Profiles
Margaret Cassidy
Margaret Cassidy
PhD Candidate
Media | School of Creative Arts and Media
Off-Campus
6226 2170 (phone)
Margaret Cassidy is a PhD student in the Media program. Her research focuses on photojournalism and the visual representation of migrant groups in the Australian media. The study is supervised by Dr Donald Reid and Professor Roberta Julian.
Biography
Margaret Cassidy has extensive editorial, policy and strategy experience from her senior management roles across the Radio, New Media and Technology areas of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She was Head of the ABC’s national radio networks – triple j, ABC Classic FM, Radio National and ABC NewsRadio and also Deputy Director of the Technology Division.
Career summary
Qualifications
Degree | Thesis title | University | Country | Date of award |
MA | Policy Issues in the Delivery of Radio Services to Regional and Remote Australia | Murdoch University | Australia | 28/1/1998 |
BSc (Hons) | Secondary Metabolites from Marine Sponges | University of Western Australia | Australia | 19/4/1983 |
BA | University of Western Australia | Australia | 16/4/1987 | |
Diploma of Education | University of Western Australia | Australia | 19/4/1984 | |
Graduate Diploma in Religious Education | Australian Catholic University | Australia | 22/4/1992 |
Teaching
Teaching expertise
Radio Production; Innovation in Public Sector Media