The projects that I work on, and my research work, have been featured in a number of publications, including high profile articles in The Telegraph, The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Independent and the prestigious back-page of The Church Times. I have also been commissioned to write a number of magazine articles, or have been interviewed/quoted in others:

2020

• The tyranny of ‘pink positivity’: Dying women with secondary breast cancer who say they’re ‘ignored’ by charities who treat them like ‘angels of death’ while the NHS refuses to fund life-saving treatment, Femail, Daily Mail, November 2020
• Finding support through the screen, Church Times (June)
• Could TikTok teens actually make a difference in elections?, The Focus, June 2020
• Blog for @YouBelong_2019 on ‘Knowing God’ (and names)
• CEA Website Launch, Inspire Magazine (January)

2019

• How can social media affect an election?, MMU (November)
• How video games can be harnessed for worship, The Telegraph (October)
• Does your teenager have a secret burner phone? The Times (May)
• Family: should you share pictures of your children on social media?, The Sunday Times (May)
• Public Praise for Cancer Discussion, UCLAN Press Release (February)
• Talking about #digitalparenting and #screentime, Youth and Childrenswork Magazine (February)
• Safer Internet Day 2019: using the positive power of the internet for good, MMU (February)

2018

• Tech Talk: Sharenting – what’s the right approach?, City Parenting (October)
• Talking #ScrollFreeSeptember, The War Cry (September)
• Mobile phone zombies are endangering themselves on the street, so how do we solve the problem?, @theipaper (September)
• How Facebook Helped My Cancer Fight, Business Cloud (June)
• Challenging assumptions: is screen time for children necessarily bad?, MMU/Parliamentary Enquiry (May)
• The social mediasphere is no place for small children. We must do more to keep them off, The Telegraph (June)
• The ‘sharent’ trap – should you ever put your children on social media?, The Guardian (May)
• ‘Yes, we should allow children under 13 on social media‘, Youthwork Magazine, (April)
• Church as family, Day by Day with God (BRF, February)

2017

• ‘What can I do to help?’ How to support someone through treatment, Breast Cancer Care (December)
• ‘Keep calm: The story behind the UK’s most famous poster design’, CNN Style (November)
• Keep Calm and Carry On, Antiques Diary (November)
• Social Creatures, Man Met Magazine (November)
• ‘Books: Keep Calm and Carry On’, IWM Despatches (November)
• Keep Calm and Carry On, Imperial War Museum (October)
• Keep Calm and Carry On: The Truth Behind the Poster, Twentieth Century Posters (October)
• Keep Calm and Carry On: A Slogan for an Age in Crisis, The Conversation (October)
• Keep Calm and Carry On, About Manchester (October)
• Viewers were turned off by the “brutal” execution scenes in Kit Harington’s Gunpowder, Radio Times (October)
• Keep Calm and Carry On: The Wartime slogan that became a motto for our times, Daily Express (October)
• Missguided ‘Send me Nudes’ campaign Daily Mail/Mirror (August)
• Competitive Christianity? Why a summer festival’s marketing is raising eyebrows, ChristianToday (August)
• Cyberbullying: protecting your child, for Youth and Children’s Work Magazine (July)
• Youth, Social Media and the General Election, MMU News (June)
• Raising Children in a Digital Age recommended by Mother’s Union Magazine, (May?)
• Teenagers and Mental Health in a Digital Age, Church Times (May)
• Trending in Children’s Apps, Guardians of Ancora (April)
• Social Media Fast for Lent? Not for Me!, The MediaNet (March)
• Quoted in ‘Just Say No‘, in The War Cry (February)
• Seeing Threats? Seeing Opportunities? Social Media, Mobile Technology And The Church, Christian Today (March)

2016

• Choosing Games for Children, Guardians of Ancora (December)
• O click, all ye faithful: church expands online in ‘paradigm shift’, The Guardian (December)
• Parenting in a Digital Age, Scottish Broadcast Magazine (December)
• Why are Christians mean online? quoted in Premier blog (November)
• Engaging with Violence against women and girls, quoted in Restored blog (September)
• Stimulating the Next Generation of Digital Creatives, Digital Leaders (NW) (August)
• In the Beginning (Genesis 1-4), Day by Day with God (BRF, August)
• From Pokemon Go to Hashtags: How digital and social media is changing the Church, LSE Religion and the Public Sphere Blog (July)
• Is a digital presence for your church just a ‘nice to have’?, Churches Alive Online (July)
• How social media is changing the church, The Conversation (May)
• YouTube Kids, Childrenswork Magazine (March/April)
• ‘Raising the Minimum Age for Social Media‘, Youthwork Magazine (February)
• Interview with About.Manchester.com (February)
• Internet Safety: A Parent’s Guide, Motherland.com (February)

2015

• ‘The Digital Mission Field’, Preach Magazine, Winter 2015
• Digital fear still here? Steering a positive future, 21stCentury.co.uk (December)
• Selfies, Self-Worth and Sharing Online, Oldham News (November)
• Students Take Part in Digital Relationship Study, Macclesfield Express (November)
• A site for sore eyes (comment), Reform Magazine (August)
• Little Gamers, Childrenswork Magazine (Jun/Jul)
• Quoted in Digital evangelists experience happiness and sadness online, Church Times (June)
• Quoted in Twitter Communions: Cutting-edge digital mission or theological nonsense?, Christian Today (June)
• Pádraig Ó Tuama In the Shelter, Finding a home in the world (2015) for Third Way (June)
• Comment Piece: Youth, Social Media and the Election, Durham University (April)
• Raising Children in a Digital Age, SU Scotland (March)
• Restorative Justice: How can it help with online trolling? Resolution (January)
• Which tablet is right for you?, Woman Alive Magazine (January)
• Book Endorsements:
  • Romines, G. & Miko, C. The Unofficial Bible for Minecrafters: Stories from the Bible told Block by Block, Lion Children’s (2015)
  • Bright, T. Don’t Beat Yourself Up: Learning the Wisdom of Kindsight, Monarch (2015)
  • Smith, P. Online Mission and Ministry: A Theological and Practical Guide, SPCK (2015)
  • Juby. C. BibleIntro: A Bible Handbook for the Twitter Generation, Authentic (2015)

2014

• ‘Communicating our Ancient Faith in a Digital Age,Manna Magazine, Bath and Wells Diocese (Winter)
• Time to Look at Trials By Gossip, Northern Echo (October)
• We Fear What We Don’t Know, CCPAS Magazine (October)
• Should McCann Twitter abuser have been doorstepped on TV?, The Conversation (October)
• Because I’m ‘Appy, Woman Alive Magazine (September)
• Former chief Rabbi blames social media for inflaming wars, Christian Today (July)
• Surviving the Digital Jungle Sunday Star Times, New Zealand (July)
• Are generation Z internet junkies?, Christian Today (May)

• Interviewed for prestigious back page of the Church Times (May)

• Dr Bex Lewis, Childrenswork Magazine (May)
• Quoted in Woman Magazine (May)
• Quoted in £700k boost for research into faith and digital culture, Inspire Magazine (May)
• Engaging with Youth in a Digital Age, Church of England Newspaper (April)
• Raising Teenagers in a Digital Age, Families First (April)
• Redeeming Culture in a Digital Age, Threads UK (April)
• Internet Filters: A Guide for Parents, Parentdish/Huffington Post (April)
• Raising Children in a Digital Age, The Irish Catholic (March)
• Featured in Church of England newspaper (February)
• Advert in Guardian (2.4 Parenting Special - only South-East)
• Financial Times describes book as ‘sensible’ in a sea of scare books (February)
• Book overview, Christian Today (February)
• Journalist’s Breakfast, including Sunday Times (February)
• Raising Children in a Digital Age: Advice for Parents, Parentdish/Huffington Post (March)
• Safe as Mouses, The War Cry (March)

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  ‘Learning the law of the digital jungle‘, The Daily Telegraph Weekend Supplement (February)

• ‘Child Dangers Online Highlighted‘, Chronicle (February)
• ‘Help to keep children safe online‘, Sunderland Echo (February)
• Interview, Nursery World (February)
• ‘Parents must do more to protect children online‘, The Northern Echo (February)
• Featured in St George’s Church, Singapore newsletter (1000+ congregation)
• London Mums magazine (print edition and online) - distributed free through selected Sainsbury, Tesco and Asda stores plus other family-friendly outlets in London
• Featured in Kids’ Blog Club (February)
• ‘The joys of country living in a digital age‘, Country Way (Vol 65, February)
• Communicating our ancient faith in a digital age, Manna Magazine (February)
• ‘Christianity in the Digital Age’, LST Insight (Vol 2:4) (January), pp 18-21

2013

• Building Church in a Digital Landscape, Magnet (June)
• Sheridan Voysey Resurrection Year (2013) for The Big Bible Project (May)
• The Church and Building Community in the Digital Age, Christian Today (May)
• Keep calm phrase proving words to live, sue by, The Guelph Mercury (May)
• WWII propaganda poster spawns phenomenon - and a feud, The Charleston Gazette (May)
• Obscure World War II poster exhorts calm, causes frenzy, The Seattle Times (May)
• WWII Poster calls for calm; now it stokes frenzy, feud by Henry Chu, LA Times (May)
• 40Acts: Daily Reflection: Clear out Your Wardrobe (March)
• Putting Uganda in the Picture, Church Times (March)
• ‘Ugandan trip for top blogger’, Durham Times, p8, 22nd February

• ‘Uni academic’s Uganda visit’, Sunderland Echo, p25, 22nd February.

• ‘Study for Lent’, Durham Times, p6, 22nd February

• Tear Fund: Bloggers Trip, Uganda (February)
• ‘Uganda Blog Visit Planned’, Northern Echo, p60, 20th February
• ‘Reading the Gospel truth intro Narnia’, Sunderland Echo, p6, February 15th
• ‘Reading the Gospel Truth Into Narnia’, Sunderland Echo, (February)
• Zapping Time, Threads UK (January)

2012

• Journeying in Community, Bible Reflections (December)
• Interviewed by Ulrich Goll for The Art of War (November)
• Richard Littledale Who Needs Words (2012), for The Big Bible Project (August)
• Thompson, P. (2012) “Q&A with Dr Bex Lewis”, Youthwork Magazine: The Internet Edition, (August), p.10
• Growing Churches in the Digital Age, Church Growth Research and Development (August)
• 1AProductions KJB: The Book That Changed The World (2012), for The Big Bible Project (July)
• The Importance of Rest, Bible Reflections (June)
• Antony Billington Whole Life: Whole Bible (2012), for The Big Bible Project (April)
• Join in the Big Read Biblefresh (March)
• Big Bible: The Big Read, Greenbelt Blog (March)

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  Faith News in Brief The Times (February)

• The Big Read 2012 Christian Today (February)
• Engaging with the Bible in digital media, The Methodist Church
• Keep Calm and Pray On, Transpositions (February)
• UK Programme Creating Conversation around the Bible, YouVersion (February)
• Feast on the Bible Bible Reflexions (February)
• Time to dust off your Bibles Inspire Magazine (February)
• Learning through engagement for Letters From the Edge, #JISCEL12 blog

2011

• #Digidisciple: Living Biblically in a Digital Age, Evangelical Alliance ‘Idea’ Magazine.
• Digital Media and the Bible, MetConnexion (May)
• Big Read 2011 gets underway for Lent, Christian Today (March)
• Online or Off-Limits The Baptist Times (February)
• Time to dust off your Bibles Inspire Magazine (February)
• What are you saying?, for Letters from the Edge, #JISCEL11 blog
• Big Bible? Bigger Conversations? The Big Read 2011, Methodist Evangelicals Together magazine. (January)

2010

• Twitter? That’s just like Facebook statuses without the extra stuff, right?, Thoughts Magazine (November)
• The Big Bible Project The Church Times (October)
• The Big Bible Project The Church Sofa (October)
• Icon of the Month: Keep Calm and Carry On, Third Way Magazine (September)
• ‘Quoted: Everything has speeded up except the Christian response Guardian (June)
• Knowing Your Bebo from your Wiki, Evangelical Alliance Idea Magazine (March-April)
• Discussions with Time Magazine (the story didn’t run) (January)

2009

• Rentoul, J. Blog on The Independent (July)

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  Walker, R. ‘Remixed Messages‘, New York Times (July)

• ‘My Sister’s Keeper‘, Damaris Culturewatch (July)
• ‘Easy Virtue‘, Damaris Culturewatch (May)
• Edge, S. ‘Sign of the Times‘, Daily Express (March)

2006

• Challenging a fast food culture, Damaris Culturewatch (September)

2005

• Hitch, Damaris Culturewatch (July)
• Struggling to Achieve: ‘The Games’, Damaris Culturewatch (April)
• Donald Zec: Don’t Lose it Again (2005), The Political Cartoon Society
• ‘Strube: The World’s Most Popular Cartoonist’ (2004), The Political Cartoon Society
• Hampshire Chronicle
• Venta Alumni Magazine
• News @ Winchester