Professor Kerry Green

Professor Kerry Philip Green is Head of the School of Communication at the University of South Australia. He specialises in newspaper audience research, computer-assisted journalism, multimedia journalism, and news media organisation and management. As part of his research, Professor Green is the project leader of a Federal Government-funded project investigating Trauma and the Newsroom. The project conducts research into psychological trauma that difficult reporting assignments may cause to both journalists and their audience members. Professor Green also is part of a national research project, funded by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, investigating the representation of ethnic diversity in Australia’s news media. He also is a member of the industry advisory panel to the Federal Government’s Mindframe project on suicide and mental health, and works with the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA). Professor Green has a background in the print media, with experience as a daily newspaper editor in Queensland. He holds a PhD in journalism from the University of Queensland, a Masters degree in Journalism and bachelor degrees in Economics and Arts.

Journalism and trauma: Dart Centre Australasia

Journalism education: Suicide and mental illness

Trauma and the Newsroom: ARC-funded research

Journalism Education Association http://www.jea.org.au/

Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance http://www.alliance.org.au/