Rate My Professor Bridget Griffen-Foley

Griffen-Foley's research specializes in the history of the media, particularly the Australian media. Her major publications include The House of Packer: The Making of a Media Empire (1999), Sir Frank Packer (2000, reprinted 2014), Party Games: Australian Politicians and the Media from War to Dismissal (2003), Changing Stations: The Story of Australian Commercial Radio (2009, shortlisted for the Ashurst Business Literature Prize and longlisted for the Walkley Book Award), A Companion to the Australian Media (2014), a comprehensive reference work featuring 300 contributors, Australian Radio Listeners and Television Viewers: Historical Perspectives (2020), and she co-edited the fifth edition of The Media and Communications in Australia (2024, with Sue Turnbull). A Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities since 2011, her honors include the University Medal for Modern History (1992), Evatt Foundation Essay Prize (1992), Excellence in Publication Award (2000), Executive Dean’s HDR Award for best work in building an inclusive research culture (2016), and Australasian Sound Recordings Association Award for Excellence (2015). She chairs the New South Wales section of the Australian Dictionary of Biography and serves on the editorial boards of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and the Australian Journal of Politics and History.