Kim S. Kierans is an Inglis Professor emerita in the School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing at the University of King's College, Halifax, where she taught for twenty-four years following a career in journalism. She is senior fellow at Massey College, University of Toronto, sits on the advisory board of OxCo Academic Video in Oxford, UK, and is on the board of the Asian Center for Journalism at Ateno de Manila University.