Gwenfair Griffith

(she/her)

Research

I recently produced an educational resource for the Coleg Cymraeg to help students create bilingual content for social media. I collaborated with Canolfan Bedwyr in Bangor to create new Welsh terminology for social media studies through the medium of Welsh.

I am also interested in the experiences of journalists, producers and camera crews and my fourth radio series documenting their stories aired on BBC Radio Cymru in May 2024.

The first two series was published as a book, Fy Stori Fawr, in 2023.

https://www.ylolfa.com/products/9781800993785/fy-stori-fawr

Fy Stori Fawr Arall (2025)

https://www.ylolfa.com/products/9781800997028/fy-stori-fawr-arall

Sbia ar Hwn (2024)

https://www.porth.ac.uk/en/collection/sbia-ar-hwn

Nabod Stori (2026)

https://www.porth.ac.uk/en/collection/nabod-stori

Sut i ennill etholiad a dylanwadu ar genedl (Mehefin 2026)

https://barn.cymru/en_gb/sut-i-ennill-lecsiwn-a-dylanwadu-ar-genedl/

Y byd digidol: Lleisiau'r Ieithoedd llai (Medi 2026)

https://barn.cymru/en_gb/y-byd-digidol-lleisiaur-ieithoedd-llai/

Teaching

Biography

Journalism has fascinated me from a young age and has been my great passion since pursuing a postgraduate degree at Ryerson University in Canada. 

I now have over 20 years experience in the field - having moved from daily news at BBC Cymru as a reporter, to producing on the foreign desk for ABC News in Sydney, working with the online news team at SBS World, and producing tv and radio documentaries as a freelancer back home in Wales. 

My TV documentaries have been mostly difficult access documentaries, true crime, or current affairs. A programme I produced won Audio News and Current Affairs Programme of the Year in the Wales Media Awards in 2025, Islam, Cymru a Ni. I produced and directed a documentary on the effects of misinformation during the pandemic, 'Covid, y Jab a Ni' which was subsequently nominated for a BAFTA Cymru in 2022. The same year, I was shortlisted for the Welsh Media Awards as specialist journalist of the year for my work for BBC Radio Cymru's Bwrw Golwg religious affairs programme.  I also have experience of investigative journalism with the brilliant team of journalists at Y Byd ar Bedwar, ITV Cymru. 

I'm very interested in the experiences of reporters at work and my four BBC radio series, Fy Stori Fawr, have been published as two books by Y Lolfa within the past 3 years.

I also have a keen interest in reporting on minorities and enjoyed presenting BBC Radio Cymru's religious affairs programme, Bwrw Golwg, until the summer of 2024. I still work as a journalist when time allows, but most of my time now is spent inspiring the next generation of journalists.

I've enjoyed leading the International Journalism MA broadcast pathway and am now looking forward to returning to teaching undergraduates, bringing my experience as a journalist into all my sessions. Ensuring my students enjoy a brilliant experience during their time with us at Cardiff University is my priority and I'm looking forward to my new role as Student Experience lead at JOMEC.

Academic positions