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Professor Richard Tait
M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon)
Professor of Journalism
Overview
In 2003/4 I was a member of the Independent Review of Government Communications, chaired by Bob Phillis and set up after the Jo Moore/Martin Sixmith affair. Last year I joined the Hansard Society's Commission on Parliament In The Public Eye. I was for five years on the advisory board of the annual NewsXchange broadcast news conference, where in 2003 I presented the Cardiff University research project on embedded reporters.
I am currently developing, with international colleagues, a journalism safety module for use in university journalism schools.
Away from work, I ski in the French Alps, play tennis, go to the ballet and the opera when I can and try and fit in the odd trip to Stamford Bridge - but my wife Jane and daughter Rachel (age 10) have first call on my time.
Publication
2020
- Mair, J. et al. eds. 2020. Brexit, Boris and the media. Abramis.
2016
- Jain, S. 2016. India: You ain't seen nothing yet. In: Mair, J. et al. eds. Last Words?: How can journalism survive the decline of print?. Bury St Edmunds: Abramis academic publishing
2014
- Mair, J., Tait, R. and Keeble, R. L. eds. 2014. Is the BBC in crisis?. Bury St. Edmunds: Abramis.
2013
- Tait, R. 2013. Margaret Thatcher and media policy. JOMEC Journal(3) (10.18573/j.2013.10252)
- Tait, R. 2013. Self-inflicted wounds? the decline of local news in the UK. In: Mair, J., Keeble, R. L. and Fowler, N. eds. What Do We Mean by Local? : the Rise, Fall - and Possible Rise Again - of Local Journalism. Bury St Edmunds: Abramis, pp. 5-17.
2007
- Tait, R. G. 2007. Journalism Safety. Journalism Practice 1(3), pp. 435-445. (10.1080/17512780701505176)
2006
- Tait, R. G. 2006. What future for regional television news?. In: Franklin, B. ed. Local Journalism and Local Media: Making the local news. Routledge, pp. 27-36.
Articles
- Tait, R. 2013. Margaret Thatcher and media policy. JOMEC Journal(3) (10.18573/j.2013.10252)
- Tait, R. G. 2007. Journalism Safety. Journalism Practice 1(3), pp. 435-445. (10.1080/17512780701505176)
Book sections
- Jain, S. 2016. India: You ain't seen nothing yet. In: Mair, J. et al. eds. Last Words?: How can journalism survive the decline of print?. Bury St Edmunds: Abramis academic publishing
- Tait, R. 2013. Self-inflicted wounds? the decline of local news in the UK. In: Mair, J., Keeble, R. L. and Fowler, N. eds. What Do We Mean by Local? : the Rise, Fall - and Possible Rise Again - of Local Journalism. Bury St Edmunds: Abramis, pp. 5-17.
- Tait, R. G. 2006. What future for regional television news?. In: Franklin, B. ed. Local Journalism and Local Media: Making the local news. Routledge, pp. 27-36.
Books
- Mair, J. et al. eds. 2020. Brexit, Boris and the media. Abramis.
- Mair, J., Tait, R. and Keeble, R. L. eds. 2014. Is the BBC in crisis?. Bury St. Edmunds: Abramis.
Research
War reporting, journalism and politics, broadcasting policy, political communications, journalist safety.
Teaching
Journalistic ethics, investigative reporting, specialist journalism, safety and stress.
Contact Details
+44 29225 11345
Two Central Square, Room 0.31B, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS