Tim Crook - Head of Radio and Senior Lecturer in
Media Law and Ethics in the Media and Communications Department
at Goldsmiths, University of London
Tim in his office in New Academic Building
Tim Crook has been teaching and examining undergraduate
and postgraduate courses and programmes in media production, media
law and scriptwriting since 1991. His areas of expertise are international
media law & ethics, sound and radio, and the representation
of espionage in factual and fictional literature. He has been the
recipient of two Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
awards for the development of Intranet teaching resources and was
awarded a College Peake award for teaching in 2009. He has been
an external examiner for a variety of UK universities and has a
current appointment with City of Birmingham University. His conference
presentations include papers on radio drama, journalism, broadcasting
history and propaganda.
Publications:
Writing
Audio Drama: Radio, Film, Theatre and Other Media (2012)
London, New York: Routledge
The
Sound Handbook (2011) London, New York: Routledge
The
Secret Lives of a Secret Agent: The Mysterious Life and Times of
Alexander Wilson (2010) Kultura Press, England
Comparative
Media Law & Ethics (2009) London, New York: Routledge.
Chapter on ‘Media Law’ in Broadcast
Journalism: A Critical Introduction (2008) London, New York:
Routledge. Article on Sociology of Radio in Encyclopaedia of
Sociology, (2006) Oxford: Blackwells. Eleven articles on Radio
History in Chicago Museum of Broadcasting Encyclopaedia of Radio
(2004) New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, Taylor & Francis. Radio
Drama- Theory and Practice (1999) London, New York: Routledge.
Contributions on Media Law and reporting the courts to the 2nd Edition
of Commercial Radio Journalism by Linda Gage. (1999) London,
New York: Focal Press. International Radio Journalism - History,
Theory and Practice. (1998) London, New York: Routledge.
He is an active reviewer of books for academic journals.
Media Career:
He has been a journalist since the age of 16. His
career has involved newspaper, radio and television reporting, radio
presentation and investigative projects for a variety of national
and international media companies: ITN, BBC, The Independent, Independent
Radio News and LBC.
He won a Campaign for Freedom of Information Award for campaigning
against courtroom secrecy and establishing a statutory right of
appeal against Crown Court reporting bans. He secured the first
broadcast of ceremonial proceedings at the Royal Courts of Justice
when he recorded the valedictory speeches of Master of the Rolls
Lord Denning in 1982. He was commended and won broadcasting awards
for his live presentation on the night Diana, Princess of Wales
died in 1997 when he was credited for being among the first to announce
and verify the events of that night.
He has also had a parallel career in drama as writer, producer and
director in theatre, radio and television and received awards and
nominations at Prix Italia, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain,
Sony and the International Radio Festival of New York. More recently
he has co-produced and contributed to historical documentaries broadcast
on BBC Radio Four. He has written, directed and produced many productions
in the USA and is currently vice president of a production company
based in New York City.
Education:
Westminster City School, London. 1979 Certificate
in Radio Journalism (With Merit) from the London College of Printing.
Diploma in European Humanities, Diploma in Literature and B.A (Hons)
in Humanities with Literature. LLB(Hons) University of London. Further
B.A.(Hons) specialising in Film & Television History and Crime,
Control & Social Policy. Postgraduate research in Media Arts
at Royal Holloway, University of London. Elected as a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Arts, June 1998. Fellow of the Higher Education
Academy. Associate Member of the Institute of Educational Assessors.
Current Research Interests:
Propaganda, information terrorism, dramaturgy
of spying, espionage fiction of the 20th century, the history of
anti-Semitism in media communication, media law and ethics and radio
studies.
Companion
website for Comparative Media Law & Ethics
Companion
website for The Sound Handbook
Reviewing
radio and audio programmes
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