Audrey Galvin


Contact Details

Associate Teacher
E: audrey.galvin@ul.ie

 
researcher

Biography

Audrey Galvin joined UL in 2014. She has worked for over a decade as a radio broadcast and multimedia journalist before becoming Deputy News Editor with Radio Kerry. 

Audrey has received over €50,000 in funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to research, produce and present a number of radio documentaries. Her radio project "The Silent Wounded" won a gold award from New York International Radio Festivals. She has most recently worked in New York producing a radio documentary on the Irish diaspora who worked on the 9/11 memorial. Audrey currently sits on the adjudication panel for Coimisiún na Meán assessing projects under the Sound and Vision scheme. 

Research Interests

Research interests include:
- Journalism content, production and audience reception
- Journalism ethics
- Representation of minorities and societal inequality in journalism output
- Media representations of social issues and minorities


Book Chapters

  Year Publication
2023 'Economic News Approaches'
Galvin, A; Hurley, B (2023) 'Economic News Approaches' In: Henry Silke, Fergal Quinn, Maria Rieder (eds). Silke, H., Quinn, F. and Rieder, M. eds., 2023. How to Read Economic News: A Critical Approach to Economic Journalism. London: Routledge. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
2023 'Parking Humanity at the Door? Journalists and Editors Perspectives on Covering Murder-Suicide in Ireland'
Galvin A. (2023) 'Parking Humanity at the Door? Journalists and Editors Perspectives on Covering Murder-Suicide in Ireland'. Journalism Practice, [DOI] [Details]
2021 'Shaping the ‘inexplicable’: A social constructionist analysis of news reporting of familicide-suicide'
Audrey Galvin; Fergal Quinn; Yvonne Quinn (2021) 'Shaping the ‘inexplicable’: A social constructionist analysis of news reporting of familicide-suicide'. Journalism, 24 (7) [Details]
2021 'Shaping the 'inexplicable': A social constructionist analysis of news reporting of familicide-suicide'
Galvin, A;Quinn, F;Cleary, Y (2021) 'Shaping the 'inexplicable': A social constructionist analysis of news reporting of familicide-suicide'. Journalism, [DOI] [Details]
2019 'Her name was Clodagh: Twitter and the News Discourse of murder-suicide'
Fergal Quinn; Muireann Prendergast; Audrey Galvin (2019) 'Her name was Clodagh: Twitter and the News Discourse of murder-suicide'. Critical Discourse Studies, [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
2023 IAMCR: Inhabiting the planet: Challenges for media, community and beyond
Galvin, A (2023) Parking Humanity at the Door? Journalists and Editors Perspectives on Covering Murder-Suicide in Ireland IAMCR: Inhabiting the planet: Challenges for media, community and beyond [Details]
2023 IAMCR: Inhabiting the planet: Challenges for media, community and beyond
Galvin, A (2023) “Find out why it happened, News Media Professionals attitudes towards guidelines and codes of practice when covering cases of murder-suicide IAMCR: Inhabiting the planet: Challenges for media, community and beyond [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2015 Gold medal winner in Social Issues Category for The Silent Wounded New York Festival International Radio Awards

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
IMRO National Radio Awards Ireland Judge 09-APR-23 /
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Adjudication Panel Sound and Vision Fund /

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Athena Swan AHSS Comittee member /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2013 MTU MA Creative Media Media
2001 UCC Bachelor of Arts English and History

Modules Taught

  Term (ID)) Title Link Subject
2014 Introduction to Radio Journalism JM4013Radio
2014 Radio Week JM4058Radio
2018 Introduction to Broadcast Journalism JM5061Radio Broadcasting
2018 Interviewing and Reporting JM4003Court and Council Reporting
2018 Sub-Editing and Design JM4031Sub editing and page layout
2018 Magazine Journalism and Advanced Layout and Design JM4044Magazine Journalism and Layout