Peter English

Biography

Peter’s chief research area is sports journalism, with an emphasis on its journalists, content, and social media. He is also interested in change in broader areas of journalism, and media. He has worked as a sports journalist for more than two decades, and continues to write for domestic and international publications.

Teaching areas

• Journalism
• Investigative Journalism

Professional memberships

• Journalism Education Association of Australia
• International Association for Media and Communication Research

Awards and fellowships

• Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia, Lightning Teaching Award 2023
• 2018 Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia Research Grant

External grants

2025 – Australian Institute of Sport, co-investigator (Organisational perspectives on the performance wellbeing of Australian HP coaches)

2023-24 – Sunshine Coast Council, lead investigator (Understanding Sunshine Coast sentiment for Brisbane 2032)

2022-23 – Department of Environment and Science Queensland, co-investigator (Evaluating news coverage of regional media)

2022-23 – Tenpin Bowling Australia, co-investigator (Examining the impacts of a world - and para-world – sporting event on consumer perceptions of a regional sports destination and national sporting organisation)

2021-22 – Australian Institute of Sport Research Grant, co-investigator (Mind the Gap: Understanding motivators and inhibitors to elite athletes’ career adaptability).

2018-2020 – Journalism and Research Association of Australia Research Grant, project leader (A typology of sports journalism).

Expert media commentary

Dr Peter English’s specialist areas of knowledge include sports journalism, online journalism, social media, sport, and the Olympics and Paralympics, including Brisbane 2032.