Dr Andy Williams is the RCUK Research Fellow in Risk, Health and Science Communication at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University. He got his PhD at Cardiff University’s Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, and after a stint as a political researcher for Leanne Wood AM (Shadow Social Justice Minister at the Welsh Assembly) he moved to the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies in 2006. He has worked on a number of research projects (commissioned by groups as diverse as the BBC, the AHRC, the ESRC, the Media Wise Trust, the Office of Science and Innovation, and the NUJ). His current research interests are: news sources in health and science news, digital journalism and user-generated content, and media history.