Angela Phillips is a British journalist and academic, who is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work in journalism spans more than four decades, initially as a photojournalist before moving into print, writing for feminist and alternative publications as well as the mainstream national press, notably for The Guardian , and featuring on television, radio and the Internet. [1] [2] [3]
Since the 1990s, Phillips has taught journalism and journalism studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, and has been active in journalism research. At Goldsmiths, she established the MA Journalism, MA Digital Journalism and set up the joint honours BA Journalism in conjunction with the Department of Computing. She was a founding member of the Media Reform Coalition. [1]
Having trained in photography, Phillips began her career as a photojournalist for the alternative press in the 1970s. [4] She worked with the feminist magazine Spare Rib from before its 1972 launch, shooting the cover of the first issue as well as several later covers, and writing features and co-editing the news pages (with Jill Nicholls). [5] Phillips subsequently became a regular contributor to other publications, as well as to radio and television. [5]
Since 1994, she has taught at Goldsmiths, University of London, [6] becoming a professor in 2016, and she established the MA Journalism and MA Digital Journalism courses and initiated the joint honours BA Journalism in conjunction with Goldsmith's Department of Computing. [1] In 2009, she launched the multi-media, news website EastLondonLines, which is run by Goldsmiths journalism students and has a wide local readership. [6] Her areas of research include democracy and journalism, ethics, working practices, and the changing audiences for news. [1] She has worked with the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre and chaired the Ethics Committee of the Coordinating Committee for Media Reform, giving evidence to the Leveson enquiry into the press. [6] [7] [8] She also gave evidence to the Cairncross review on the future of the British Press in 2018. [9]
Phillips was the 2019 winner of the Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity award, an annual award given by Philosophy Now to someone who has made "an outstanding recent contribution to promoting knowledge, reason or public debate about issues that matter". [10]
A frequent participant in conferences and seminars internationally, Phillips has contributed papers and spoken on many panels, including: [1]
Phillips has written or co-authored several books, including Changing Journalism (Routledge, 2011), Journalism in Context: Practice and Theory for the Digital Age (Routledge, 2014) and Misunderstanding News Audiences: Seven Myths of the Social Media Era (Routledge, 2018).