Chris Nash is Professor of Journalism at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and on the advisory board of Pacific Journalism Review.
He is director of the journalism programme in the School of Journalism, Australian and Indigenous Studies, and teaches and supervises in Journalism Studies. Chris’s research interests are focussed on the conditions, relations and products of professional practice in Journalism, and range across journalist-source relations, creativity and professional practice, urban studies, environmental sustainability and social justice.
Previously for 10 years he was been director of the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ) at the University of Technology, Sydney.
Chris has worked professionally in radio and television at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and as an independent documentary film producer/director. He has won the Walkley Award for Journalism, and his best-known documentary film Philippines, my Philippines had international television and film festival release.
Chris sits on the board of directors of Greenpeace Australia Pacific.