John Henningham is an

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journalist and journalism educator. The first Professor of Journalism in Australia, he was also the first Australian to be awarded a PhD in Journalism.

Early career

Henningham graduated from the

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and worked as a journalist with newspapers the ''Daily Mirror'', ''The Sun'' and ''

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'' and the

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before entering

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. He joined the staff of the

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in 1978 and was responsible for the university's establishing the Department of Journalism in 1991. He is founder and director of the journalism college

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He was previously head of the Department of Journalism at the

. Henningham has written and edited books, journals, chapters and articles on journalism and the news media, including ''Looking at Television News'', ''Issues in Australian Journalism'', and ''Institutions in Australian Society'', and has been a media commentator in the press and on radio. His best-known research is based on national surveys of journalists in Australia, He has also been a strong advocate of journalism education, arguing the case for its distinct purpose and the need to separate it from other forms of communication. Henningham was founding editor of ''Australian Studies in Journalism'' and ''Australian Journalism Monographs'' and has also edited ''Australian Journalism Review'', published by the

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. He has been a visiting fellow and researcher at the

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, the Reuter Foundation at Green College,

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, and the

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, as well as visiting professor of journalism at

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. He is adjunct professor at

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and a director of the Asia Pacific Journalism Centre.APJC Board members
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References

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