City University London

Faculty Member, Journalism

Senior Lecturer in Electronic Publishing

About

Neil has published widely on online journalism. His work appears in: Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism; New Media & Society; Journalism Practice; Journalism Studies; and Convergence. He gave a keynote speech at the 1st International Reporters' Forum in Seoul, South Korea as a guest of Ohmynews.com; and is a regular contributor to the International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, Texas, where he won 'best paper' in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Neil was appointed as City University's first lecturer in Electronic Publishing in 1997 and directed their successful Master's in Electronic Publishing until 2004. He continues to teach on that programme as well as leading a new Erasmus Mundus Master's in Journalism and Media within Globalisation.

From 2004-5 Neil held the position of visiting scholar at the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California, Berkeley.

Neil began his career in interactive publishing with Interactive Learning Productions where he published a number of award-winning interactive multimedia CD-Roms. At Yorkshire International Thomson Multimedia and Granada Learning Neil continued his electronic publishing career working with clients including: The British Library, The Science and Natural History Museums, Whitbread plc, The Home Office, The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food and Getty Images.

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