Maxwell Modell

Maxwell Modell is a Research Associate at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Culture, studying impartiality in UK political news.

His research focuses on the interplay between journalism and politics, with a specific focus on the way news media is reimagining itself in response to digital technologies and narratives of declining trust in journalism.

He completed his PhD at Cardiff University in 2025.

His PhD project ‘Reinventing the News? The Discourse of UK News Podcasts’, examined the rise of news podcasts in the UK and their role in reimagining journalism, focusing on evolving norms of news presentation and how they are discursively legitimated. The project was motivated by a desire to understand how legacy and digital-native news producers are using podcasts as a medium to repackage broadcast practices for a rapidly changing digital media landscape and as a way to better engage audiences.

His other research interests include podcasts, political interviews and broadcast talk.