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Andy Dickinson

Andy Dickinson

Andy is a Senior lecturer in Journalism at Manchester Metropolitan University where he is the program lead for the MA Multimedia Journalism.

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More than just an engine: Why the GM Civic University Agreement needs a conscience

The announcement of a refresh of the priorities of the Greater Manchester Civic University Agreement caught my eye this week. My uni MMU, is one of the universities involved. The agreement comes from a collection of the region's biggest universities working and outlines the priorities they think will

More reflections...on being a student.

It’s A-level results day, so it feels like a good moment to share some more of my reflections - this time on being a student.

25 years of journalism teaching

This coming academic year will be my 25th academic year. Here are a few observations on universities and journalism at university.

The video journalism triangle

Video journalism is a compromise between audience, production and journalism quality. How we understand that is what makes good video journalism.

Making the leap from X...

Twitter’s (X) continued fall from grace has meant a lot of journalists (and others) are making a more committed step to other platforms like Threads and BlueSky. Making the change is a good time to stop and assess the way we manage our social media platforms. In and amongst

Experimenting with AI-assisted first steps for journalism students

AI and journalism make for a contentious mix at the best of times. However recent experiments from Jschools show how it could work in bringing student journalists on board.

Don't blame the pyramid, blame the pharaohs.

BBC Radio 4 have a new series starting this week aimed at "giving you the tools to decode the news." How to read the news" was a good listen. But it did rub against some things about journalism that I find quite frustrating.

Pulling at Threads

So, Threads the much-trailed Meta Twitter clone is finally here. It brings with it a load of questions. But there's also a once-in-a-lifetime chance for journalism organisations to pause, touch and re-engage with social media. It's officially here! Threads. Meta's Twitter clone has gone

Scraping local election results.

The recent local elections were a good chance for a quick reminder of how scraping can help quickly release the data trapped in the amber of HTML

Innovation in Journalism: The weight of tradition and expectation.

Journalism startups want to change journalism for the better. But success means you’re still doing journalism. And that's baggage you’ve got to carry beyond the initial pitch.