Paul Bradshaw (UK) is the course leader for the MA in Data Journalism and the MA Multiplatform and Mobile Journalism (formerly MA Online Journalism) at Birmingham City University in Birmingham, UK. Also consulting data journalist with the BBC Shared Data Unit and BBC England data unit, and freelance trainer and writer.
Publisher of the Online Journalism Blog. Named one of the UK's "most influential journalism bloggers" by UK Press Gazette, "The UK's Jeff Jarvis" by The Telegraph's Shane Richmond and "The English village Jay Rosen" by Ben Goldacre.
International speaker on online journalism, working with a number of media organisations in the UK and abroad. Former Visiting Professor at City University London, and founder of Help Me Investigate, a platform for crowdsourcing investigative journalism funded by Channel 4 and Screen West Midlands. The project was shortlisted and "highly commended" for Multimedia Publisher of the Year in the NUJ Regional Media Awards 2010. Also founder and organiser of the JEEcamp series of unconferences for journalism entrepreneurs and experimenters that ran from 2008-2010.
2016 winner of CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year Sports Reporting Award.
Previous experience includes working as a Group Editor for a specialist consumer magazine publisher, and Online Services Manager for an specialist industry magazine publisher.
Specialties: Data journalism, social media, website management, online journalism, interactive promotion, magazine production, blogging, search engine optimisation (SEO), social media optimisation (SMO).
