{{Short description|British-Canadian digital media scholar and journalism educator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} '''Alfred Hermida''' is a British-Canadian digital media scholar, and journalism educator. He is a Full Professor<ref>{{cite web|title=Alfred Hermida|url=https://jwam.ubc.ca/profile/alfred-hermida/|access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref> at the University of British Columbia School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, where he [https://jwam.ubc.ca/news/digital-media-pioneer-alfred-hermida-named-new-ubc-journalism-director/ served as director] for five and a half years (June 2015 – December 2020).
In 2017, he [https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-start-the-conversation-in-canada-79877 co-founded and launched The Conversation Canada] with his UBC Journalism colleague, Mary Lynn Young, bringing academics and experienced journalists together to share timely analysis and commentary drawing from research, evidence and insights. He was a BBC journalist for 16 years and was a [https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/stories-histoires/2016/ea-taipei-dms.aspx?lang=eng founding member of the BBCNews.com website] in 1997.
His work focuses on investigating the convergence of media technologies, industries, content and audiences, through scholarly papers, applied projects and media activities designed to bridge theory and practice.
He is the co-author with Mary Lynn Young of [https://www.routledge.com/Data-Journalism-and-the-Regeneration-of-News/Hermida-Young/p/book/9781138058934 ''Data Journalism and the Regeneration of News''], published by Routledge in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New book delves into rise of data journalism {{!}} UBC Graduate School of Journalism|url=https://journalism.ubc.ca/new-book-delves-into-rise-of-data-journalism/|access-date=2020-09-25|website=journalism.ubc.ca}}</ref>
His book, ''Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters'', was published by DoubleDay Canada.<ref>{{cite web|last=PenguinRandomHouse Canada|date=|title=Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/225849/tell-everyone-by-alfred-hermida/9780385679589|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=18 February 2013|website=}}</ref> The book examines how sharing is shaping our notions of an informed and engaged public, a media ecology of competing ideas, and a responsive political establishment. The book won the National Business Book Award in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Alfred Hermida wins $20,000 National Business Book Award|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/alfred-hermida-wins-20000-national-business-book-award/article23993212/ | work=The Globe and Mail | date=16 April 2015}}</ref>
In 2011, he co-authored ''Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Participatory Journalism: Guarding Open Gates at Online Newspapers|url=http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1444332279.html}}</ref> published by Wiley-Blackwell. He is also the co-editor of [https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-handbook-of-digital-journalism/book244110 The Sage Handbook of Digital Journalism] (Sage, 2016). His research has been published in ''Journalism Studies'', ''Journalism Practice'' and ''M/C Journal'', and he has contributed numerous chapters to academic texts.
He was named an IBM CAS Canada Research Faculty Fellow in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and won the 2011 UBC President's Award for Public Education Through Media.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 UBC President's Award for Public Education Through Media|url=http://journalism.ubc.ca/2012/01/30/prof_hermida_wins_ubc_award_for_media_outreach/|access-date=18 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101191246/http://journalism.ubc.ca/2012/01/30/prof_hermida_wins_ubc_award_for_media_outreach/|archive-date=1 January 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was nominated in the 2011 Digi Awards for Canada's top social media maven.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Digi Awards for Canada's top social media maven|url=http://www.nextmediaevents.com/toronto/the-digis.php/|access-date=18 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318031838/http://www.nextmediaevents.com/toronto/the-digis.php|archive-date=18 March 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2005, he was the first digital journalist to be a [https://wallacehouse.umich.edu/knight-wallace/our-fellows/2004-2005/ Knight-Wallace fellow] at the University of Michigan.
Hermida worked for the BBC from 1990 to 2006. During his four years as daily news editor of the BBC News website, the site won the BAFTA for best news website four years in a row.<ref>{{cite news|title=BAFTA for best news website four years in a row|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/1620383.stm | work=BBC News | date=26 October 2001}}</ref> He joined the website after seven years in BBC radio and television news, working for regional, national and international outlets. Four of these years were as a BBC foreign correspondent in North Africa and the Middle East, mainly covering the military coup and Islamic insurgency in Algeria and the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. In February 1994, he was [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/foreign-correspondent expelled from Tunisia] for his coverage of human rights abuses.
He has a [https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/13439/1/ PhD from City University London].
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