Paul Bradshaw (journalist)

Paul Bradshaw
Born Bolton
Alma mater University of Central England
Occupation
Employer
Website
onlinejournalismblog.com

Paul Bradshaw is an online journalist and blogger, a Reader in Online Journalism at Birmingham City University and a Visiting Professor at City University's School of Journalism in London. He manages his own blog, the Online Journalism Blog[1] (OJB), and is the co-founder of Help Me Investigate,[2] an investigative journalism website funded by Channel 4 and Screen WM.[3][4] He has written for journalism.co.uk,[5] Press Gazette, The Guardian's Data Blog, Nieman Reports[6] and the Poynter Institute in the US.

Bradshaw is the author of the Online Journalism Handbook,[7] co-written with former Financial Times web editor Liisa Rohumaa,[8] and also co-wrote the 3rd edition of Magazine Editing with John Morrish, due in 2011.[9] He has also contributed to books including Investigative Journalism (2nd Ed),[10] Web Journalism: A New Form of Citizenship;[11] Face The Future[12] and Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives.[13]

Adrian Monck ranked Bradshaw second in his list of "Britain's Top Ten Journo-Bloggers" (2007),[14] and NowPublic has named him the fourth most visible Briton online in its "MostPublic Index" of the UK (2008).[15] He was placed thirty-sixth in the Birmingham Post's "Power 50" list of 2009.[16] He has been listed in Journalism.co.uk's list of the leading innovators in journalism and media[17] and Poynter's most influential people in social media.[18]

In 2010 he was shortlisted for Multimedia Publisher of the Year[19] and in 2011 ranked 9th in PeerIndex's list of the most influential UK journalists on Twitter.[20]

Bradshaw is also a graduate of Birmingham City University (then the University of Central England), where he studied media from 1995 to 1998.[21]

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References

  1. ^ Onlinejournalismblog.com
  2. ^ Helpmeinvestigate.com
  3. ^ Kiss, Jemima (1 June 2009). "4ip: Two new projects to help prop up local news". The Guardian (London: Guardian News and Media Limited). http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jun/01/channel4-research1. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 
  4. ^ Blackaby, Anna (2 June 2009). "Funding for Birmingham City University journalism website". Birmingham Post (Trinity Mirror Midlands). http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/creative-industries-news/2009/06/02/funding-for-birmingham-city-university-journalism-website-65233-23764617/. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 
  5. ^ Bradshaw, Paul (13 February 2008). "'Local online news is changing, but not fast enough'". journalism.co.uk. Mousetrap Media. http://www.journalism.co.uk/6/articles/531022.php. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 
  6. ^ Bradshaw, Paul (13 February 2008). "'When Journalists Blog: How It Changes What They Do'". Nieman Reports. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100696. Retrieved 2010-07-29. 
  7. ^ Amazon.co.uk
  8. ^ McAthy, Rachel (20 July 2010). "'Online innovator to leave university post after ‘complicated decision’'". Journalism.co.uk. Journalism.co.uk. http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2010/07/20/online-innovator-to-leave-university-post-after-complicated-decision/. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 
  9. ^ "'Magazine Editing in print and online - 3rd edition'". Taylor and Francis. sponpress.com. http://www.sponpress.com/books/details/9780415608350/. Retrieved 2011-06-29. 
  10. ^ Onlinejournalismblog.com
  11. ^ Amazon.com
  12. ^ Amazon.co.uk
  13. ^ Citizenjournalism.me
  14. ^ Monck, Adrian (7 November 2007). "Britain's Top Ten Journo-Bloggers". adrianmonck.com. http://adrianmonck.com/2007/11/britains-top-ten-journo-bloggers/. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 
  15. ^ "MostPublic Index: UK". NowPublic. 24 November 2008. http://www.nowpublic.com/mostpublic/list/uk. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 
  16. ^ "Power 50 Profiles - No.36 Paul Bradshaw". Birmingham Post. 30 July 2009. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/power-50/power50-profiles09/2009/07/29/no-36-paul-bradshaw-65233-24269279/. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 
  17. ^ Oliver, Laura. "The leading innovators in journalism and media in 2010". http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2010/07/22/are-you-on-the-j-list-the-leading-innovators-in-journalism-and-media-in-2010/. 
  18. ^ Angelotti, Ellyn Michele. "Live Blog: 'Finding the Future of Journalism'". http://www2.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=191975. 
  19. ^ Luft, Oliver. "NUJ Regional Press Awards shortlist unveiled". http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=45608. 
  20. ^ Kiss, Jemima. "Can you rank journalists by authority on Twitter? PeerIndex thinks so". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2011/jan/06/twitter-peerindex-journalism. Retrieved 2010-01-07. 
  21. ^ "Paul Bradshaw". LinkedIn. http://uk.linkedin.com/in/onlinejournalist. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 

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