Andrew Dickinson
Senior Lecturer in Multimedia Journalism and Programme leader MA Multimedia Journalism
My profile
Biography
Andy Dickinson is a senior lecturer and course leader of the MA in Multimedia Journalism in the School of Journalism and Digital communication at Manchester Metropolitan University.
He has over 20 years of experience in Journalism education, training and consultancy. Prior to joining MMU he was a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire.
Andy’s career started in TV as a video editor and director specialising in documentary production. Broadcast clients including Sky, Granada TV, BBC and Discovery Channel.
But his career has led him to focus on the shift to digital and online journalism helping both students and industry grapple with the challenges of working in a digital world.
Research outputs
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Chapters in books
Dickinson, A., Cook, C. (2016) 'UK Social Media, Citizen Journalism and Alternative News.' The Future of Quality News Journalism A Cross-Continental Analysis. Routledge,
Dickinson, A. (2015) 'Data Journalism: Inside the global future.' Data Journalism: Inside the Global Future. Abramis,
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Journal articles
Beckett, C., Dickinson, A. (2011) 'BOOK REVIEWS.' Journalism Practice, 5(3) pp. 376-380.
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Conference papers
Lochrie, M., Dickinson, A., Matthys, G., Baudouin, O., Gradinar, A., Egglestone, P. (2016) 'Co-designing a physical to digital experience for an onboarding and blended learning platform.' pp. 660-665.
Mills, J., Lochrie, M., Dickinson, A., Metcalfe, T., Egglestone, P. (2015) 'Connected paper, EKKO and analytic futures: News and paper data.' pp. 253-258.
Dickinson, A., Lochrie, M., Egglestone, P. (2015) 'UKKO: Enriching persuasive location based games with environmental sensor data.' pp. 493-498.
Dickinson, A., Lochrie, M., Egglestone, P. (2015) 'DataPet: Designing a participatory sensing data game for children.' pp. 263-264.