James Morrison Editor & Author

James Morrison is a reader in journalism at Robert Gordon University, UK as well as a senior examiner for the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). Before entering academia he spent over a decade as a staff reporter for newspapers including the Independent on Sunday as well as working as a freelance writer for publications including the Guardian. His previous books include Familiar Strangers, Juvenile Panic and the British Press: The Decline of Social Trust (2016), Journalism: The Essentials of Writing and Reporting (2015) and Essential Public Affairs for Journalists (2009).