Gráinne Faller
Email: grainne@fhmediaconsulting.com
Tel: +353 (0)86840 4761
Gráinne is passionate about the idea of encouraging people who know a great deal about things, to engage with the general public. She has more than ten years of experience of covering education and research and development issues for The Irish Times.
A qualified primary school teacher, Gráinne taught for a number of years in both Ireland and Tanzania before doing an MA in journalism in DIT. With her experience as a teacher a specialisation in education journalism was a natural step.
In writing weekly features for the education pages in The Irish Times, as well as research focused stories for specialist supplements, she has accumulated a great deal of knowledge about what works and what doesn't when people working in higher education and research deal with the media.
Gráinne has also worked as a current affairs researcher in RTE and Today FM. This involved identifying and preparing people, both experienced and inexperienced, for live and pre-recorded interviews on television and radio.
Louise Holden
Email: louise@fhmediaconsulting.com
Tel: +353 (0)87 242 3985
Louise has worked as a journalist covering education and R&D for over 15 years, writing for a range of publications including the Sunday Tribune, the Irish Independent and The Irish Times, where she has been a weekly education feature writer since 2002.
Louise also profiles research projects for higher education institutions including Trinity College Dublin, UCD, NUI Maynooth and NUI Galway, in both SET and HSS disciplines.
Louise has conducted her own research on coverage of education issues in the Irish print media and the implications of media exposure for policy development in education. She did this as part of the MEd programme in UCD in 2007.
She has been a guest and part time lecturer on further and higher education media courses, delivering modules on media theory, sub-editing and design and layout.
Her broadcast experience includes a position as guest presenter on RTE’s arts show, The Works. She is a regular commentator on education issues on radio and TV.