Julian Calvert
Senior Lecturer in Journalism
Department of Media and Journalism
Teaching on programmes including the BA (Hons) Multimedia Journalism, and the MA Multimedia Journalism; before joining the University in 2004 spent 13 years as a newspaper editor in Scotland and England.
Chairman of the Society of Editors (Scotland); Journalism Board member; National Council for the Training of Journalists; Member of National Union of Journalists' Local Media Commission, 2009; Member, International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors; Member, Scottish Journalism Training Forum.
Specialisms and interests include newspaper circulation and promotions; business models for local and regional media; citizen journalism; concentration of media ownership; the local press in Canada and the USA; media coverage of the European Parliament.