Richard Murray

Richard Murray is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Indigenous Engagement in the School of Communication and Arts within the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Queensland. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Queensland in 2020, with a thesis entitled Constructions of good and evil: the Koreas in international news. His earlier qualifications include a Master's by Coursework, Bachelor's Honours, and Bachelor of Arts, all from Victoria University of Wellington. As an affiliate of the Centre for Communication and Social Change, the Centre for Digital Cultures & Societies, and the Research Centre in Creative Arts and Human Flourishing, Murray contributes to interdisciplinary research initiatives.

Murray's academic interests center on journalism during periods of rapid change, encompassing the role of law and lawyers in contemporary journalism, rural, regional, and remote journalism, and international journalism with particular attention to reporting on South Korea and North Korea. He has co-authored two books: Challenges of Reporting Africa for an International Audience (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022, with Levi Obijiofor) and Hyperlocal Journalism and Digital Disruptions: The Journalism Change Agents in Australia and New Zealand (Routledge, 2018, with Scott Downman). Key book chapters include Subsistence Journalism: Corporate Control and Corporate Change in Queensland Regional Journalism (Springer, 2023), Press Freedom (SAGE, 2022, with Peter Greste), and Journalism on Ice - National Security Laws and the Chilling Effect in Australian Journalism (Lexington Books, 2021, with Rebecca Ananian-Welsh and Peter Greste). Prominent journal articles feature ‘All by Myself’: Professional, Emotional and Ethical Isolation for Remote Australian Journalists (Ethical Space, 2024, with Caroline Graham and Jennifer Pinkerton), In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Person is King: Social and Professional Isolation in Covering North Korea from Pyongyang (Ethical Space, 2024, with Dong Bae Lee), War and Peace, Freeze and Thaw: Regional Narratives of North Korea and the 2018 Winter Olympics (Communication and Sport, 2023, with Peter English), Risk and Uncertainty in Public Interest Journalism: The Impact of Espionage Law on Press Freedom (Melbourne University Law Review, 2021, with Rebecca Ananian-Welsh and Sarah Kendall), and Changes in Journalism in Two Post-Authoritarian Non-Western Countries (International Communication Gazette, 2017, with Levi Obijiofor and Shailendra B. Singh). With 49 works documented in UQ eSpace spanning 2015 to 2025, including numerous conference papers and book reviews in outlets such as Australian Journalism Review, Murray's scholarship addresses ethical, legal, and practical challenges in global journalism practices.

Professional Email: r.murray1@uq.edu.au