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Aidan O'Donnell
Lecturer in Data Journalism
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- ODonnellA4@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 76048
- Two Central Square, Room 2.68, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I teach data journalism at Jomec to undergraduate, MA and MSc students and I'm a course co-director for the MSc in Computational and Data Journalism.
I've worked as a journalist in broadcast, print and online and I've reported on Africa and France for major media and as a freelancer. I've been teaching numeracy in journalism for several years at undergraduate and postgraduate level and my job generally is to make data analysis a standard tool for journalists.
I used to teach at Middlesex University and Université Paris 8 and I've run journalism workshops at LUISS (Rome) and the IPJ (Paris).
Publication
2021
- Swaine, M., O'Donnell, A. and Stephenson, N. 2021. Making complex ideas accessible. In: Swaine, M. ed. Writing for Journalists, 4th Edition. Routledge, pp. 163-180.
2020
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2020. Advice for journalists covering Covid-19: Welsh NHS confederation. Documentation. Cardiff: School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University.
2011
- O'Donnell, A. 2011. Le rôle de l’alfabeto dans le développement de la pensée harmonique en Italie, 1600-50. PhD Thesis, Université Paris IV.
2009
- O'Donnell, A. 2009. The bells are the voice of God: diegetic music in post-war Italian cinema. In: Harper, G., Doughty, R. and Eisentraut, J. eds. Sound and music in film and visual media. London: Continuum, pp. 340-351.
Book sections
- Swaine, M., O'Donnell, A. and Stephenson, N. 2021. Making complex ideas accessible. In: Swaine, M. ed. Writing for Journalists, 4th Edition. Routledge, pp. 163-180.
- O'Donnell, A. 2009. The bells are the voice of God: diegetic music in post-war Italian cinema. In: Harper, G., Doughty, R. and Eisentraut, J. eds. Sound and music in film and visual media. London: Continuum, pp. 340-351.
Monographs
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K. et al. 2020. Advice for journalists covering Covid-19: Welsh NHS confederation. Documentation. Cardiff: School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University.
Thesis
- O'Donnell, A. 2011. Le rôle de l’alfabeto dans le développement de la pensée harmonique en Italie, 1600-50. PhD Thesis, Université Paris IV.
Teaching
Current courses
- Data Journalism (MSc, MA)
- Data Journalism in Theory & Practice (BA)
- Digital Investigation (MSc)
- Introduction to OSINT (MSc, MA)
Course co-director
Biography
Career
- 2007 — 2021 Freelance Journalist
- 2016 — 2018 News Editor. RFI, Paris
- 2012 — 2016 Journalist & producer. BBC, London
- 2007 — 2012 Journalist & Output Editor. RFI, Paris
Qualifications
- HEA Fellow, 2019
- PGCert HE, Middlesex University, 2015
- PhD, Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, 2010
- Maîtrise & DEA, Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, 2003
- BA, BMus, University College Dublin, 1998
Supervisions
I am interested in supervising reseach in the following areas:
- Data journalism
- Mapping and visualisation in journalism
- Digital humanities