Ivor Gaber becomes Sussex university's first professor of journalism

Congratulations to my friend, and Brighton neighbour, Ivor Gaber on becoming Sussex university's first professor of journalism.

He was a colleague at City university London, where he ran a political journalism MA course, and we're both on the board of the British Journalism Review (a quarterly magazine more of you should be reading).

Ivor was previously a research professor in media and politics at Bedfordshire university and emeritus professor of broadcast journalism at Goldsmiths College.

His journalistic career included senior editorial positions at the BBC, ITN, Channel 4 and Sky News. He helped set up the televising of parliament and planned 5 Live's coverage of politics.

He has co-authored three books and numerous articles on political communications, and also served as a media consultant for several governments and international bodies.

Sources: Brighton Argus/Personal