Dr Savyasaachi Jain

FHEA FLSW

Overview

As Reader, Journalism and Documentary, I draw upon a career spanning print and television journalism, documentary filmmaking and international journalism trainer. I teach on the MA International Journalism (MAIJ) and MA Digital Documentary (MADD) courses, leading the documentary pathway on MAIJ and guiding students of both courses in developing the concepts their Master’s projects/ dissertations. 

I previously taught at Swansea University, leading the Erasmus Mundus MA programme in Journalism, Media and Globalisation (War and Conflict specialism) and a variety of other journalism modules.

As a researcher, I am particularly interested in international media systems, Indian media, the standards and conceptual skills of high-quality journalism, and journalism and democracy, and will consider PhDs applications in these areas. 

I am also currently engaged in an interdisciplinary applied research project to develop and commercialise a camerawork simulator, an online tool for teaching creative decision-making skills to students of documentary and visual journalism. 

I have been a consultant to several UN organisations (UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF and UNDRR) as well as intergovernmental and international organisations such as the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development, Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and The Thomson Foundation. My work for these organisations includes developing online courses, manuals and handbooks, designing and delivering large training programmes, supervising international documentary co-productions and conducting specialist workshops for journalists and programme makers in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, the Caribbean, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Turkmenistan, UK and Vietnam.