Alfred Hermida

Alfred Hermida is a British digital media scholar, and journalism educator. He was one of the founding members of the BBCNews.com website in 1997. In 2006 he joined the University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism where he is now a director and Full Professor.[1]

His work focuses on investigating the convergence of media technologies, industries, content and audiences, through scholarly papers, applied projects and media activities designed to bridge theory and practice.

He is the co-author with Mary Lynn Young of Data Journalism and the Regeneration of News, published by Routledge in 2019.[2]

His book, Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters, was published by DoubleDay Canada.[3] The book examines how sharing is shaping our notions of an informed and engaged public, a media ecology of competing ideas, and a responsive political establishment. The book won the National Business Book Award in 2015.[4]

In 2011, he co-authored Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers,[5] published by Wiley-Blackwell. His research has been published in Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice and M/C Journal, and he has contributed numerous chapters to academic texts.

He was named an IBM CAS Canada Research Faculty Fellow in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and won the 2011 UBC President's Award for Public Education Through Media.[6] He was nominated in the 2011 Digi Awards for Canada's top social media maven.[7] Hermida is a 16-year veteran of the BBC. During his four years as daily news editor of the BBC News website, the site won the BAFTA for best news website four years in a row.[8]

He has a PhD from City University London.[9]

References
  1. "Alfred Hermida". Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. "New book delves into rise of data journalism | UBC Graduate School of Journalism". journalism.ubc.ca. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. PenguinRandomHouse Canada. "Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters". Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  4. "Alfred Hermida wins $20,000 National Business Book Award". The Globe and Mail. 16 April 2015.
  5. "Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers".
  6. "2011 UBC President's Award for Public Education Through Media". Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  7. "2011 Digi Awards for Canada's top social media maven". Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  8. "BAFTA for best news website four years in a row". BBC News. 26 October 2001.
  9. Burgess, Jean; Marwick, Alice; Poell, Thomas (30 March 2017). The SAGE Handbook of Social Media. SAGE. ISBN 978-1-4739-9579-6.
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