Educator
Specialist in journalism education and training
Current research interests:
* Excellence in Journalism Practice
* Excellence in journalism pedagogy
* Journalism and war on terror
* Journalism and organised crime
* Online media entrepreneurialism
Currently:
From 1st September 2009 Paul joined the staff at Brunel University as a lecturer in journalism. He will is part of the research team in journalism and teacheson Brunel University's MA and BA courses.
Series Editor - “Cutting edge analysis of the critical issues facing journalism today”- augmented podcasts series for Henry Stewart Talks launched May 2010. Contributors include Prof Chris Frost (Liverpool John Moores), Prof Dr Damien Tambini (Polis at LSE), Alex Thomson (C4 News), Prof Richard Keeble (Lincoln); Dr Paul Bradshaw (Birmingham City Univ), Dr. Marianne Franklin (Goldsmiths College), Charlie Beckett (Polis at LSE) Professor Ivor Gaber (City and Beds Universities), Granville Williams (CPBF) and Dr Kari Anden-Papadopoulos (Stockholm University).
Recent:
Learning & Teaching Fellowship from University College Falmouth to investigate the e-learning with special regard to the use of audio and video tools for the delivery of distance and blended pedagogy and use on VLEs. Report entitled “Virtual worlds in Journalism Education”. Awarded February 2008, delivered Spring 2009.
VLE report Part One VLE report Part Two
Paul is giving a paper on trust between the media and intelligence services at Global Media and the ‘War on Terror’: An International Conference to be held Monday 13 - Tuesday 14 September 2010 at the University of Westminster, UK.
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1 March 2010
"Investigative Journalism as a freelance"
lecture to journalism students.
17 February 2010. 'Uncovering the Equatorial Guinea coup' - lecture to University of Westminster journalism students.
The Centre for Investigative Journalism Summer School at City University July 2009. Paul was moderator of panel discussing financial journalism since the credit crisis with Ann Pettifor and Tony Hillier.
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Paul delivered a paper: 'Virtual worlds in journalism education: Using video and audio in distance and blended learning.’
Association for Journalism Education
(AJE) annual conference on 18/19 June 2009 at City University.
Paul was a panellist and delivered the paper 'Investigative Journalism: a case for intensive care?' at the 'Journalism in Crisis' conference. The paper examines trends in UK investigative journalism and looks at possible solutions to the funding investigative journalism funding
Conference organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Westminster in association with the British Journalism Review
London, 19-20 May 2009
Guest lectures to MA Investigative Journalism students at City University.
9 Feb 2009: The Dog that didn't bark: UK journalism and the credit crunch.
23 Feb 2009: Ponzi and friends: how to investigate business frauds.
"End of Journalism? Technology, Education and Ethics Conference." University of Bedfordshire 17-18 October 2008. Paul was on a panel speaking about his paper: "Subprime - the death of financial reporting or a failure of investigative journalism?"
Paul gave session on the failure of journalism over the sub prime crisis. Centre for Investigative Journalism summer school 18-20th July 2008
'Investigative Journalism goes Global' conference, University of Westminster 13 June 2008 Paul was on the panel for 'Sourcing globally, reporting globally?'
What is Investigative Journalism? Paul Lashmar's lecture to MA students at University College Falmouth in March 2008.For details of PL's academic lectures please click here
For academic book chapters, papers and citations please click here
MA and essay supervisor for MA Investigative Journalism, City University 2009.
Research Fellow at Research Institute for Media Art and Design (RIMAD) at University of Bedfordshire from 2008-2010
Associate lecturer at Southampton Solent University on the BA(Hons) Journalism course 2007 - 2009.
A part-time staff member on the MA Broadcast Journalism course at University College Falmouth from 2001 - 2009. I was part of a team that developed the course from a PgDip to multi strand vocational Broadcast Journalism MA (validated April 2006).
I ran the MA Broadcast Investigative Journalism strand. The first two graduates were awarded distinctions in January 2007.
I was also part of a team that developed and launched a MA in International Journalism (validated April 2006). A unique feature is the inclusion of a hostile environment training package.
"Western Journalists and China in 2008"
Working with Professor Ivor Gaber, Paul toured China in August 2007 organising two day seminars for Chinese journalists and information officers in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing and Nanjing. The courses were a joint partnership between University of Westminster's China Media Centre and Tshinghau University and funded by the British Embassy in Beijing.
The courses were designed to prepare Chinese media professionals for the arrival of the Western media in the Beijing 2008 Olympic year. Hosted by Professor Li Xiguang, Executive Dean of the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University, they were attended by many senior journalists and government information officials.External Examiner at Brunel University's MA in Journalism course from 2007-2009
External Assessor on validation panel for BA Journalism (Hons) at Kingston University. July 2003.
Since 1984 I have given many lectures on journalism at media schools including City University and London College of Communications over the last twenty years. Also lectures on historical research at Kingston University, the Institute of Contemporary British History, Leicester University, Queen Mary and Westfield College, Nottingham University and the University of Birmingham. I have also written a number of research papers for historical conferences.
