Carl Hartley

Profile

I am a full-time lecturer in journalism at the University of Leeds, bringing nearly 25-years of industry experience to the classroom.

TEACHING

I teach broadcast and digital journalism within the School of Media and Communication.

I have been awarded a teaching Fellowship in Higher Education from Avance HE after demonstrating how my professional practice met the requirements of the Professional Standards Framework 2023.

As an educator I work to put students at the centre of their own learning, creating an environment with a focus on active learning.

INDUSTRY WORK

I still work in industry as a Senior Journalist at the BBC, regularly reading the news for BBC 5-Live and other BBC radio stations.

I am a consultant for the Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation reporting to the CEO and board of directors, offering areas of improvement and strategy’s to help achieve this. The role also sees me working with their presenters, producers and journalists through training and coaching sessions.

Before moving into teaching at the University of Leeds, I worked at all levels of the radio industry including managing a network of commercial radio stations.

- 2024: Judge for the prestigious audio industry awards the ARIAS. 

- 2024: Judge for the British Podcast Awards 

- 2024: Senior Fellow at the John Schofield Trust (Mentoring early career journalists)

- 2023: Judge for the Community Radio Awards

 

PROJECTS

I produce ‘The Sound of Politics’ podcast hosted by Professor Stephen Coleman. It explores the way politicians speak to the public, how the public speak to politicians, and what the two think of each other. Podcasting is a particular interest of mine and one of my research areas.

Would the podcasting industry benefit from regulation? I am in the process of research exploring this question with podcast creators.

I recently introduced a virtual reality crime scene to my first-year journalism teaching. It allows students to get hands on experience of reporting from a crime scene in the safe environment of the classroom. There are plans to build on this project in 2025. 

In 2024 I carried out a small scale research project in to ‘flipped learning’ a pedagogical approach (teaching method) that supports my philosophy of ‘student-centred’ and ‘active’ learning. I intend to build on this over the next academic year, with the intention to publish my findings.

PODCASTING

Panel speaker at the Humanaties Podcasting Symposium 2024. Session 8: Best Practices for Podcasting as Political Inquiry and Action (Friday 8^th November 2024).

Short presentation about my contribution to the 2024 Election Analysis Report at the University of Leeds (Wednesday 30^th October 2024)

Article published 26^th July: Political podcasts exploded during the UK election – is it time to regulate them?

Article published 14^th July 2024 (co-written with Professor Stephen Coleman): Is this the first podcast election? - UK Election Analysis

Responsibilities

• School of Media and Communication Academic Integrity Lead

Research interests

Journalism; Podcasts; Radio; Broadcast Media; Journalism Teaching;

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Qualifications

• MA Broadcast Journalism
• Fellowship of Higher Education Academy - Advance HE

Professional memberships

• MeCCSA (Media, Communication and Cultural Studies)
• The Radio Academy
• Humanities Podcast Network