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Brian Thornton is a journalist, Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Journalism course and a Senior Lecturer in Journalism. He worked for the BBC for more than a decade in various online and television roles. Before moving to academia he was a producer on the BBC Newsnight programme. He continues to work as a journalist for the BBC, Yahoo! and various other outlets such as The Guardian.
Brian specialises in issues related to miscarriages of justice and is founder and director of the Winchester Innocence Project, part of the Innocence Network UK. His research into miscarriages of justice has been featured on BBC Television, BBC News Online, The Mail on Sunday, The Guardian and The Conversation. Brian combines his journalism with his interest in criminal justice in his role as commissioning editor on the award-winning website The Justice Gap.
Areas of expertise
Miscarriages of justice
Publications
Print and online
- BBC News Website/ Newsnight/ BBC South.
- Santa Claus was inspired by a real figure who fought against miscarriages of justice, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2024
- Article Non-refereed 2013, Miscarriages of Justice, The Guardian.
Conferences
- 2015 Keynote Address: Cardiff University Innocence Week.
Clydach Murders. [Cardiff University] - 2015 Conference Paper: United Kingdom Association of Fire Investigators.
Clydach Murders. [University of Central Lancashire, Preston] - 2014 delegate CCRC Stakeholders' Conference. CCRC.