Dr Lily Canter
Principal Lecturer and Subject Group Leader for Journalism
Summary
I am a freelance journalist, lecturer and journalism studies researcher. I am also responsible for managing the undergraduate and postgraduate journalism team at Sheffield Hallam University. I have experience as a newspaper, magazine and online journalist writing for The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC News, The Huffington Post and the regional press.
My research interests include regional newspapers, hyperlocal media, digital journalism, social media and journalism education. I teach a range of academic and practical modules including digital journalism, feature writing, journalism issues and research methods.
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Teaching
Journalism
BA Journalism MA Journalism MA Sports Journalism, MA International Journalism
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Publications
CANTER, Lily (2017). Co-authoring a paper with your undergraduate student. Journalism Education, 6 (1), 36-39.
CANTER, Lily and BROOKES, Daniel (2016). Twitter as a flexible tool: how the job role of the journalist influences tweeting habits. Digital Journalism.
CANTER, Lily (2015). Chasing the accreditation dream : do employers value accredited journalism courses. Journalism Education : The Journal of the Association of Journalism Education, 4 (1), 40-52.
CANTER, Lily (2014). Personalised Tweeting: the emerging practices of journalists on Twitter. Digital Journalism, 3 (6), 888-907.
CANTER, Lily (2014). Collaboration. In: ZION, Lawrie and CRAIG, David, (eds.) Ethics for digital journalists: emerging best practices. New York, Routledge, 145-158.
CANTER, Lily (2014). From traditional gatekeeper to professional verifier: how local newspaper journalists are adapting to change. Journalism Education : The Journal of the Association of Journalism Education, 3 (1), 102-119.
CANTER, Lily (2014). False dawns : the pasts of media futures. In: CONBOY, Martin and STEEL, John, (eds.) The Routledge companion to British media history. Abingdon, Routledge, 517-527.
CANTER, Lily (2013). The source, the resource and the collaborator: the role of citizen journalism in local UK newspapers. Journalism theory practice and criticism, 14 (8), 1091-1109.
CANTER, Lily (2013). The interactive spectrum: The use of social media in UK regional newspapers. Convergence: The international journal of new media technologies, 19 (4), 472-495.
CANTER, Lily (2013). The misconception of online comment threads: content and control on local newspaper websites. Journalism Practice, 7 (5), 604-619.
Other activities
External examiner, Leeds Trinity University
Festival Chair, Film NorthantsPostgraduate supervision
Part of supervisory team for PhD candidate researching journalism ethics
Media
Researcher and commentator on regional press and journalism education.
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