Fran Yeoman
May 1, 2021
Programme Leader Fran spent over a decade on national newspapers, most recently as assistant editor of i, having also worked for the...
Meet the team
Tim Abraham
September 30, 2020
Tim spent 23 years at Sky Sports and was their Cricket Correspondent after starting his career in local radio.
Christy Biggar
September 30, 2020
Christy teaches shorthand at LJMU after graduating from JMU Journalism with a first class degree.
Sophie Flowers
September 10, 2024
Sophie Flowers is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism specialising in digital journalism, feature writing, investigative journalism and...
Steve Harrison
September 30, 2020
Steve joined the Journalism department in 2008, having spent most of his working life as a journalist with the Liverpool Daily Post and...
Pete Leydon
September 30, 2020
Pete is an award-winning digital and print journalist with a long career spent as a reporter, editor and senior lecturer, including an...
John Mathews
September 30, 2020
John began his journalism career in local newspapers before spending 11 years at the BBC. He worked extensively for football's governing...
Lisa McAlister
September 10, 2024
Lisa has spent more than 20 years as a senior reporter, working across TV, Radio and Digital Platforms. She started her career in...
Sophie McCooey
July 4, 2024
Sophie McCooey joined LJMU in 2024 after working in journalism education for more than seven years at the University of Central Lancashire....
Tom McCooey
September 5, 2022
Tom is NCTJ and NCE trained, and also holds an MA in broadcast journalism and has industry experience includes roles in news, sport and...
Greg Nixon
July 10, 2023
Journalism lecturer Greg worked at local and regional newspapers including the Warrington Guardian, Liverpool Daily Post and Echo and...
Michelle Ponting
September 30, 2020
Senior Lecturer Michelle Ponting is an award-winning broadcast journalist with a background in commercial radio news, including the Key...
David Randles
January 18, 2020
David worked for Liverpool FC and the Liverpool Echo and as a freelance journalist before turning to teaching at universities in Salford...
Polly Sharpe
January 16, 2020
Polly began her broadcasting career in local radio before moving to the BBC where she became Output Editor on the Breakfast News show.
Dave Toomer
January 15, 2020
Dave has been a journalist for more than 30 years, having worked in local and national newspapers, magazines, public relations and digital...