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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]

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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]

Career

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).

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  2. ↑ "Angela Phillips profile". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ "Angela Phillips" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Angela Phillips". Pod Academy. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 Phillips, Angela. "Spare Rib, the business". British Library . Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "Angela Phillips". The Conversation. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Angela Phillips". The Centre for Investigative Journalism . Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Leveson Inquiry – the backstory | Angela Phillips talks to Tess Woodcraft". Pod Academy. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Professor Angela Phillips". Oxford Media Convention. 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  10. ↑ Mazumder, Puja (19 January 2019). "Goldsmiths Professor wins Fight Against Stupidity Award". EastLondonLines.
  11. ↑ Phillips, Angela (6 January 2017). "Beyond 'post-truth': confronting the new reality". openDemocracy. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  12. ↑ Phillips, Angela (8 July 1993). "Prince Charming? Haven't seen him for ages: Bullying single mothers will not wash. It is men who must acknowledge a world that has left fairy-tale marriages behind" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
  13. ↑ Phillips, Angela (17 March 1999). "Hugs and wails and Highly Involved Males..." The Guardian.
  14. ↑ Phillips, Angela (31 March 2006). "The pill, sex and women's liberation". The Guardian.
  15. ↑ "Is the male pill good for women?". The Guardian. 28 April 2006.
  16. ↑ Phillips, Angela (19 February 2007). "Shelter in the storm". The Guardian.
  17. ↑ Phillips, Angela (15 November 2007). "Muslims and the media". The Guardian.
  18. ↑ Eide, Elisabeth; Risto Kunelius; Angela Phillips (2008). "Transnational Media Events: The Mohammed Cartoons and the Imagined Clash of Civilizations". Nordic Co-operation. University of Gothenburg. p. 290. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  19. ↑ Phillips, Angela (12 December 2008). "Hiding fear by talking tough". The Guardian.
  20. ↑ Phillips, Angela (1 November 2010). "Why I like the subsidised neighbours". The Guardian.
  21. ↑ Phillips, Angela (22 October 2011). "I haven't hit her for two years: Violent men were often damaged as children. How can they reform?" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
  22. ↑ Curran, James; Angela Phillips; Des Freeedman (16 November 2011). "Rehabilitating Britain's news media". The Guardian.
  23. ↑ Phillips, Angela (6 April 2012). "The future of Journalism". openDemocracy. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  24. ↑ Phillips, Angela (3 December 2012). "Lord Leveson understands that legal back-up could improve the quality of journalism in Britain" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
  25. ↑ Phillips, Angela (11 February 2014). "Getty Images' attempt to combat female stereotyping is noble but in vain". The Guardian.
  26. ↑ Phillips, Angela (13 October 2015). "What can and should the BBC do about local news?". openDemocracy. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  27. ↑ Phillips, Angela (3 November 2015). "Which source do students trust more? BBC News vs Facebook News Feed?". openDemocracy. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  28. ↑ Phillips, Angela (23 February 2016). "Will crowdfunding save journalism?". The Conversation. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  29. ↑ Eiri, Elvestad; Angela Phillips; Mira Feuerstein (2017). "Can Trust In Traditional News Media Explain Cross-National Differences In News Exposure Of Young People Online?". Digital Journalism. 6 (2): 216–235. ISSN   2167-0811.
  30. ↑ Phillips, Angela (8 March 2018). "Debunking The Myths Of The Social Media Era". HuffPost. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  31. ↑ Phillips, Angela (15 March 2018). "These are the most common myths about social media". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  32. ↑ Phillips, Angela (12 February 2019). "The Cairncross Review Is Right To Say Journalism Might Need Intervention To Be Saved". HuffPost. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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