Westbrook Adam
multimedia journalist
Adam Westbrook is a freelance multimedia journalist, lecturer and founder of the UK Future of News Group. After more than three years in radio news, covering everything from floods to the war in Iraq, Adam went freelance to see what he could make happen in the digital revolution. He is now Journalist-in-Residence at Kingston University, London and the author of several ebooks, including 6×6 skills for Next Generation Journalists and Newsgathering for Hyperlocal Websites. Alongside his blog he writes for Duckrabbit and Journalism.co.uk, and produces multimedia for editorial and commercial clients. He set up the UK Future of News Group in November 2009, which now has nearly 300 members and has spawned five local groups throughout the UK.
