Dr Richard Pendry

Senior Lecturer in Broadcast Journalism
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Dr Richard Pendry

About

Richard teaches broadcast journalism production at the Centre for Journalism, as well as academic classes on war reporting and propaganda. He is a BAFTA-winning former television director and was a member of the Frontline News Television agency. Richard has produced TV news for broadcast clients all over the world including all the UK terrestrial news channels. He specialised in investigations with difficult access, has worked with presenters including Ross Kemp, and often does his own camerawork.  

Research interests

Richard’s own experience of frontline news gathering was the starting point for his scholarly research into the culture and practice of foreign news gathering in areas of conflict. He has conducted fieldwork in Iraq, Ukraine and on newsgathering in Syria. Richard’s PhD thesis explored the ways in which war reporters work with their sources in the field, and how that has changed over time.   

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • JOUR3030 Convergent Journalism I
  • JOUR5011 Broadcast Journalism
  • JOUR5040 Multiplatform News Production·
  • JOUR5030 Journalism Project
  • JOUR6060 Practical Multimedia Journalism
  • JOUR5090 Reporting Conflict
  • JOUR5140 Propaganda – media, manipulation and persuasion 

Postgraduate 

  • JOUR8020 Practical Multimedia Journalism 
  • JOUR8060 Reporting Conflict 
  • JOUR8160 Progaganda – media, manipulation and persuasion 

Supervision

Richard supervises PhD candidates researching aspects of contemporary newsgathering.   

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