John Henningham

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John Henningham is an Australian journalist and journalism educator. He is founder and director of the journalism college Jschool: Journalism Education & Training based in Brisbane, capital of the state of Queensland, Australia. He was previously head of the Department of Journalism at Queensland University. Professor Henningham has written and edited books, journals, chapters and articles on journalism and the news media, including Looking at Television News, Issues in Australian Journalism, and Institutions in Australian Society, and has been a media commentator in the press and on radio. His best-known research is based on national surveys of journalists in Australia,[1] as well as comparative studies of overseas journalists. He has also been a strong advocate of journalism education, arguing the case for its distinct purpose and the need to separate it from other forms of communication.[2] The first person in Australia to receive a PhD in journalism, John Henningham was also the first Australian to be appointed to a Chair of Journalism (Professor of Journalism), both at the University of Queensland.

Professor Henningham graduated from the University of Sydney and worked as a journalist with the Daily Mirror, The Sun and The Australian as well as the ABC before entering journalism education. He joined the staff of Queensland University in 1978 and was responsible for the university establishing the Department of Journalism in 1991. Henningham was founding editor of Australian Studies in Journalism and Australian Journalism Monographs and has also edited Australian Journalism Review, published by the Journalism Education Association. He has been a visiting fellow and researcher at the East-West Center, the Reuter Foundation at Green College, Oxford University, and the London College of Printing, as well as visiting professor of journalism at Deakin University, Victoria. He is adjunct professor at University of the Sunshine Coast and Queensland University of Technology, and a director of the Asia Pacific Journalism Centre.