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)
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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.
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‘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