Kevin Rafter

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Kevin Rafter
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)Professor and non-executive director

Kevin Rafter is an Irish academic and non-executive director. He is the author of numerous books on media and politics topics, having previously worked as a political journalist. [1]

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Career

Rafter is currently Head of the School of Communications [2] at Dublin City University where he is Full Professor of Political Communication. [3] He is also Chairperson of the Compliance Committee of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland [4] and Chairperson of the Independent Advisory Committee of Culture Ireland. [5]

He chaired an independent review panel on civil service reform in 2015 [6] and was the independent rapporteur to the talks that led to the formation of Ireland's minority coalition in 2016. [7] He is a board member of Dublin Bus and Oxfam Ireland. [8]

In June 2019 Rafter was appointed Chair of the Arts Council. [9]

Prior to 2008, Rafter held editorial positions with the Irish Times (political reporter), Sunday Times (political correspondent), Sunday Tribune (political editor/assistant editor), Magill magazine (editor) and RTÉ, the Irish national broadcaster (Prime Time reporter and This Week presenter). [10] [11]

Publications

Rafter has authored/edited over a dozen books including, most recently, Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections (2017). [12] His previous books include biography Martin Mansergh (2002) [13] - and several histories of Irish political parties including Clann na Poblachta (1996), Sinn Féin (2005), Democratic Left (2010), [14] and Fine Gael(2010) [15]

His list of academic publications include numerous book chapters and research journal articles with a specific focus on media and politics including a study of Irish journalists in 2016. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Council Memvers" . Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "DCU School of Communications". www.dcu.ie. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Kevin Rafter - Staff Profile - DCU". www.dcu.ie. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Minister Naughten announces appointments to the Board of the BAI". Dccae.gov.ie. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Minister Madigan Announces New Members to the Culture Ireland Expert Advisory Committee". Culture Ireland. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Strengthening Civil Service Accountability and Performance". www.per.gov.ie.
  7. ↑ O'Connor, Niall; Ryan, Philip (30 March 2016). "Varadkar clashes with Healy-Rae as talks on coalition become heated". Irish Independent . Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  8. ↑ Manus, Keith Mc (13 February 2014). "How we're governed". Oxfam Ireland. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "Professor Kevin Rafter Chair of the Arts Council". www.artscouncil.ie. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Kevin Rafter". The Irish Times . 22 August 2001. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Rafter joins `This Week' programme". The Irish Times. 22 August 2001. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  12. ↑ Holtz-Bacha, Christina; Novelli, Edoardo; Rafter, Kevin, eds. (2017). Political Advertising in the 2014 European Parliament Elections. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   9781137569806.
  13. ↑ "Serving on the road to peace Biography". The Irish Times . 9 November 2002. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  14. ↑ Delaney, Eamon (10 April 2011). "Review: Democratic Left -- The Life and Death of an Irish Political Party by Kevin Rafter". Irish Independent . Irish Academic Press. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  15. ↑ Delaney, Eamon (3 December 2009). "Charting revival of FG and enigma of its leader". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  16. ↑ Rafter, Kevin (27 July 2016). "Journalists are getting younger but loss of experience brings problems". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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