Josephine (Jo) is currently an independent academic researcher. She’s recently been lecturing in public relations and professional communications at Birkbeck University London. Before that she was a senior lecturer at Brunel University London teaching the MA in Public Relations and Media Strategies. With professional experience as a radio journalist, presenter, and PR executive, her research focuses on community and audience engagement, content creation, and journalistic practice with a specific focus now on climate communications.
Jo currently presents the Saturday Breakfast Show on Cambridge Radio and is communications officer for the UK’s Radio and Audio Studies Section of scholarly association MeCCSA. She has published work on research methods such as practice-based approaches and participant observation, and has produced an academic podcast about creative and artistic teaching and practice in Higher Education. She has also written about the organisational aspects of, and digital technologies used in, community radio.
Right now, Jo is documenting the experiences of radio presenters and journalists involved in community radio who were, until recently, employed on mainstream radio stations.
She is also compiling case studies of community radio stations, shows, features and podcasts that provide coverage of environmental issues, sustainability and climate change conversations.
Current Research Participation Opportunities
Are you involved in producing and/or presenting a feature, show or podcast which regularly covers environmental issues, nature, climate change, sustainability etc?
If so, please get in touch and tell Jo more about what you do and how you do it.
Share Your Community Radio Story
Jo is compiling case studies – with practitioner insights, experiences and aspirations – of local community radio coverage of the environment.
By participating, you’ll be providing useful data for academic outputs that help document and amplify the important contribution our sector makes to society.
You can opt to remain anonymous. Shortened link is here.
Or you can scan the QR code to access the short survey.
