Dr Fiona McKay
Lecturer
Journalism, Media and Communication
Personal statement
Personal statement
My research interests relate to media, gender and politics, and journalism practice. I am particularly interested in focusing these within a comparative Scottish context. This is combined with more than six years of journalistic industry experience with several prominent Scottish news publications.
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Publications
- Emotional authority in presenting the later Covid-19 strategy : the speeches and statements of Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon
- Higgins Michael, Smith Angela, McKay Fiona
- The Nation in the Time of Pandemic International Media Narratives of the Covid-19 Crisis (2023) (2023)
- "Parliament at its Best" : Debating the Scottish Parliament's Gender Sensitive Audit
- McKay Fiona
- (2023)
- A Parliament for All : Report of the Parliament’s Gender Sensitive Audit
- McKay Fiona
- (2023)
- Scotland and period poverty : a case study of activists' media and political agenda-setting
- McKay Fiona
- The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism (2022) (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429284571-38
- 'I just didn't see anyone like me’ : women's experiences in Scottish media, creative and cultural industries
- Kenny Meryl, Liu Shan-Jan Sarah, McKay Fiona, Thomson Elena
- (2021)
- Gender and media representation : politics and the 'double bind'
- McKay Fiona
- Gender Equality in Changing Times Multidisciplinary Reflections on Struggles and Progress (2020) (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26570-0_10
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Professional Activities
- Obstacles and Opportunities: EDI for Women in Journalism, Scotland
- Speaker
- 14/2/2024
- UK Covid Inquiry: Reaction to Sturgeon's tears 'can be read through sexist lens'
- Recipient
- 4/2/2024
- Glass ceiling for women and minorities in Scotland revealed in report
- Recipient
- 27/8/2023
- Debate on the Scottish Parliament's Gender Sensitive Audit
- Recipient
- 15/6/2023
- UofG Spotlight podcast
- Recipient
- 13/3/2023
- Engendering institutional equality: a gender sensitive audit of the Scottish Parliament
- Speaker
- 10/3/2023
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Contact
Dr
Fiona
McKay
Lecturer
Journalism, Media and Communication
Email: fiona.mckay@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted