Robbie Smyth is Deputy Head of the Journalism & Media Communications Faculty at Griffith College, Dublin, Ireland. He is also the editor of An Phoblacht, the Sinn Féin quarterly magazine and online website. He has received his PhD from Queens University Belfast, the research involved a study of the quality and accuracy of news media opinion poll reporting. His current research interests include the reporting of elections, politics everywhere, climate issues and how media and communications are being transformed in the digital era.