NUJ’s Journalist magazine.
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