Professor Michael Tracey
Armory 112B
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Colorado at Boulder
1511 University Ave.
478 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Michael.Tracey@Colorado.edu
303-492-0445 phone
303-492-0969 fax

Professor Michael Tracey, an internationally recognized researcher and scholar, came to CU in 1988 from England, where he was head of the Broadcasting Research Unit in London, Britain's leading think tank dealing with media issues.  He has served as special adviser to the BBC's Community Programmes Unit, consultant to a variety of organizations, and honorary visiting research fellow at the University of Bradford. From 1994 to 1999 he was Visiting Professor and Chair of International Communications at the University of Salford in England. From 1991 to 1998 he was a Trustee of the International Institute of Communications. His fellow Trustees included CEOs from some of the world's largest broadcasting and telecommunications companies.  Professor Tracey earned a BA with honors in Politics from the University of Exeter and a PhD from the University of Leicester, where he also served as research fellow and taught at the graduate level.  He has published extensively in eight books, academic journals, conference papers and popular media. He has also given countless talks and lectures in many different countries on the politics, organization and economics of public service broadcasting. Since 1998 he has become a documentary film maker, including producing three documentaries about the JonBenet Ramsey murder case.  He is currently researching and writing two books dealing with different aspects of what he terms "the injustice of the American justice system."