Bill Carmichael

email : william.carmichael@sheffield.ac.uk

Tel: (+44)0114 2222513

Bill Carmichael joined the department in February 2005 as course leader for the MA web journalism course. He received his first degree and MA in History from King's College, Cambridge before working as a reporter, industry correspondent, sub editor and news editor on a number of newspapers, culminating with an 11-year stint as news editor of the Yorkshire Post. After helping establish the websites in the Yorkshire Post group of newspapers, he joined the Press Association as Digital Production Editor, and was responsible for a team of journalists supplying a 24-hour news and entertainment service to websites and mobile phone operators, including the BBC, Dailymail.co.uk, Times Online and the Guardian Unlimited. He continues to write a column for the Yorkshire Post and provides editorial services to the Press Association.