缅北禁地

Introduction

I am Senior Lecturer 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 an original training praxis in digital literacies for professional journalism. 

This knowledge informed much of my early research, including my first monograph:  (Palgrave 2013). I am currently developing a post-critical theory of misinformation and verification, drawing upon this praxis, for Palgrave Pivot.

Separately, I have an interest in data literacies. Having published a theoretical account of the historical emergence of data visualization (, MIT Press, 2020), and various other theoretical reflections on the theme, I am currently developing an interdisciplinary theory of embodied visualization, for the Routledge Studies in Multimodality series.

Qualifications

• PhD in Communication ('') (Brunel University, London)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Academic Practice (Brunel University, London)
• MSc in Information Science, with distinction (City University, London)
• BA(Hons) in English (University of York)

Membership of scholarly societies

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2012-present).

Academic activities

Editorial Board member: 

Summary

My PhD in Communication ('' [2015]) is concerned with how news values are operationalized in online journalism and in visual data journalism. This early phase in my research involved reflexive and ethnographic methods, with a particular focus on newsroom ethnography.

More recently my research has shifted towards visual methods. Over the last few years I have devised and developed a new (multilevel discursive) theoretical framework for exploring data visualizations.

I have written a number of articles, chapters and reference works on this topic, and, in 2020, a monograph: , with MIT Press.

An excerpt from this book has been re-published by , and by .

I am currently undertaking a number of projects concerned with applying cognitive psychological and linguistic methods to data visualizations.

ORCID ID:

Teaching roles

Since starting at 缅北禁地 in 2014, I have led and/or designed nine modules (seven undergraduate, and two post-graduate taught): MCH1030 (led); MCH1036 (designed); MCH2220 (led); MCH2059 (led); MCH2060 (designed); COM2068 (led); MCH3079 (designed); MCH8057 (led); MCH8104 (designed).

I currently lead the following modules:

• MCH3079: Social Media Data Journalism
• MCH8057: News Media Analysis
• MCH8014: Cultures of Data Visualization

I also contribute to teaching, and supervise students on the following modules:

• MCH3072: Journalism and Media Research Dissertation
• MCH8299:

Administrative roles

I am currently Degree Program Director for our MA degree programs.

• Articles

  • Dick, M. . Javnost: The Public 2022, 29(2), 130-146.
  • Dick M. . Popular Science 2020.
  • Dick M. . Time 2020.
  • Dick M. . 2016.
  • Dick M. . Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics 2016, 13(1), 32-38.
  • Dick M. . Journalism Studies 2015, 16(2), 152-174.
  • Dick Murray. . Digital Journalism 2014, 2(4), 490-506.
  • Dick Murray. The Rebirth of the Beat: A Hyperlocal News-gathering model. Journalism Practice 2012, 6(5-6), 754-765.
  • Dick Murray. Vanishing Point: On the consequences of lost online news in the UK. Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics 2011, 8(1/2), 14-19.
  • Dick Murray. Search Engine Optimisation in UK News Production. Journalism Practice 2011, 5(4), 462-477.

• Authored Books

  • Dick M. . Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. In Press.
  • Dick Murray. A Multimodal-Experimental Approach to Data Visualization: Embodying Information. Routledge, 2026. In Preparation.
  • Dick M. . Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2020.
  • Dick M. . London: Brunel University, 2015.
  • Dick Murray. . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Higher Education, 2013.

• Book Chapters

  • Murray D. . In: Bradshaw T; Joseph S; Keeble RL; Matheson D, ed. Ethical Space Journal with a difference: Celebrating 20 Years. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Abramis Academic Publishing, 2023, pp.144-156.
  • Dick, M, Vizoso Á, Silva-Rodríguez A. . In: García Orosa B, ed. 25 años de ciberdemocracia en España. Cizur Menor, Navarra: Aranzadi, 2022, pp.131-150.
  • Vizoso A, Figueiras A, Dick M. . In: Toural-Bran,C;Vizoso,A;Pérez-Seijo,S;Rodriguez-Castro,M;Negreira-Rey,M, ed. Information Visualization in the era of Innovative Journalism. Routledge, 2020, pp.21.
  • Dick M. . In: Tim P. Vos and Folker Hanusch, ed. The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2019.
  • Dick M. . In: Franklin, B; Eldridge, S, ed. The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies. London: Routledge, 2017, pp.498-508.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Dick M. . In: Connecting & Sharing: The Book of Selected Readings 2023. 2023, International Visual Literacy Association.
  • Dick M. . In: Actes / Proceedings TICEMED 12. 2021, Athens: Association Internationale Ticemed.
  • Dick M. . In: Future of Journalism Conference. 2015, Cardiff, UK.
  • Dick Murray. From Muckraker to misfit: an epistemology of investigative journalism. In: Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies Forum on Intelligence Analysis. 2012, Brunel University, London.
  • Dick Murray. Content Analysis 2.0: A Framework for Using Wordle. In: AHRC research network conference: Exploring the language of the popular in Anglo-American Newspapers 1833-1988. 2011, ICOSS, University of Sheffield.
  • Dick Murray. Investigative online search [Translated into Russian by Emin Milli]. In: Conference for investigative journalists from Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. 2010, Open Society Institute Azerbaijan.

• Exhibition

  • Dick M. . 2025. Special Collections & Archives exhibition area, Level 2: Phillip Robinson Library, 10.

• Online Publications

  • Dick M. . 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: 缅北禁地, 2026. Available at: .
  • Dick M. . Special Collections, 缅北禁地, 2025. Available at: .
  • Dick M. . Cambridge: Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University, 2023. Available at: .
  • Dick M. . Jesmond Library: Jesmond Library Blog, 2023. Available at: .
  • Dick, M. . Sage Research Methods, 2022. Available at: .
  • Dick Murray. . London: Centre for Investigative Journalism, 2011. Available at: .
  • Dick Murray, Ward Mark. Web searches for minority groups. BBC News, 2008.
  • Dick Murray. Is the future in bits?. BBC News, 2008.

• Working Paper

  • Dick M. . 2012, 1-26.