Dr. Colleen Murrell |
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| Position | Senior Lecturer | |
| colleen.murrell@deakin.edu.au | ||
| Area | School of Communication & Creative Arts | |
| Phone | +61 3 925 17794 | |
| Campus | Burwood | |
| Location | C5.05 Burwood | |
| Role and profile |
Colleen researches international newsgathering and teaches radio and television units. She has worked as a producer, reporter & news editor for high-profile international broadcasters including the BBC, Independent Television News, Television Francaise 1, Associated Press Television News, CBC, ABC and SBS. |
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| Teaching responsibilities |
Chair of ALJ318 (Radio), ALJ319 (Television). Guest lectures into ACM701 (Global media and war) and AIP204 (Politics and the Media). |
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| Research interests |
Foreign correspondence; crisis reporting; transnational broadcasting; public service broadcasting; 24 hour news stations; international news agencies; political reporting; podcasting; citizen journalism & verification of UGC. |
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| Current research projects |
Murrell, C. (2013) International fixers: Cultural interpreters or ‘People Like Us?' Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics. Vol 10 (2/3) pp 72-79 http://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30052559 Murrell, C. (2013) ABC News 24 and BBC World: A study of limited resources and challenging newsgathering. Forthcoming issue of AJR. Currently gathering data on projects related to public service broadcasting and social media. |
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| Service to the University, discipline or community |
Judge - United Nations Media Peace Awards (2008 - present). Steering Committee, Deakin/SBS Media Mentoring Program (2012). Journalism Area Coordinator (2008). Consultancy work - Asia Pacific Journalism Centre (2008-). Academic Progress & Discipline Committee (2004-7). |
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| Awards |
2012 JEAA Research Grant ($6,000) 2011 Academic Fellowship Oxford University - Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. 2010 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research: Early Career Researcher ($5,000). 2008 Australian Learning & Teaching Council Citation (ALTC) for outstanding contributions to student learning ($10,000). 2007 European Union Erasmus Mundus Fellowship (13,000 Euros). 2007 Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence ($5,000). 2006 Co-recipient Deakin University Strategic Teaching & Learning Grant for podcasting ($30,000). 2004 Part of SCCA team STALG grant. |
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| Qualifications |
PhD Media and Communications (University of Melbourne); MA International Journalism (City University, UK); BA (Hons) French Studies (University of Reading, UK). |
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| Memberships |
Centre for Citizienship & Globalisation; Journalism Education Assn; Asia Pacific Journalism Centre; Digital Media Industry Forum (LCC, UK). |
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| Conferences |
2012 'ABC News 24: A study of limited resources and challenging newsgathering'. JEA conference, Melbourne. 2011 Talk given & recorded for archives at The Oxford Media Research Seminar, University of Oxford- Foreign Correspondents and fixers: the missing link. 2005-2010 Guest lectures on international news agencies. The University of Melbourne. 2009 'The Local and the Foreign: An Exploration of the News gathering Roles of the Fixer and the Correspondent in Today’s Iraq'. ICA conference, Melbourne. 2008 'Foreign correspondence: autonomy and news production'. JEA conference, Wollongong. 2007 'Citizens at the gate: but whose news are they peddling?' Co-written with K. M. Oakham - Future of Newspapers, Cardiff. 2007 'Digital media in Australia' Futures Conference, London. 2007 'The role of the fixer'-Danish School of Journalism, Aarhus. 2007 'Podcasting and Journalism' ACODE conference, La Trobe. 2007 'Podcasting for teaching' at the Digital Showcase Symposium, VCA. 2006 'Interactive student podcasting: the emerging technology of choice' at JEAA conference, Auckland, NZ. |
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| Research link | View Deakin associated research data | |
| Publications | Murrell, C. (2011) Correspondents and fixers: an investigation of teamwork in international television news gathering. PhD thesis, University of Melbourne. Murrell, C. (2010) Baghdad bureaux: an exploration of the inter-connected world of fixers and correspondents at the BBC and CNN. Media, War and Conflict, 3(2) p. 125-137 ISSN 1750-6352 Murrell, C. (2009) Fixers and foreign correspondents: news production and autonomy. Australian Journalism Review. Vol 31 (1) pp 5-17. July 2009. ISSN 08102686 Murrell, C. & Oakham, K. M. (2008) Gate keepers: going, going, gone – the challenge of citizen journalism to traditional practice. Australian Journalism Review Vol 30, (2), pp 11-21. December 2008. ISSN 0810 2686 Murrell, C. (2006) Interactive student podcasting: the emerging technology of choice. ISBN: 1-877314-62-5 http://artsweb.aut.ac.nz/journalism_conference/ | |
| Additional URLs | Oxford University Media Research Series Podcast The Asia Pacific Journalism Centre is a not-for-profit organisation based in Melbourne | |
