Professor Stephen Jukes
- Emeritus Professor
- Weymouth House W335, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography
Stephen Jukes is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Media & Communication.
He had earlier spent two decades as a foreign correspondent and media executive covering news in Europe, the Middle East and the United States for Reuters. During a series of postings he covered or oversaw coverage of many top stories ranging from the ousting of Margaret Thatcher and disappearance of Robert Maxwell to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.
He reported extensively from the Middle East, interviewing King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, and oversaw coverage of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. In his final position at Reuters he was global Head of News responsible for all editorial output including text, TV, news pictures and graphics.He also ran Reuters publishing programme overseeing a series of books on foreign and financial affairs in conjunction with Pearson and Prentice Hall.
His research interests are informed by his professional practice as a journalist and focus on areas of conflict, trauma, emotion and objectivity in news... He is member of Bournemouth University's Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice (CESJ).
He was appointed Dean of what was then the Media School in 2005 and oversaw its transition to a faculty before stepping down from that role in February 2016 and becoming Professor of Journalism. Before his work at Bournemouth University he was a visiting scholar at Green College Oxford researching into areas of journalism and spin.
He plays an active role in the charities founded by the US Dart Foundation which are designed to support journalists suffering from traumatic stress and to promote better reporting of traumatic news events such as war and terror attacks.
moreJournal Articles
- Jukes, S., Fowler-Watt, K. and Rees, G., 2022. Reporting the Covid-19 Pandemic: Trauma on Our Own Doorstep. Digital Journalism, 10 (6), 997-1014.
- Jukes, S., Charles, M. and Fowler-Watt, K., 2020. Rethinking journalism practice through innovative approaches to post conflict reporting. Journalism Practice.
- Jukes, S., 2019. Reporting Global While Being Local—Commentary for Special Edition of Journalism Studies. Journalism Studies, 20 (12), 1798-1802.
- Jukes, S., 2019. How social media and technology are challenging journalists’ perceptions of their role. Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture, 10 (1-2), 111-127.
- Jukes, S., 2019. Crossing the line between news and the business of news: Exploring journalists' use of twitter. Media and Communication, 7 (1 JournalismandSocialMedia), 248-258.
- Jukes, S., 2018. Back to the Future: How UK-based news organisations are rediscovering objectivity. Journalism Practice, 12 (8), 1029-1038.
- Jukes, S., 2016. Where's George Bush? University students weather the trauma storm of Hurricane Katrina. Journalism Education.
- Jukes, S., 2016. News in the Digital Age - what does it mean for media literacy? Media Education Research Journal, 7.1.
- Jukes, S., 2006. Can Multi-media Technology and Training for Journalists Change Reporting on Development? Development Education Journal, 12 (2).
- Jukes, S., 2002. Journalism's Challenges in an Instantaneous Age. Harvard International Review, 24 (2).
Books
- Jukes, S., 2022. News Agencies. Anachronism or Lifeblood of the Media System?. Routledge.
- Jukes, S., 2020. Journalism and Emotion. Sage.
- Fowler-Watt, K. and Jukes, S., 2019. New Journalisms: rethinking practice theory and pedagogy. Routledge.
- Jebril, N., Jukes, S., Iordanidou, S. and Takas, E., 2019. Journalism, society and politics in the digital media era.
- Jebril, N., Jukes, S., Iordanidou, S. and Takas, E., 2019. Introduction: The digital media era: Challenges and transformations.
- Jukes, S., McDonald, K. and Starkey, G., 2017. Understanding Broadcast Journalism. Routledge.
- Alexander, R., Bickler, C., Borden, A., Davis, A., Chazan, Y., MacLeod, J. and Stroehlein, A., 2004. Reporting for Change: a Handbook for local Journalists in Crisis Areas. Institute for War & Peace Reporting.
- Baker, L. et al., 2004. Under Fire: Untold Stories from the Front Line of the Iraq War. Prentice Hall.
- Trevelyan, M., Worsnip, P., Holmes, P., Lyon, A. and Storey, D., 2003. Saddam's Iraq - Face-off in the Gulf. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Elgood, G. and Reuters photographers, 2003. Twenty-One Days to Baghdad - a Chronicle of the Iraq War. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Israeli Palestinian Conflict: Anatomy of Tragedy. Prentice Hall.
- Afghanistan: Lifting the Veil. Prentice Hall.
- September 11: A Testimony. Prentice Hall.
Chapters
- Jukes, S., 2022. Emotion in Journalism. In: Borchard, G., ed. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism 2nd Edition. Sage Publications, Incorporated.
- Moeller, S. and Jukes, S., 2022. Images, Fakery and Verification. The Palgrave Handbook of Media Misinformation. 297-314.
- Jukes, S., 2021. Compassion, emotion and objectivity in global reporting. Handbook of Global Media Ethics. 655-675.
- Jukes, S., 2021. Reporting Global While Being Local. In: Mitra, S. and Paterson, C., eds. Reporting Global while being Local: Local Producers of News for Distant Audiences. Routledge.
- Fowler-Watt, K., 2020. Global voices in journalism education. In: Jebril, N., Jukes, S., Takas, M. and Iordanidou', S., eds. Journalism, Society and Politics in the Digital Media Era. Intellect Books.
- Jebril, N., Jukes, S., Iordanidou, S. and Takas, E., 2020. The Digital Media Era: Challenges and Transformations. Journalism, Society and Politics in the Digital Media Era. Intellect.
- Jukes, S., 2019. Journalists in Search of Identity. In: Jukes, S. and Fowler-Watt, K., eds. New Journalisms: Rethinking Practice, Theory and Pedagogy. London: Routledge.. Routledge.
- Fowler-Watt, K., 2019. New journalisms, new pedagogies. In: Fowler-Watt, K. and Jukes, S., eds. New Journalisms: Rethinking Practice, Theory and Pedagogy. Routledge.
- Fowler-Watt, K. and Jukes, S., 2019. New journalisms, new challenges. In: Fowler- Watt, K. and Jukes, S., eds. New Journalisms: Rethinking Practice, Theory and Pedagogy. Routledge.
- Mihailidis, P. and Gerodimos, R., 2019. Civic Intentionality and the Transformative Potential of Journalism Pedagogies. In: Jukes, S. and Fowler-Watt, K., eds. New Journalisms: Rethinking Practice, Theory and Pedagogy. London: Routledge.
- Jukes, S., 2018. The newsroom is no longer a safe zone - assessing the affective impact of graphic user-generated images on journalists working with social media. In: Sampson, T., Ellis, D. and Maddison, S., eds. Affect and Social Media. Rowman and Littlefield.
- Jukes, S. and Allan, S., 2014. Guarding the Guardians: The Leveson Inquiry and the Future of Independent Journalism. In: Bennett, J. and Strange, N., eds. Media Independence: Working with Freedom or Working for Free?. Routledge.
- Jukes, S., 2014. Uneasy Relationships: Journalists, Social Media and the Implication for News. Mediated Communities: Civic Voices, Empowerment, and Belonging in the Digital Era. New York: Peter Lang.
- Jukes, S., 2013. A Perfect Storm. In: Fowler-Watt, K. and Allan, S., eds. Journalism: New Challenges. CJCR: Centre for Journalism & Communication Research, Bournemouth University.
Conferences
- Jukes, S., Orner, R., Betz, M., Healey, J. and Soliman, A.S., 2021. Roundtable - Trauma in international journalism: toward an education agenda. In: International Association for Media and Communication Research 2021 11-15 July 2021 Nairobi/ virtual.
- Fowler-Watt, K., Jukes, S. and Rees, G., 2021. Reporting the Pandemic: Trauma on our own Doorstep. In: FMC Humanities and Social Science Research seminar series 24 February 2021 Bournemouth University.
- Jukes, S., Charles, M. and Fowler-Watt, K., 2021. Rethinking Journalism Practice Through Innovative Approaches to Post Conflict Reporting. Journalism Practice, 15 (6), 767-784.
- Jukes, S., 2019. How social media and technology are challenging journalists’ perceptions of their role. , 92-111.
- Jukes, S., 2018. From Vietnam to terror on the streets of European cities - how journalism embraced emotion and the therapy culture. In: Association for Psychosocial Studies Biennial Conference 5-7 April 2018 Bournemouth University.
- Jukes, S., 2018. The Affective Dimension of Journalism in the Coverage of Protest and Social Movements. In: Emotional Politics - the Role of Affect in Social Movements and Organizing 31 May 2018 University of Kent.
- Jukes, S., 2017. News and objectivity - back to the future? In: Future of Journalism 14-15 September 2017 Cardiff University.
- Fowler-Watt, K. and Jukes, S., 2017. Cross cultural student journalism exchange - Covering the 2016 U.S. conventions and election. In: Media Education Summit 2017 15-17 June 2017 Segovia, Spain.
- Jukes, S., 2017. Assessing the affective impact of the Brexit campaign on the journalists who covered it. In: Affect & Social Media Symposium 3.0 25 May 2017 University of East London.
- Muridzo, S., Nordberg, D. and Jukes, S., 2017. Suppressing higher aims? Buried institutional logics resurface in public service broadcasting in Zimbabwe, 1970-2008. In: British Academy of Management 5-7 September 2017 Warwick.
- Jukes, S. and Fowler-Watt, K., 2017. The Need for Trauma Awareness in Journalism Education. In: Media Education Summit 4-5 November 2016 Rome.
- Jukes, S., 2017. Aberfan - Remembering, Forgetting and Moving on. In: Aberfan - Remembering, Forgetting and Moving on 8 September 2016 Cardiff University.
- Jukes, S., 2016. The newsroom is no longer a safe zone – assessing the affective impact of graphic user-generated images on journalists working with social media. In: Affect & Social Media symposium 23 March 2016 University of East London.
- Jukes, S., 2015. Journalists at risk – looking beyond just physical safety. In: The Future of Journalism - Risks, Threats and Opportunities 10-11 September 2015 Cardiff University.
- Jukes, S., 2015. News in the Digital Age - What does it mean for Digital Literacy? In: Media Education Summit 2015 20-21 November 2015 Boston, USA.
- Jukes, S., 2015. Covering the conflict in Ukraine - what can social media add? In: Moscow's Hybrid War in Ukraine 25 February 2015 Bournemouth University.
Reports
- Rees, G., Shackle, S., Jukes, S., Ruhfus, J., Thomas, L. and Lamb, C., 2021. Reporting on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Dart Centre for Journalism & Trauma (Europe). Available from: https://www.coveringcrsv.org/.
- Jukes, S., 2020. Submission to the House of Lords select committee on the Future of Journalism. House of Lords select committee on Communications and Digital. Available from: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj3z6uvx9HpAhV1SBUIHb2OBRMQFjAIegQIDhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommittees.parliament.uk%2Fwrittenevidence%2F1797%2Fpdf%2F&usg=AOvVaw0EccaLomQ4xJDAVe6NvZ8g.
- Jukes, S., Rees, G. and Shapiro, B., 2012. Submission to the Leveson Inquiry - Culture, Practice & Ethics of the Press. The Leveson Inquiry. Available from: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140122145147/http:/www.levesoninquiry.org.uk/about/published-submissions1/module-4-submissions-on-the-future-regime-for-the-press/.
- Jukes, S., Budd, S.A., Bones, C., Stocking, B., Naughton, J. and Grey-Thompson, D.T., 2007. Independent Panel Report into Impartiality of BBC Business Coverage. BBC Trust. Available from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/editorial_standards/impartiality/business_news.html.
Others
- Jukes, S. and Fowler-Watt, K., 2020. Fergal Keane: hopes that BBC reporter’s courage will help remove stigma of PTSD in journalists. The Conversation. Published online.
PhD Students
- Searchmore Muridzo, 2021. Viability of public broadcasting as principal media: the case of Zimbabwe
- Amal Almoualed. Saudi women journalists – an exploration of their roles and practices in a world of social media
- Nicole Blanchett-Neheli. News by numbers: How analytics are changing journalism
- Tim Sontheimer. Technologies of Policing Protest and Security Assemblages in the Middle East
- Xin Zeng. Chinese Young People's Engagement with Journalism: Perspectives & Attitudes towards the News (graduated in 2015)
- Yomna Kamel. News, the Internet and Political Protest: Al-Jazeera, BBC and Reuters Reporting of the Arab Spring and its Aftermath (graduated in 2015)
Grants
- The Children of the Revolution: Animating the Lives of ex-FARC Child Soldiers to Promote Reconciliation (BU Global Challenges Research Fund, 01 Apr 2018). Awarded
- Hazardous environment training for journalists: a mobile training platform (Higher Education Innovation Funding, 01 Aug 2015). In Progress
- Journalism & Emotional Literacy (Arts and Humanities Research Council, 01 Sep 2006). Completed
External Responsibilities
- Future News Worldwide, Advisory board member (2015-), https://www.britishcouncil.org/future-news-worldwide
Conference Presentations
- Future News Worldwide 2021, Online harassment workshop, 14 Jul 2021, Virtual
- Britain on the Couch seminar, The BBC's coverage of the death of Prince Philip - an exercise in melancholia, 13 Jul 2021, Virtual
- Trauma Resilience Building in Journalism Curricula: Facing Research Challenges, Ethical Considerations and Implementation of Evidence Based Practice, Trauma on our own doorstep - time to take action, 19 Nov 2020, Online
- UK-EU Relations Beyond Brexit, Whose Europe is it anyway, 28 Sep 2018, Europe House
- Trauma & Journalism, The impact of trauma in the work of journalism, 27 May 2016, The Freud Museum
- Broadcast Journalism Training Council partner conference, Journalism and Trauma, 26 May 2016, Free Word Centre
- FutureNEWS, News in the digital age - new dawn or lost decade?, 04 Sep 2015, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
- Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change, News in a post 9/11 world, 17 Jul 2011, Schloss Leopoldskron, Salzburg, Austria
Qualifications
- PhD in Journalism & Affect (Goldsmiths, University of London, 2017)
- PG Cert in PhD supervision (Bournemouth University, 2010)
- MA in Master of Arts (Hertford College, University of Oxford, 1979)
- BA (Hons) in French & German (Joint Hons) (Hertford College, University of Oxford, 1976)
Memberships
- Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice, Member, https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/centre-study-conflict-emotion-social-justice
- Dart Centre (Europe) for Journalism & trauma, Trustee and treasurer, https://dartcenter.org/europe
- Higher Education Academy, Senior Fellow,
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting, Trustee, https://iwpr.net/
- Kurt Schork Memorial Fund, Deputy Chair, http://www.ksmfund.org/
- Media, War & Conflict Journal, Editorial Board Member, http://journals.sagepub.com/home/mwc
- Society of Editors, Member, https://www.societyofeditors.org/
