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Adjunct Professor, Journalism/Communication and Culture, Toronto Metropolitan University

Gene Allen is an adjunct professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, and the author of "Mr. Associated Press: Kent Cooper and the Twentieth-Century World of News". His research areas include: media history; the history of journalism; the evolution of news; news agencies; news and national identity; the popularization of history in film and television

He had an extensive and varied career as a television news and documentary producer and as a newspaper editor and reporter before joining TMU's Journalism faculty in 2001.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Adjunct professor, School of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
  • 2015–2021
    Professor, School of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
  • 2001–2015
    Associate professor, School of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University

Education

  • 1991 
    University of Toronto, PhD (History)
  • 1981 
    York University, MA (History)