Research Interests
- Media history
- Australian history
- Conflict reporting
- Military-media relations
- Censorship, propaganda and war
- Press and war photography
- Photography
- Oral history
- Violence
- Journalism ethics
- Biography
- The reporting of genocide
- Crime
Research Projects and Grants
Chief Investigator with Mr Michael Gawenda, Associate Professor Sally Young and Professor Kate Darian-Smith, ARC Linkage Grant, 2012 – 2015, A History of Press Photography. Funding including: 2012 – $22,345; 2013 – $69,937; 2014 – $79,468.50; 2015 – $31,876. Conducted in partnership with the National Library of Australia and the Walkley Foundation.
Chief Investigator ARC Linkage Project Grant, 2005: Witnesses to War: Australian War Correspondents from the Boer to the Gulf War, 2005. Funding including APDI: 2005 – 2008: $75,000; 2006: $72,494; 2007: $72,494. Conducted in partnership with the CEW Bean Foundation and the National Library of Australia, with support from Dame Elisabeth Murdoch.