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Damian Radcliffe

(He/Him)
United States
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Covers:  Journalism, media economics, media business models, media industry, local journalism, digital media, social media trends, social media, technology, podcasting, media and tech in the Arab world
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Damian Radcliffe’s Biography

Damian Radcliffe is the Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, a Professor of Practice, an affiliate faculty member of the Department for Middle East and North Africa Studies (MENA) and the Agora Journalism Center, and a Research Associate of the Center for Science Communication Research (SCR), at the University of Oregon.

Alongside holding the Chambers Chair at the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC), he is also a three-time Knight News Innovation Fellow of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, an Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture Studies (JOMEC), and a life fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).

In the Spring and Summer of 2023, he was a visiting fellow at the Reuters Insitute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, his alma mater.

An experienced digital analyst, consultant, journalist, and researcher, Damian has worked in editorial, research, policy, and teaching positions for the past two and a half decades in the UK, Middle East, and USA. This includes roles in all media sectors (commercial, public, government, regulatory, academic, and nonprofit/civil society) and all platforms (print, digital, TV and radio).

Damian continues to be an active journalist. He writes regular features for Digital Content Next, International Journalists' Network (IJNet), journalism.co.uk and other outlets. He writes about digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, and the evolution - and practice - of journalism.

Other outlets to feature Damian's work include: ZDNet (91 bylines), What's New In Publishing (100+ bylines), BBC College of Journalism and BBC Academy (35 bylines), The Conversation (9 bylines), Huffington Post (12 bylines), and - prior to their closure - PBS MediaShift (14 bylines) and TheMediaBriefing (35 bylines). Additional bylines can also be found in Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), Harvard's Nieman Lab, Poynter and elsewhere.

As an analyst, researcher and trainer, he has worked with a wide range of additional industry and academic organizations including the BBC World Service, Facebook, FIPP, INMA, Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Washington Center for Equitable Growth, World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the United Nations.

He has been quoted on issues relating to digital media and journalism by major outlets such as Agence France-Presse (AFP), BBC News, BBC World Service, Business Insider, ESPN, Forbes, Marketplace, Monocle magazine, NPR, The New York Times, Snapchat, Wired and Voice of America.

He has been interviewed, and had his work featured, in leading trade publications such as the American Press Institute, CNN's Reliable Sources, Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), Editor & Publisher, Harvard's Nieman Lab, Poynter, PBS MediaShift and the Reuters Insitute for the Study of Journalism.

See his archive at: https://authory.com/DamianRadcliffe