Martin Hirst

Dr Martin Hirst is a freelance scholar, author, journalist and artist working in Melbourne, Australia. He has worked as a journalist and editor since 1975 and taught journalism in Australia, New Zealand and the UK between 1993 and 2016. Dr Hirst is a founding editor of the open access journal The Political Economy of Communication , published by the Political Economy section of the International Association of Mass Communication Research. He is also the author of seven books about journalism.

Dr Martin Hirst is a freelance scholar, author, journalist and artist working in Melbourne, Australia. He has worked as a journalist and editor since 1975 and taught journalism in Australia, New Zealand and the UK between 1993 and 2016. Dr Hirst is a founding editor of the open access journal The Political Economy of Communication , published by the Political Economy section of the International Association of Mass Communication Research. He is also the author of seven books about journalism. See less