I lecture in Multimedia Journalism in the department of Media, Culture, Heritage.Before moving permanently into academia (in 2009), I was a trainer in online research at the BBC, and latterly at the Centre for Investigative Journalism. I was also an occasional freelance technology journalist.During my time at the BBC (2004-2008) I established a training praxis that involved applying theories from the field of Information Science to the practices of professional journalism.Today, my approach to teaching and learning at Newcastle is primarily concerned with the embodied communication of visual data.