PROFESSOR TIM CROOK BA Hum BA Open LLB LLM PhD PG Dip Law PG Cert Law Dip Lit Dip Eur Hum Cert Rad Journ (LCP) FHEA MCIJ OWC

Tim Crook is a past President of the CIoJ (2020-22) and currently chair of the Institute’s Professional Practices Board (PPB) and Welfare Committee. He has been a professional journalist for around 50 years, was the country’s first specialist broadcast legal affairs correspondent with LBC/IRN and won multiple awards for journalism, presentation and radio drama writing and production.

He received a Campaign for Freedom of Information Award in 1988 for his workpromoting Open Justice in the legal system and taking the UK to Strasbourg to win the right to appeal Crown Court reporting bans.

He’s had a longstanding career in academia and is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Media, Communications and Culture at Goldsmiths, University of London and writing many books on media law, radio, sound and audio drama.

His biography of the spy author and MI6 intelligence officer Alexander Wilson was the basis of the BBC drama series Mrs Wilson. He continues to research and write history books including the forthcoming Chelsea Blitz– chronicling how one of Britain’s smallest Boroughs fought the Home Front during WW2.

Janice Shillum Bhend FCIJ is an experienced writer, publisher, Past President of the Institute, a member of Council and the Welfare Fund Committee. As an editor and media professional with a strong background in national magazines – including her own title, YES! which she published for five years, she has made many TV and radio appearances and contributed to several books. Passionate about promoting good journalism, she co-wrote a new magazine course for the NCTJ and was a lecturer at Harlow College’s respected Journalism Centre, where she taught the next generation of journalists for seven years at degree and postgraduate level. She has a lifetime’s love for and an in- depth knowledge of the magazine industry.

With more than 20 years experience in the industry, Stuart has worked both as a staff and, more recently, freelance journalist. Starting his career in 1995 for the Builder and Engineer Magazine, his career has spanned periodical, photo and broadcast journalism; supplying material for all major news networks and many national newspapers.

Currently Stuart works as News Editor and reporter for Saddleworth News and is the current editor of Government & Public Sector Journal.

Karim Ngobi is a Freelance Filmmaker, Journalist (documentaries & news packages), and an “all-round” Media Lecturer in Creative Media Production (Radio, Film, Video, Television) who is currently teaching part-time at New City College. Having retired from full-time teaching in August 2017, Karim now concentrates on producing content in the form of documentaries and news packages for television and radio while continuing to teach on a part-time basis.

Prior to going into full-time lecturing in Media & Communication in 2001, Karim had worked as a Freelance programme producer at the BBC World Service for Africa and as News Editor and Producer at Spectrum Radio International 558 AM.

Currently, Tom works as News & Political Editor on Carers World Live (public service health and social care broadcast journalism), Writer, director and presenter on Carers World Investigates, Forensic investigator on Watchdog and the One Show (BBC1), Writer, director, producer, presenter: ‘Forensic Shorts’ (Forensic Factors TV).

Tom has previously worked as a Writer, presenter, reporter and director on the News At One, Science In Action (Thames FM), ‘Talking Point’ Debate, Buyer Beware, Cable Today (UATV) and Scene on 7 (WMTV).

In addition to his journalistic work, Tom has also worked as a specialist scientific advisor to the broadcast media including research for and contributions on a range of technical issues including product failure, analysis & recalls. His work has been the on-screen forensic expert & investigator on a number of programmes such as Watchdog, Rogue Traders, Sky News, Really Useful Show, Working Lunch, Channel 4 News and Channel 5 News.