Tim Crook
Position held:
Senior Lecturer in Communications
Phone:
+44 (0)20 7919 7611
Fax:
+44 (0)20 7919 7616
Email:
t.crook (@gold.ac.uk)
International Media Law and Ethics, Dramaturgy of espionage and spy fiction, Propaganda and use of Information in War, All aspects of Radio and Journalism Practice and History, Practice and History of Radio Drama, and prose/scriptwriting for stage, film and television.
Education
Professional training in Radio Journalism at the London College of Printing, Law at the University of London, Literature, Film & Television History, Crime & Social Policy at the Open University and postgraduate research in Performance Studies at Roehampton University.
Research interests
Information Terrorism
Dramaturgy of espionage and spy fiction
The performance of lying in audio/radio media
Anti-Semitism in Media History
Practice Theory literature for Journalism and Broadcasting
Selected publications
'Comparative Media Law and Ethics', London, New York: Routledge, 2009
'Media Law' in Broadcast Journalism: A Critical Introduction, Routledge 2008
'Sociology of Radio' in Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2006
International Radio Journalism - History, Theory & Practice, London, New York: Routledge, 1998
Radio Drama - Theory & Practice, London, New York: Routledge, 1999
Entries on Alistair Cooke, Frank Gillard, Desert Island Discs, Broadcasting House, British Radio Journalists, BBC Radio, BBC Radio Programming, World Radio Drama, US Radio Drama, BBC Local Radio and Giles Cooper for Radio Encyclopaedia, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearbon (An imprint of Taylor & Francis), 2004
Tim Crook's evidence on restorative justice reform for media law to the UK House of Commons select enquiry into libel, privacy and press standards in September 2009.
Memoranda for the House of Commons Select Committee Culture, Media and Sport: 'Whatever happened to News at Ten?', 2000 and 'Funding the BBC', 1999
Grants & awards
More than 60 professional awards for drama, journalism and production: UK Sony, US International Radio Festivals, Prix Italia, and Writers Guild of Great Britain
Radio Reporter of the Year 1985
Campaign for Freedom of Information Award 1988
Grand Award for Entertainment 1994
Professional activities
Membership of professsional organisations & advisory groups
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Board of Distinguished Advisors to the International Radio Festival of New York
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Manufactures
National Union of Journalists
Visiting Instructor on Media Law to the British Broadcasting Corporation
Web links
www.irdp.co.uk
www.ma-radio.gold.ac.uk
Online review by Paul A Green of Radio Drama: Theory & Practice
Evidence to the Mediawise Child Exploitation and the Media Forum in 1997 that secrecy attaching to UK family proceedings and the position of children in youth courts would undermine public confidence and judicial standards.
Bournemouth University's London Broadcasting Company / Independent Radio News [LBC/IRN] Archive Project
Daily Telegraph article on Public Interest/Private Lives
Companion website for Comparative Media Law & Ethics with monthly blog
Television and video output
Documentaries on Great War audio dramas for BFBS and BBC Radio Four 2007
Originator and co-producer of documentaries on the Electrophone and Mabel Constanduros for BBC Radio Four in 2005
Radio Drama author, producer and director for UK independent radio, NPR USA and BBC Radio
Professional Theatre director and consultant and dramaturg for UK film and television