Chris Thomson

Dr Chris Thomson

School of Communication, Media and Journalism

College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities

Available For Media Comment.

Chris has been a university lecturer, news editor, media advisor and national manager in the public and private sectors. As a university teacher, he has 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.

 

Date Position Institution name
2026 - ongoing Journalist theurbandeveloper.com

Date Institution name Country Title
Griffith University Australia PhD
The University of Queensland Australia Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Murdoch University Australia Graduate Diploma in Journalism
University of Canberra Australia Graduate Diploma in Professional Writing
The University of Queensland Australia Bachelor of Arts

Year Citation
2026 Thomson, C. (2026). Relating doxa to habitus rather than defining ‘alternative’ media: An insider’s perspective of journalistic practice in regional Australia. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies.
DOI
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.
DOI Scopus2
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.
Scopus8
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), 19 pages.
DOI Scopus33 WoS29
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.
DOI Scopus2
2016 Mason, B., Thomson, C., Bennett, D., & Johnston, M. (2016). Putting the 'love back in' to journalism: transforming habitus in Aboriginal affairs student reporting. Journal of Alternative and Community Media, 1(1), 56-69.
DOI
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.
DOI Scopus14 WoS8

Courses I teach

  • MDIA 2022 Media Law, Policy and Ethics (2026, tutor)
  • COMM 3021 Feature Writing (2025, course co-ordinator)
  • COMM 3037 Professional Writing (2025, course co-ordinator)
  • COMM 3081 Virtual Reality Storytelling (2025, course co-orinator)

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