John Mair

John Mair (born 1950) is a former associate senior lecturer in broadcast journalism at the Coventry University Department of Media and Communication. He is a former BBC current affairs producer who has also worked for Channel Four and ITV, and helped devise Question Time and Watchdog at the BBC.

Biography Born in British Guiana in 1950, John Mair attended Sacred Heart RC School, and after winning the Demerara scholarship in 1961 he emigrated with his family to the United Kingdom. Studying at the London School of Economics from 1968 to 1972, he earned a BSc (Econ) Honours degree in Sociology.

Achievements Associate Fellow, Warwick University Associate Fellow, Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies Visiting Professor, Zheijiang University of Media and Communications, China Senior Lecturer Media and Communications, Coventry University Events Director, The Media Society Council Member, The Royal Television Society (RTS) National Judge, RTS TV Journalist of the Year 2010 RTS Journalism Award Winner Society of Editors Journalist Award judge Muslim Young Writers Award Judge

Works Editor (with Richard Keeble) in the production of: Mirage in the Desert; Reporting the Arab Spring (Arima, October 2011) Investigative Journalism: Dead Or Alive (Arima, September 2011) Face the Future; Guyana and the New Media Revolution (July 2011) Face the Future; Tools for the Modern Media Age (Arima, April 2011) Afghanistan, War and Terror; Deadlines and Frontlines (Arima, September 2010) Playing Footsie with the FTSE: The Great Crash/Financial Journalism (Arima, 2009) Do We Trust TV (Arima, 2008) "Tough Hutt", SecEd, 2005 (12).