Staff
Ewan Crawford
Lecturer in Journalism
Programme leader, Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism.
ewan.crawford@uws.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1698 283100, extn 9696
Profile
Before working at UWS, Ewan was a print and broadcast journalist – starting on a regional newspaper in England before joining the BBC and becoming a senior broadcast journalist (duty editor) on the Good Morning Scotland programme. Ewan has also produced a range of national current affairs programmes for BBC Radio Scotland, such as Eye-to-Eye with Magnus Linklater and Newsweek Scotland. As well as journalism he spent four years (2000-2004) as Private Secretary to the leader of the SNP. Ewan continues to work in journalism as a contributor to the comment pages of The Scotsman, The Guardian and other newspapers. He also regularly contributes to a variety of news and current affairs programmes on Radio Scotland and has appeared as a guest on Newsnight, Newsnight Scotland, The BBC Politics Programme, The Today Programme and others.
He is currently engaged in academic research – particularly in the area of the representation of nationalism.
Research Publications
Crawford, E. (2009), A New Sort of Democracy? The Opinion Pages in the Scottish daily quality press, Journalism 10(4) pp451-472
Conference Papers
Crawford, E. (2010), The Only Good Nationalist ... an analysis of the values of nationalism as depicted in the British press. Political Studies Annual Conference, Edinburgh 2010: Conference paper (pdf)
Crawford, E. and Leith, M. (2010), The Role of Charismatic Leadership in a Nationalist Movement, 20th Annual ASEN Conference, LSE 2010. Conference paper (pdf)
Crawford, E. (2009), Media and Devolution, Scotland: Ten Years On Conference, Glasgow 2009, Conference paper (pdf)
Examples of recent newspaper articles:
The Guardian and The Guardian's Comment is Free site.
Crawford, E (2010, Dec 19) The price of Vince Cable's university fees The Guardian
Crawford, E (2010, July 21) The price of Vince Cable's university fees The Guardian
Crawford, E (2009, Nov 6) The price of Vince Cable's university fees The Guardian
Crawford, E. (2009, Aug 20) The Scottish cringe factor The Guardian
Crawford, E. (2009, Apr 22) Gordon wades in with 'terror plot', The Guardian
Crawford, E. (2008, Oct 27) Forget Iceland: Unionists are misguided in using the economic crisis to argue against Scottish Independence, The Guardian
Crawford, E. (2008, May 7) Bluff or Blunder? Scottish Labour's Call for a Vote on Indeendent is the Biggest Miscalculation in Recent British Politics The Guardian
(for a full list click here.)
The Scotsman:
Crawford, E. (2011, February 9), The decades pass: the choices remain the same. The Scotsman
Crawford, E. (2011, Jan 18), What the Party Manifestos should be in 2011, The Scotsman
Crawford, E. (2010, Dec 9), 77 Days in the Job and Just what has Ed Miliband done? The Scotsman
Crawford, E. (2010, May 21), Tackling the Big Issues will strengthen the SNP.
Crawford, E. (2009, July 26) Textbook lessons in how not to bridge the inequality gap, Scotland on Sunday
Crawford, E. (2009, May 22) This 'Gorbals Mick' prejudice obscures Martin's real failure, The Scotsman
(for a full list search www.scotsman.com)
Scotland on Sunday:
Crawford, E. (2009, July 26) Textbook lessons in how not to bridge the inequality gap, Scotland on Sunday
Crawford, E. (2008, August 28) Are We Ready to Stop Playing the Blame Game Scotland On Sunday
Crawford, E. (2008, August 17) Putting the boot in is no way to win over the voters Scotland On Sunday
Teaching
I co-ordinate various modules on the MA in Broadcast Journalism, including News Journalism and Journalism and Public Affairs.
Administration
Programme Leader, MA in Broadcast Journalism, Subject chair - Journalism.
Research Interests
Nationalism and the media/Banal Nationalism; media representation of Scotland; media convergence; media education; political communication; deliberative democracy and the media.