Sophie McCooey joined LJMU in 2024 as a senior lecturer and teaches in the Journalism department.
She has worked in journalism education at the University of Central Lancashire for more than seven years, before which she was a journalist for a number of newspapers in the North West, including the Wigan Observer and Post, the Bolton News and the Warrington Guardian.
Sophie studied English and History at the University of Liverpool and has a PGCert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. She also has a National Council for the Training of Journalists Certificate and the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism.
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