About Me

I'm an academic and journalist, currently a lecturer in journalism in the School of Creative Writing and Journalism at the University of Wollongong

I was editor of Sydney Star Observer, Australia's oldest and largest circulation gay and lesbian weekly newspaper from 1999 until early 2006. Prior to that I worked primarily in magazines doing a range of arts journalism.

I've written widely about art and architecture, gay/lesbian issues, religion, music, film and journalism.

I'm doing a Ph.D at the University of Technology Sydney, where I previously taught part-time in the journalism program.

My main research interests are:

• mythical constructs used in news and feature reporting;
• the links between journalism and popular culture;
• apocalyptic narratives in journalism and film in a post September 11 world;
• blogging, hypertext and online media.

My CV (pdf)

About this website

This website, conceived as a hypertextual self presentation, acknowledges the social and personal aspect of the archive in that it is designed to be:

• a site for personal reflection, investigation and aggregation
• a way of sharing that knowledge
• a point of contact and node in a series of feedback loops

To engage with the conversation you can visit my blogs or email me.