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Associate Professor
Faculty of Informatics and Communication
Central Queensland University
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Research Projects
My current ARC project DP0449993, as Chief Investigator in association with Dr Chandrika Kaul of St Andrews University Scotland, has a national and international focus and has been funded for $99, 666 (2004-06): 'Empire and Antipodes: Australian and New Zealand involvement in the Empire/Commonwealth Press Union (1909-1970).
Previously, I was an Associate Investigator for Buckridge and McKay's successful History of Queensland Writing ARC (1997-1999) for $104, 279 and produced several chapters for the resulting collection.
Significant Contributions to this research
As an Associate Investigator for this project, I bring to it a national reputation in the field of media history developed over some twenty years when I began pioneering research for my interdisciplinary PhD on Queensland journalism history. Since the publication of my PhD by University of Queensland Press, I have contributed to recent national publications in the field and edited and contributed to an important collection on Colonial Journalists and Journalism (CQUP, 1997). Most recently I have edited several special issues on media history including the co-editorship with Professor Graeme Osborne (University of Canberra) of a special issue of the British journal, Media History devoted to Australia and New Zealand in 2002, along with the proceedings of the Australian Media Traditions Conference which I convened at Central Queensland University in mid 2001 (available on-line at http://www.ejournalism.au.com/ejournalist).
Refereed Publications in the past five years
Books
Disreputable Profession. Journalists and Journalism in Colonial Australia (sole editor), Rockhampton Central Queensland University Press, 1997.
The Rockhampton Wintergarden: a Heritage Study, Rockhampton, Centre for Social Science Research, CQU (Co-author with Ray Boyle, Christine Burke and Betty Cosgrove), 2001.
Consensus and Consent: Media, Culture and Governance in twentieth-century Australia (co-ed. with Professor Jean Hillier) St Lucia, University of Queensland Press (in press 2004)
Book Chapters
"'Old Tales. New Techniques': Popular Journalism1870-1930" in Ann Curthoys and Julianne Schultz (eds.), Journalism Print, Politics and Popular Culture, St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1999.
'Fame or Fiasco? Press reaction to the Dawson Labor Government" in Scott, J. and Saunders, K. (eds.), The World's First Labor Government, Brisbane, Royal Historical Society of Queensland, 2001.
"Reworking Traditions: the Bulletin and beyond" in Buckridge and McKay (eds), A History of Queensland Writing, St Lucia, UQP, (forthcoming 2004).
"Writing and Reading in Central Queensland : the nineteenth-century" in Buckridge and McKay (eds), A History of Queensland Writing, St Lucia, UQP, (forthcoming 2004).
"Distribution and Integration Post War: an overview of Gordon and Gotch" in R. Sheahen-Bright and C. Munro (eds), A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2000, volume 3, St Lucia, University Press) (in press).
'Popularity or Profit?: Lauchlan Mackinnon, Edward Wilson and the early Argus", in Muriel Porter (ed), The Argus. The Life and death of a great Melbourne newspaper 1846-1957, Melbourne, Corporate Bigprint, 2003.
"Informed Consent?; press coverage of the Boer War"(with Kerrie Hand) in Consensus and Consent: Media, Culture and Governance in twentieth-century Australia (co-ed. with Professor Jean Hillier) St Lucia, University of Queensland Press (in press 2004).
Journal Articles
"The Unworthy Discourse. Journalism, History, Theory" in J Ewart (ed.), Proceedings of the Journalism Education Association Conference, December 1999, pp. 40-47.
"The Rural Reader: a Queensland survey (1930-1970)", (with Betty Cosgrove), The Australian Library Journal, v.48, no. 2, May 1999, pp. 129-136.
"Writing and Local Identity: a Study of Old Journalism at Moreton Bay", Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin, v.23, no. 4, 1999, pp 202-212.
"Corporations and Collectives: an overview of Australian newspaper companies 1860-1920", Australian Studies in Journalism, no. 8, 1999, pp. 83-95.
"Press and Cable: the Empire Press Union and Antipodean Communications", ANZCA Conference Proceedings, July 2000, pp. 144-154.
"Researching Media History: national and global perspectives", Media History, v.5, no. 1, June 1999, pp. 65-70.
"Australian Media Ownership and the Productivity Commission", Ejournalist, v.1, no. 1,2001 (at http://www.ejournalism.au.com/ejournalist
"Journalism and Status: an historical case study approach", Australian Journalism Review, v.19, no. 1, June 1997, pp. 171-180.
"Culture and Commerce: Gordon and Gotch Ltd. In Australia 1890-1940", Publishing Studies, no.2, 1997, pp. 44-49.
"Press, parliament and bar: Charles Lilley's early Queensland years", Australian Studies in Journalism, no. 6, 1998, pp. 127-139.
"Niche Markets or Monopolies?: regional media, government policy and cross-media review, Media Information Australia, 88, August 1998, pp. 79-88.
"New Journalism in Australia during the 1960s and 1970s: a comparative analysis", v.1, no. 2, 2001 (at http://www.ejournalism.au.com/ejournalist/ ).
"The Empire Press Union and Antipodean Communications 1900-1950", Media History, special issue, Australasian Media History in 2002, v.8, no. 1, June 2002, pp49-62.
"Addressing the Nation: In Search of Adrian Deamer", Journal of Australian Studies, no 78, 2003, pp. 139-146.
"Press and Protest: The Springbok Tour of 1971", Australian Studies in Journalism, nos 10-11, 2001-02, pp.206-222.
"Gordon and Gotch from the 1940's to the present: regional distribution and integration in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea", Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin (in press).
A British legacy?:the Empire Press Union and freedom of the press 1940-1950, History of Intellectual Culture, Spring 2004 (in press).
Dictionary Entries
Biographical entry "William Albert Amiet", for the Australian Dictionary of Biography, v.13.
Ten Career-best publications
Books
The Press in Colonial Queensland. A social and political history, St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1989
Disreputable Profession. Journalists and Journalism in Colonial Australia. (editor), Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, 1997.
Consensus and Consent: Media, Culture and Governance in twentieth-century Australia (co-ed. with Professor Jean Hillier) St Lucia, University of Queensland Press (in press 2004)
Book Chapters
"'Old Tales. New Techniques': Popular Journalism1870-1930" in Ann Curthoys and Julianne Schultz (eds.), Journalism Print, Politics and Popular Culture, St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1999.
"Contemporary Print Media" in J. Craik, J. Bailey and A. Moran, Public Voices, Private Interests: Australia's Media Policy, Allen and Unwin, 1995, pp. 53-72.
"Reworking Traditions: the Bulletin and beyond" in Buckridge and McKay (eds), A History of Queensland Writing, St Lucia,UQP, (forthcoming 2004).
"Writing and Reading in Central Queensland : the nineteenth-century" in Buckridge and McKay (eds), A History of Queensland Writing, St Lucia,UQP, (forthcoming 2004).
"Distribution and Integration Post War: an overview of Gordon and Gotch" in R. Sheahan-Bright and C. Munro (eds), A History of the Book in Australia 1946-2000, volume 3, St Lucia, University Press) (in press).
Journal Articles
"Culture and Commerce: Gordon and Gotch Ltd. In Australia 1890-1940", Publishing Studies, no.2, 1997, pp. 44-49.
"Mapping Print Cultures: The Rockhampton Reading Project" (with Betty Cosgrove) in Warwick Mules and Helen Miller (eds.), Mapping Regional Cultures, Rockhampton, Rural, Social and Economic Research Centre, 1997, pp 45-52.
"The University as Publisher" in Craig Munro (ed.), UQP � The Writer's Press, St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1998, pp195-213.
Other Evidence of Impact and Contributions to the Field
My research and teaching interests are closely linked to the interdisciplinary project outlined in this application. I teach journalism and media history as part of the B Communication (Journalism) at CQU, Media Traditions as part of the postgraduate Masters of Letters, and Regional Media: Issues and Approaches as part of the Bachelor of Communication Honours award.
I was awarded Researcher of the Year at CQU in 1994 . I have a sound track record in winning internal grants including a Faculty Initiative Grant ($5,000 in 1998-99) on the Empire Press Union and a Merit Grant ($12 700) on the history and production of the Australian newspaper 1965 to the present.
Research Supervisions
Thesis Supervision Masters and PhD In progress
Phillip Cass, Newspapers and Politics in Melanesia 1960-2000, PhD, Principal, 2000-
Helen Ester, Political Journalism in a Globalised Environment. A study of the federal parliamentary press gallery, PhD, Co-Supervisor, 1999-
Paul Franks, Press freedom in Indonesia: a contemporary comparative analysis, PhD, Principal, 1998-
William Oates, William Oates, 'Mundigudda and Wakas': Aboriginal and Maori stereotypes and the construction of identities., PhD thesis 2002.
Liz Huf, On the Western Line. The construction of Central Queensland's cultural identity, PhD, Associate, 1996-
Wayne Ah-Wong, Blended Stories: personal reflections from Aboriginal, Torres Strait and South Sea Elders in Mackay, M.Comn. April 2002
Kerrie-Jean Hand, Reporting the labour movement in Central Queensland:a comparative analysis of two Rockhampton dailies 1904 -1915, M.Comn. 2002.
Completed Masters and PhDs
Ken Clark, Masculine Beauty. An Emergent Discourse, M.Litt. ,Principal, Jan. 2000
Rob Philp, Anglicanism in Central Queensland, PhD, Principal, submitted Jan 2001
Grace Johansen, Women in Central Queensland. A Study of three coastal centres, PhD, Principal, submitted Feb 2001
Jenny Klotz, Remote Nursing in Birdsville1923-1953, Phd Principal, March 2001
Betty Cosgrove, Mount Morgan: dynamics and decline of a mining town, PhD, Principal, March 2002
Completed Honours Theses
Suzanne McGrath, Ned Kelly. The Making of the Legend, (with Grahame Griffin) 1992 (Hons. IIA)
Paul Franks, Sports in the Press: a case study of the Brisbane Bears 1987 to 1996, 1997. (Hons I)
Grace Johansen, A History of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) during World War Two, 1996 (Hons IIA).
Jodie Munro, Travel Journalism in Australia. An Analytical Comparison of Australian newspapers and Wild magazine, (Hons IIA).
Jeff Young, A case study of two independent Queensland regional newspapers, 1999 (Hons 1).
Kerrie-Jean Hand, Regional newspaper reporting of the Boer War in Queensland, 2000-01 (Hons IIA)
Jane MacDonald, The Gladstone Observer and the reporting of local development issues', 2001-02 (HonsI)
Teaching Programs
In relation to the current proposal, I teach in a number of relevant programs, notably the Master of Letters for which I co-ordinate Media Traditions.
I also co-ordinate and teach the following undergraduate unis, Journalism and Media History and Mass Media and Journalism as part of the undergraduate Bachelor of Journalism as well as co-ordinating the Honours elective, Regional Media: Issues and Approaches for the Bachelor of Communication Honours.
Memberships
Editorial boards of Media History and of Australian Studies in Journalism
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