Ian Richards is Adjunct Professor of Journalism Studies at the University of South Australia. He is an Australian Research Council 'Expert of International Standing' and was joint recipient of the 2011 'Distinguished Achievement Research Award' from UniSA’s Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences.
Professor Richards has been editor of Australian Journalism Review, Australia's leading refereed journal in the academic fields of journalism and journalism studies, since 2003. His research interests include journalism and media ethics, and regional/rural journalism. In 2010 he became the inaugural Dart Australasia Academic Fellow when he was awarded a Dart Foundation Fellowship at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York, USA.
In 2014 Richards was awarded life membership of the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) in recognition of his contribution to Australian journalism research and education.
