Associate Professor Stephen Lamble

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Associate Professor Stephen Lamble

DipTeach SCV Frankston, BLitt(Hons) Deakin, PhD Qld.

Position: Head of School of Communication, Associate Professor, Journalism
Office: DG.21
Tel: +61 7 5459 4478
Email: slamble@usc.edu.au

Teaching areas

  • Journalism
  • Communication Studies

Research areas

  • Computers, the internet and journalism
  • Journalism law
  • Methodology of journalism
  • Freedom of information around the world
  • Media convergence
  • History
  • Media management

Profile

Associate Professor Stephen Lamble is a journalist, academic and author. His PhD thesis is entitled Computer-Assisted Reporting and Freedom of Information .

A former senior staff journalist and bureau chief with News Limited's The Sunday Mail newspaper in Queensland, Dr Lamble has been the Queensland finalist in three categories of the Walkley Awards for journalism, including sections for the best investigative article, best coverage of a current story and most outstanding contribution to journalism in all media.

One of the first journalists in Australia to research and write computer-assisted reporting-based investigative articles, Dr Lamble also has extensive experience as a photo-journalist, sub-editor and editor of regional newspapers.

In addition to writing thousands of newspaper and magazine articles, he is a co-author of two research-informed journalism books: The Daily Miracle: An Introduction to Journalism, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, in conjunction with Dr David Conley PhD; and Online Newsgathering: Research and Reporting for Journalism, Focal Press, Burlington, Massachusetts, co-written with Associate Professor Stephen Quinn PhD.

He also maintains a comprehensive reference and research website for journalists, journalism students and other researchers around the world.

Dr Lamble’s research interests are in the fields of journalism education, journalism methodology, computer-assisted reporting, converged news reporting, investigative journalism, feature writing, history, freedom of information around the world, and comparative journalism law.

Publications

Books
  • Quinn S, Lamble S. 2007. Online newsgathering: Research and reporting for journalism, Focal Press, an imprint of Elsevier, Burlington, MA and Oxford, UK.
  • Conley D, Lamble S. 2006. The Daily Miracle: An introduction to journalism, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne.
Journal articles
  • Lamble S. 2004. Documenting the methodology of journalism, Australian Journalism Review, 26:1, July 2004, Journalism Education Association, Australia, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 85-106.
  • Lamble S. 2004. Media use of FoI surveyed: New Zealand puts Australia and Canada to shame, Freedom of Information Review, 109, February 2004. Clayton: Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd., Law Faculty, Monash University, Victoria, 5-9.
  • Lamble S. 2003. United States FoI laws are a poor model for statutes in other nations, Freedom of Information Review, 106, August 2003. Clayton: Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd., Law Faculty, Monash University, Victoria, 51-55.
  • Lamble S. 2003. FoI as a United States' foreign policy tool: A carrot and stick approach, Freedom of Information Review, 105, June 2003. Clayton: Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd., Law Faculty, Monash University, Victoria, 38-43.

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