Dr Rachel Broady is a Lecturer in Media, Culture, Communication. She graduated with a doctorate from Liverpool John Moores University having researched the political unconscious in journalistic responses to poverty and protest during the cotton crisis. As a journalist, she wrote for national, regional and local newspapers, magazines and online publications. She still continues to write journalism but now focuses on analysing the industry and its practices. Her research interest is in epistemic injustice in the representations of poverty, with a focus on the news media. She currently leads a campaign in the National Union of Journalists, where she is also a branch equality officer, and seeks to challenge stereotypes of people experiencing poverty. Her work has led to collaborations with ATD Fourth World, Oxford University, Joseph Rowntree Foundation and others. Rachel's profile in international poverty research led her to be invited to the World Bank in Washington where she worked alongside people with experience of poverty, senior economists, and the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
Rachel is currently Module Leader on:
Analysing Entertainment Media
Public Communications
Professional Writing
Popular Journalism: Research in Practice
Degrees
2019, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD
2006, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, MA
1994, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom, BA
Academic appointments
Lecturer, Media, Culture, Communication, Liverpool John Moores University, 2019 - present
Graduate Teaching Assistant/Postgraduate researcher, Journalism, Liverpool John Moores University, 2015 - 2018
Sessional Lecturer, Media, Culture, Communication, Liverpool John Moores University, 2013 - 2015
Sessional Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2007 - 2018
