Joint Course Leader

Andy draws on his 20-year career in a series of senior editorial positions in regional print and online news media to fuel his passion for lecturing and course development at Higher Education level.

Having helped oversee the introduction of digital journalism within a large media group, his teaching is fuelled by the enduring tension between fast-changing storytelling methods and journalism’s core values and skills.

He has authored and led journalism degrees at Southampton Solent and Falmouth Universities and been an external examiner at four other UK universities, specialising in production, media law, politics and design.

He co-authored the Falmouth Flexible MA Journalism.

Four of Andy's career highlights

  • Helping to lead a talented reporting team based in Oxford to cover numerous major news and sports stories, including 9/11
  • Redesigning ten newspapers from front to back as a media consultant
  • Receiving a teaching award at Southampton Solent University
  • Working on this MA!

A little advice?

The fear of failure is far more damaging than failure itself.