Jim Tully
Position
Associate Professor
Head of School
Department Co-ordinator, Journalism
Qualifications
M.A. (Hons)
Graduate Diploma in Journalism
Room
102, Locke Building
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2881
Internal Phone: 6881
jim.tully@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
School of Social and Political Sciences
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Background
Associate Professor Jim Tully has been Head of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Canterbury since 2009. He joined academia in 1987 after 18 years in daily newspapers during which he was the inaugural New Zealand Journalist of the Year and held such positions as editorial manager and assistant editor of the Auckland Star and editor of the 8 O’Clock weekend newspaper.
Jim has acted as a UNESCO consultant in Western Samoa and the Cook Islands and has held numerous workshops on science communication for the Royal Society of New Zealand.
He has edited “Challenging the Future: Connecting the Words in Risk Communication”, published by the NZ Centre for Advanced Engineering; edited and wrote most of “Intro: a beginner’s guide to professional news journalism”, the prescribed text for journalism schools in New Zealand; co-edited “In the Public Interest”.
Jim received the university’s Teaching Award in 2007. He is a frequent commentator on the media.
Undergraduate Courses
Graduate Courses
COMS 403, Graduate Diploma in Journalism
Research Interests
His main research interests are media ethics, science communication and foreign news.
School Administration
Head of School
Recent Publications
Please see Jim's UC Research Profile for a full list of publications: