Guy Hodgson

Guy Hodgson is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He was also Head of Media at the University of Chester, UK, for four years. Before joining academia he was a journalist for more than 30 years, working for local and regional newspapers before graduating to the BBC, The Independent and the Independent on Sunday. He authored War Torn: Manchester, its Newspapers and the Luftwaffe's Blitz of 1940 and has contributed chapters to several books, including Sport, Media and...See more

Guy Hodgson is a Senior Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He was also Head of Media at the University of Chester, UK, for four years. Before joining academia he was a journalist for more than 30 years, working for local and regional newspapers before graduating to the BBC, The Independent and the Independent on Sunday. He authored War Torn: Manchester, its Newspapers and the Luftwaffe's Blitz of 1940 and has contributed chapters to several books, including Sport, Media and Regional Identity (2015). His current research interests include journalism history, the media in wartime, manufactured consent and the reporting and cultural influence of sport. See less