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Ivor Gaber

Ivor Gaber is a British academic and journalist. He is Professor of Political Journalism at University of Sussex, and Emeritus Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London. He serves as the UK Representative: on UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication.

Contents

1 Early Life

2 Journalism

3 Academic Career

4 International

Early Life

Born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, he grew up in London and read for a BA in History and Politics at the University of Warwick before completing an MA in Labour Studies at the University of Sussex. He was awarded a PhD by City, University of London, in 2013 for his thesis titled &quot;A Crisis in Political Communications? Reflections of a Critical Practitioner&quot;.

Journalism

His broadcast experience includes:

Member of the ITN planning team that devised and launched Channel Four News

Led the bid that won the contract to televise the committees of the Lords and Commons and then the contract to televise both the main chambers.

Planned and oversaw how the then new radio station, BBC 5 Live, would cover politics on a 24/7 basis Results Editor for ITV News&#39; live election results programme for every election between 1997 and 2019

Devised and produced a weekly &#39;person-in-the-news&#39; programme for 5 Live

Devised and produced a weekly programme about life in the UK for BBC World Service

Academic Career

In 2015 Ivor Gaber became the University of Sussex’s first Professor of Journalism. He is also Emeritus Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London, Visiting Professor of Media and Politics at the University of Bedfordshire and Senior Research fellow at City, University of London. He has published over 70 articles and chapters in the field of political communications and has authored or co-authored five books, with the most recent being: Culture Wars: the media and the British Left (new and revised edition) (with J.Curran and J.Petley) London, Routledge 2019.

International Experience

At UNESCO, representing the UK, Ivor Gaber initiated the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity. He has worked with political journalists in countries transitioning to democracy beginning in the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Recently he has focused mainly on sub-Saharan Africa including devising and running election reporting projects in Nigeria, Malawi and Uganda.