Research Cluster : Journalism in the Digital Age

Cluster Director	Cluster Members
Prof. Steven Knowlton	Prof. Colum Kenny	Dr. Mark O'Brien	John O'Sullivan	Paul McNamara

Member biogs and publications

Prof. Steven Knowlton was a journalist in the US for 18 years and has taught journalism in the US, Ireland and several Eastern European countries. He is co-founder of the independent journalism school in Moldova and has written or edited six books, mostly on journalism ethics and ethical practice, including:
- Moral Reasoning for Journalists, 2nd edition, 2009
- Fair and Balanced: A History of Journalistic Objectivity, 2005
- The Journalist's Moral Compass, 1995

Prof. Colum Kenny, BCL, Barrister-at-law, Ph.D, is chair of the Masters in Journalism programme at DCU. A board member of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and of the Irish EU Media Desk, his books include a study of modern Ireland, Moments that changed us (Gill & Macmillan, 2005). He is also author of:
- Finding a voice or fitting in? Migrants and media in the new Ireland, in: Media, Culture & Society, 2010.
- Significant television: journalism, sex abuse and the Catholic Church in Ireland, Irish Communications Review, 2009.
- A double-edged sword: Irish media merger policy in transition, Journal of Media Business Studies, 2009.

Dr. Mark O'Brien is secretary of the Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland. His research interests include media history, journalism studies, Irish politics, political communication, censorship, and the history of journalism. He is author of:
- ‘Journalism in Ireland: The Evolution of a Discipline’ in Rafter, K. (forthcoming) More a Disease than a Profession: Irish Journalism History. Manchester University Press.
- The Irish Times: A History. Four Courts Press, 2008.
- ‘Selling Fear: The Changing Face of Crime Reporting’ in Horgan, J. et al Mapping Irish Media: Critical Explorations. UCD Press, 2007.

Paul McNamarais a lecturer in journalism in the School of Communications. He was founding president of the European Journalism Training Association and was one of the founders of the European Journalism Centre, Maastricht. Recent research projects include international journalism education, international relations and child abuse on the internet. Paul was director of the Child Abuse on Internet Research [CAIR] project, which received funding under the EU STOP programme, and was a member of a multi-country research team for the EU-funded AIM Project (Adequate Information Management) which addressed changes in journalism and political communication in the EU region (2005-08).
Recent publications include:
- John Horgan, John O'Sullivan, Paul McNamara (2007) ‘Irish print and broadcast media: the political, economic, journalistic and professional context’. In [pp. 33-48] j. Horgan,B. O'Connor & H. sheehan (Eds.) Mapping Irish Media - Critical Explorations. Dublin: UCD Press.
- Paul McNamara (2006) ‘The case of Ireland’. In Understanding the logic of EU reporting in mass media, pp83-91.

John O'Sullivan's teaching and research interests include : online journalism; changes in journalism and news cultures in the European context. He is actively engaged in the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and is Vice-Chair of the Journalism Studies Section in ECREA.
Recent publications include:
- Fortunati, L., Sarrica, M., O'Sullivan, J. et al (2009) “The Influence of the Internet on European Journalism”, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 928-963.
- O'Sullivan, J. & Heinonen, A. (2008) “OLD VALUES, NEW MEDIA”, Journalism Practice, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 357.

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