Christa is currently Associate Professor in Film and Television and Head of the CEMP (Centre for Excellence in Media Practice) research centre at Bournemouth University. Her research addresses the experience of working in the television industry, including career development, retention and the ‘leaky’ talent pipeline, management practices, workplace bullying and media education. She has published on these themes in academic journals as well as in industry-facing reports. Dr van Raalte also publishes on representations of gender and on narrative strategies in film and television texts.

Richard Wallis teaches and researches within the Faculty of Media and Communication at Bournemouth University. He is part of the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP) where his research focus has been the experience of media work, media careers, media skills and training, continuing professional development and media literacy within policy. He has published widely across these themes. He holds a PhD from Loughborough University, and an MPhil from Exeter University. He was previously an Executive Producer at the UK production company, Twofour, and his work draws on over twenty years of industry experience.