Chris Thomson

Dr Chris Thomson

Lecturer

School of Humanities

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Chris has been a university lecturer, news editor, media advisor and national manager in the public and private sectors. As a lecturer, he has taught and co-ordinated journalism and professional writing courses at UniSA and Curtin University, and run student news-rooms and websites at Curtin and Murdoch universities. Several students have won national student journalism awards under his editorship.

Thomson, C. (2023). Reflexive place articulation as cultural capital in news journalism: Case studies from metropolitan and regional Western Australia. PhD thesis. Griffith University.

Thomson, C. (2021). Sacred swamped as profane reigns: Catalysing Indigenous voice through reflexive articulation of place. Journal of Alternative & Community Media, 6(2), 161-178.

Thomson, C., & Mason, B. (2016). Place-makers of the mind: Symbolic reconstruction of an inner city park. Pacific Journalism Review, 22(2), 139-158.

Thomson, C., Mason, B., Bennett, D., & Johnston, M. (2016). Closing the arm's-length gap: Critical reflexivity in student Indigenous affairs journalism. Australian Journalism Review, 38(1), 59-71.

Thomson, C., Bennett, D., Johnston, M., & Mason, B. (2015). Why the where matters: A sense of place imperative for teaching better Indigenous affairs reporting. Pacific Journalism Review, 21(2), 141-161.

Year Citation
2021 Thomson, C. (2021). Sacred swamped as profane reigns: Catalysing Indigenous voice through reflexive articulation of place. Journal of Alternative & Community Media, 6(2), 161-178.
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2017 Barrett, M. J., Harmin, M., Maracle, B., Patterson, M., Thomson, C., Flowers, M., & Bors, K. (2017). Shifting relations with the more-than-human: six threshold concepts for transformative sustainability learning. Environmental Education Research, 23(1), 131-143.
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2016 Thomson, C., & Mason, B. (2016). Frontline: place-makers of the mind: symbolic reconstruction of an inner city park. Pacific Journalism Review, 22(2), 139-158.
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2016 Thomson, C., Mason, B., Bennett, D., & Johnston, M. (2016). Closing the arm's-length gap: critical reflexivity in student Indigenous affairs journalism. Australian Journalism Review, 38(1), 59-71.
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2016 Bennett, D., Power, A., Thomson, C., Mason, B., & Bartleet, B. L. (2016). Reflection for learning, learning for reflection: Developing indigenous competencies in higher education. Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 13(2).
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2015 Thomson, C., Bennett, D., Johnston, M., & Mason, B. (2015). Why the where matters: a sense of place imperative for teaching better Indigenous affairs reporting. Pacific Journalism Review, 21(2), 141-161.
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