Tom Bradshaw is a writer and academic, based in Gloucestershire but working internationally. As an award-winning sports journalist, he has covered major events and stories across the globe, including spells in Japan and France. His journalism has appeared in a wide range of publications, including The Times, Guardian/Observer, Times Literary Supplement and RugbyPass. He appears regularly on BBC radio as a pundit and co-commentator.
Tom is a passionate advocate of press freedom and has conducted extensive research into freedom of expression and censorship. He is joint editor of Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics.
He has published a wide variety of book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed academic journals, and his book Sports Journalism: The State of Play (Routledge) was described by one critic as “a brilliantly well-researched, uber-contemporary, rip-roaring read”.
Tom designed and launched the University’s hugely successful BA Sports Journalism programme in 2013. His “outstanding and original” teaching led to him receiving a University Teaching Fellowship in 2016.
Sports Journalist of the Year at EDF South West Media Awards 2010
Sports Journalist of the Year at EDF South West Media Awards 2011
Tom is a fully-qualified National Council for the Training of Journalists-trained journalist
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of Rugby Union Writers’ Club
Tom supervises PhD candidates and also teaches research methods on undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He also passes on his extensive match reporting experience on BA Sports Journalism’s Live Sports Coverage module.
Tom provides consultancy services on supporting media freedoms across the globe.
Media ethics; Freedom of expression; Censorship; Sports journalism; Literary criticism