Roundtable discussion by colleagues with experience of engaging with audiences outside of academia

An online day event from 20th May 2021

Knowledge exchange, public engagement and the University: Insights from the School of Film, Media and Communication

Hosted by Professor Deborah Shaw


• Deborah Shaw: Turning your specialist research interests into public interest journalistic blogs and articles
• Evan Pugh – ethical practices within reality TV, talking from personal experience
• Steve Whitford: How practitioners combine academic work with practice
• Susana Sampaio-Dias: Reflections from a research project: questioning the Eurocentric notion of ‘training’ journalists
• Alison Habens and Lincoln Geraghty: Organising public events and bringing our research to Portsmouth communities
• Catharine Russell and Paul Foster: Entering the ivory tower from industry: reflections on moving from journalism practice to academia