Antonio Castillo is a journalist. He joined the Department of Media and Communications in 2008. His research interests include international journalism practice, democracy and journalism and international news. He has also done research into ethnic and social media representation. He is the co-author of Cosmopolitan Sydney (Pluto Press 1998) and Looking Both Ways: Western Sydney and the Media (Ethnic Affairs Commission, 2000). Antonio is also the author of Testigos Molestos (Undesirable Witnesses, CEDIC 1983). Published in Spanish, this is an account of the struggle of a young independent journalists working under the brutal military regime that ruled Chile between 1973-1989. As a journalist he has worked in news wire services, magazines, newspapers and radio. In 1994 he received an “Honorable Mention” in the International Award for Solidarity with Refugees (International Catholic Union of the Press - UCIP). In Australia Antonio has worked for SBS and ABC. Currently he is one of the editors of Global Media Journal. He is also part of the editorial committee of the Iberian and Latin American Studies Journal. Antonio has taught in Latin America, Asia and Australia. At the University of Sydney he teaches News Writing and Political Journalism. Previously, he was the Head of Communication at the University of Western Sydney. In 2002 he received the University of Western Sydney Vice-Chancellor Award as a team member in the Excellence in Regional & Community Partnership Category. Until 2007 he was a member of the Writing Research Group and Society (UWS) headed by the prominent scholar and publisher Professor Ivor Indyk.
Current Research Projects
- 2008 - Current: “Venezuela’s Tele Sur: The Latin American Al Jazeera.”
- 2007- Current: Digital Refuge: Urban Narrative Strategies and Sustainable Media in Western Sydney.” Collaborative research action project with the community-based organization Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE)
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