Rate My Professor Glynn Greensmith

Dr. Glynn Greensmith serves as Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Course and Major Lead for undergraduate and postgraduate journalism programs in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Humanities, at Curtin University, a position he has held since 2012. He develops innovative teaching approaches, including smartphone-optimised video essays to build early career journalists' confidence and industry-ready skills, as highlighted in Curtin University's Assessment 2030 initiative. In 2024, Greensmith received a Teaching Commendation from the Curtin Student Guild in the Faculty of Humanities category. Prior to academia, he accumulated 18 years of professional experience with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as a journalist, newsreader, producer, and radio broadcaster. He is a Western Australia Media Award winner and holds multiple teaching and media engagement awards.

Greensmith earned his PhD from Edith Cowan University in 2021 with the thesis 'An examination of media ethics and journalism pedagogy for news communicators: Theory and practice implications of a framing analysis of The Mercury (Tasmania)’s coverage of the Dunblane (March 1996) and Port Arthur (April 1996) mass shootings.' The research analyzed news framing in coverage of these events, incorporated interviews with Port Arthur journalists and a forensic psychiatrist, explored media effects theory, copycat and contagion risks, and the historical amok phenomenon, ultimately recommending changes to reporting practices to mitigate impacts. His scholarly contributions include the book 'Mass Shootings, Media and Motive: How Changing Coverage Can Save Lives' (Routledge, 2026), a chapter 'Reporting mass shootings' in 'Ethical Reporting of Sensitive Topics' (Routledge, 2019), 'Reporting mass random shootings: The copycat effect?' in Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics (2015), and 'Rethinking the reporting of the mass random shooting – or is it an autogenic massacre?' in the ANZCA conference proceedings (2015). Greensmith influences the field through seminars like the 2021 Curtin Corner presentation on mass shootings media coverage 25 years post-Port Arthur, podcasts, and expert commentaries advocating responsible media engagement to curb misinformation and prevent contagion effects.