Staff profile
Mr David Lowden
Senior Lecturer, Bachelor of Journalism (Sport) Coordinator
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Communication, Arts and Critical EnquiryHU2 - Room 307, Melbourne (Bundoora)
- T: +61 3 9479 2751
- E: d.lowden@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications
M Comm (Journalism)
Membership of professional associations
JEA, MEAA, AFMA, NTEU, SMAANZ
Area of study
Journalism
Brief profile
David began his career as a cadet journalist in 1989. As a reporter for radio and then television, he covered police rounds, courts, industrial relations and general news before moving into sport in 1993. His masters thesis discussed how to apply “ethics on the run” in sport journalism by looking at the case of Channel 7’s decision to publish information gained from the medical records of two AFL players. David is currently completing a PhD on homosexuality in the AFL through La Trobe University’s Centre for Sport & Social Impact. David is the coordinator of the Bachelor of Journalism (Sport) degree.
Teaching units
- JRN2SRP – Sport Reporting
- JRN3SMI – Sport Media Issues
- MST1WFM – Writing for the Media
- JRN3BEJ – Broadcast Journalism
Recent publications
- ‘A Profile of Australian Sport Journalists (Revisited)’ with Matthew Nicholson and David Lowden, Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy, No. 140, Aug 2011: 84-96.
Research projects
- Homosexuality in the AFL
- Women’s sport and its relationship with media
- Profile of Australian sport journalists
- Opinion versus news reporting
- Technology and Sportsmanship
