Chubb, Philip Anthony

Positions summary

Associate Professor of Journalism; Deputy Head of Media, Film and Journalism 2008-2017.

Biography

Associate Professor Philip Chubb was the Deputy Head of Media, Film and Journalism and the Head of Journalism. He was employed at Monash from 2008 until his death in 2017. Prior to working at Monash, Associate Professor Chubb had a distinguished and award-winning career as a journalist. He served as a leader writer on The Age, deputy editor of Time Australia and national editor of ABC TV’s 7.30 Report. Together with Sue Spencer, he was given a Gold Walkley award for best journalism for his series Labor in Power, which told the inside story of the administrations headed by Bob Hawke and Paul Keating. He also won a prestigious Logie Award for best TV documentary and a Gold UN Media Peace Prize. In 2008, Professor Chubb joined the staff of Monash University, where he later became the Head of Journalism and Deputy Head of Media, Film and Journalism. Particularly concerned about the implications of media fragmentation, he would regularly challenge his students by asking, ‘As a Monash journalism graduate, you will inform and shape the future. The only question is: what is the world you would like to create?’ As head of journalism at Monash, Philip never wavered from emphasising the basic tenets of journalism to students: accuracy, verification, independence and a having ethical framework. At the same time as his commitment to excellent journalism practice, he showed a strong commitment to research and reflection on the impact of journalism. His doctoral thesis (and later, published book) was titled: Power Failure: The Inside Story of Climate Politics under Rudd and Gillard (Collingwood: Black Inc Agenda, 2014). After this, Professor Chubb ran workshops for journalists from nine Asian and Pacific countries on climate change and acted as the Monash coordinator of the Global Environmental Journalism Initiative, a pioneering consortium of European and Australian universities. Associate Professor Chubb was working on a new book about the history of the Cain-Kirner governments in Victoria 1982-92, funded by The John Cain Foundation, at the time of his death.

Papers

Research  files 1979-2017

Research files on the history of the Cain-Kirner governments 1982-92, funded by the The John Cain Foundation.