Journalism in Contemporary & Historical Contexts Research

Prof. Colum Kenny is a member of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland and of its statutory Broadcasting Compliance Committee. His research in the field of professional history, including that of the legal profession, has led to his being invited to join the Library Committee of the Honorable Society of King's Inns. Colum is also a frequent contributor to the Sunday Independent, Ireland's most widely read broadsheet Sunday newspaper. For recent articles, see http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/colum-kenny/

Colum is interested in supervising masters and PhD theses on: Journalism Practice; Media History; Media Policy; Religion and Communication.

Dr. Mark O’Brien’s research focuses on newspaper and media history and political communication. He is secretary of the Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland and chairperson of the advisory board of the Media History Collection, DCU Library & Archive. His current research projects include a book on political communication in Ireland and a book on periodicals in twentieth century Ireland. Mark is interested in supervising masters and PhD theses on: Media & Journalism History, Journalism Studies, Political Communication, Conflict & Censorship and Journalism & Social Change, including political journalism, crime journalism and the role of social affairs journalism in the modernisation of society