Biography
Fergal Quinn joined UL as Lecturer in Journalism in 2014. He worked for over a decade as a print and multimedia journalist with RTÉ, The Cambodia Daily, The Irish Times, Longford Leader and The Roscommon Herald and completed his doctorate with Dublin City University.
He recently co-edited a special edition of Critical Discourse Studies: "Journalism and Inequality" and leads the newly launched MA in Journalism, Sport in UL.
Research Interests
Research interests include:
- journalism ethics
-representation of minorities and societal inequality in journalism output
- comparative models of journalism practices and journalism discourses, particularly intermedia ones
- journalism training, particularly in developing world and post-conflict environments
- developments in digital media and implications for journalism practice
Teaching Interests
Broadcast journalism
Radio journalism
TV journalism
Multimedia journalism
Media ethics
Writing and reporting
Writing for media
Professional Activities
Association
- 2016 Member, Centre for Applied Language Studies
Publications
Book Chapter
Cambodia and the United Nations 1980-2000 (and beyond)
Quinn, Fergal and Doyle, Kevin
Cambodia and the West, 1500-2000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55532-8_8
Conference Contribution
IAMCR Tampere 2020
Quinn, Fergal
#Resistance: Exploring digital resistance by marginalised groups
Prendergast, Muireann; Quinn, Fergal
10 years of Journalism at University of Limerick
Fergal Quinn
SAI Annual Conference, 2017
Quinn, Fergal & Vaughan, Elaine
Critical Media Literacy: Who needs it
Quinn, Fergal & Vaughan, Elaine
IAMCR Annual conference 2016
Quinn, Fergal
Conference Publication
Communication, Media and Journalism research group
Fergal Quinn, Muireann Prendergast & Audrey Galvin
Other Publication
Language, power and media coverage of minorities
Fergal Quinn & Elaine Vaughan
DOI: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0409/1041597-language-power-and-media-coverage-of-minorities/
Peer Reviewed Journal
Justice reframed? An analysis of Twitter and print media discourses on two sexual assault verdicts
Prendergast, Muireann; Quinn, Fergal
Journalism Practice
DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2020.1786436
Telling the truth about power? Journalism discourses and the facilitation of inequality
Silke, Henry; Quinn, Fergal; Rieder, Maria
Critical Discourse Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2019.1568897
Discourses of tragedy: a comparative corpus- based study of newspaper reportage of the Berkeley balcony collapse and Carrickmines fire
Quinn, Fergal & Vaughan, Elaine
Critical Discourse Studies
DOI: 10.1080/17405904.2019.1568895
Her Name was Clodagh: Twitter and the News Discourse of Murder Suicide
Fergal Quinn, Muireann Prendergast, Audrey Galvin
Critical Discourse Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2019.1568896
Failing to Prepare? Journalism Ethics Education in the Developing World: The Case of Cambodia
Fergal Quinn
Journal of Media Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23736992.2018.1441031