Susan Forde

Director of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Chair of Integrity 20

Susan Forde is professor of journalism at Griffith University, Brisbane. She is director of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. She has authored or co-authored three books and more than 50 journal articles and book chapters on media and journalism. 

Susan is founding editor with Professor Chris Atton of the Journal of Alternative and Community Media. In 2018 she was a visiting scholar with the Membership Puzzle Project at New York University, examining issues of public trust, transparency and the media.

She is currently chair of Griffith University’s premiere public forum, Integrity 20, and is on the editorial board of The Conversation and the advisory committee for the literary journal, Griffith Review. 

Susan worked as a journalist in both mainstream and alternative/community media sectors before joining academia.

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