Mike Jempson is a journalist, editor and social historian who was director of the journalism ethics charity MediaWise for 30 years, taught Journalism at the University of the West of England for a decade and was Visiting Professor in Media Ethics at Lincoln University.
His publications include:
‘No Cure, No Pay, Boarding Excepted’ Mason’s Madhouses in Old Fishponds (Bristol Radical History Group, 2023)
Making Yourself Heard: Media handbook for civil society in China (UNESCO/MDI. 2019)
Disability: Out in the Open: Media handbook for Macedonia (MDI, 2018)
All the Voices: Diversity and the media (with Ana Cristina Pereira) (SOS Racismo, Portugal, 2015)
Sensitive Coverage Saves Lives: Suicide coverage in the UK (NIMH/MediaWise, 2010)
Belarus: The struggle for press freedom (BAJ/IFJ), 2008
The Media and Children’s Rights (UNICEF/PressWise/MediaWise, 2005-10
Exiled Journalists in Europe (With Richard Cookson & Forward Maisokwadzo) (MediaWise, 2006)
Working with the Media: A handbook for health communicators (WHCA/EPHA/EEN, 2005)
Satisfaction Guaranteed: Press complaints systems under scrutiny (with Richard Cookson) (MediaWise, 2004)
Victims of Care: The mentally ill in the community (The Matthew Trust, 1995)
Centenary Celebration: An illustrated history of the Musicians’ Union (MU, 1993)
Human Rights and the UK: the Challenge for Government (Amnesty, 1993)
Interference on the Airwaves: Ireland, the Media and the Broadcasting Ban (with Liz Curtis) (CPBF, 1993)
Freedom and Responsibility of the Press: Parliamentary Hearings (Crantock, 1993)
South West Media Guide (NUJ/SW TUC/CPBF, 1991)
Working Together: Trades unions and worker co-operatives (GLEB, 1986).
A Strategy for Co-operation: Worker co-ops in London (GLEB, 1985)
Saving jobs… shaping the future: An introduction to Enterprise Planning (GLEB, 1984)
Victims of Care: The care of the mentally ill in the community (The Matthew Trust, 1995).