Fields of Research

Journalism studies
Communication studies
Professional writing and journalism practice
Social determinants of health
Health promotion
Other education
Australian government and politics
Media studies
Climate change processes
Environmental epidemiology
Tourist behaviour and visitor experience
Behavioural epidemiology
Implementation science and evaluation
Public health
Nutritional epidemiology
Social psychology

Research Objectives

The media
Determinants of health
Publishing and print services
Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture
Behaviour and health
Government and politics
Other education and training
Workforce transition and employment
Environmental ethics
Exercise
Socio-cultural issues in tourism
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Women's and maternal health
Nutrition
Health education and promotion

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A feel for the frame: towards a Bourdieusian frame analysis; Poetics
A freelance-based foreign exchange programme: Tasmanian students’ professional development on WORLDREP; Australian Journalism Review
Agonistic hopes in 'New Tasmania’: the utility and liability of ecological hope in solutions journalism; 70th Annual ICA Conference
Australian state allows optional listing of gender on birth certificates
Beating traffic only one consideration when weighing e-scooters' presence
Between public and brand engagement: communicating an ecological crisis; The 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference
Exploring new ways to get to work
Framing the Future: A Tasmanian Case Study; Institute for the Study of Social Change: Friday Seminar Series
Framing the Future: Propositional Journalism and the Construction of Leadership in ‘New Tasmania’
Freelancing, Foreign Exchange and Professional Development: Discussing the Europe and Australia in the World exchange programme; Annual Conference of the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia
Health by Stealth: Transport for an Active Tasmania
Natural disaster on Instagram: examining representations of the 2018–2019 Tasmanian fires; Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
Natural, unnatural, national: The Australian’s framing of natural disaster and climate change
News media, minority governments and 'New Tasmania'; The Media School Friday Seminar
Propositional journalism and navigational leadership in Tasmania; The Annual Conference of the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association
Propositional journalism and navigational leadership in Tasmania; Platform: journal of media and communication
Remembering 'New Tasmania’: Journalism & the Shape of the New
Solutions journalism and the politically awkward question of leadership; Annual Conference of the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia
Solutions Journalism: News at the Intersection of Hope, Leadership, and Expertise; Lexington Books
Talking Point: Answer is blowin’ in the wind
Tasmania fires risk 'wiping out' ancient species
Tasmanians need a fresher approach to heating and health
TV groups turn to solutions journalism, and viewers lean in with Michael Stahl
Working together a healthy plan

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision