Simon Cottle is Professor of Media and Communications and Deputy Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. His latest books are Mediatized Conflict (2006) and Global Crisis Reporting (2009) and he is Series Editor of the Global Crises and the Media Series for Peter Lang publishing. Libby Lester is Associate Professor of Journalism, Media and Communications at the University of Tasmania.
She has also worked as a journalist for a number of leading Australian newspapers and magazines. Her most recent book is Media and Environment : Conflict, Politics and the News (2010).