ABSTRACT
John Tulloch dedication to serious academic research was often reflected in the listings and detailed quantitative analyses he included in his papers and conference presentations. John’s idiosyncratic approach to the Leveson Inquiry into the practices and ethics of the press further demonstrates his ‘cheeky’ side and his stress on the importance of tabloid mischief-making. John was a regular attender at the annual conferences of the Institute of Communication Ethics, was books reviewer for its quarterly journal Ethical Space and he was always there in an email or at the end of the phone line with some wise words of advice for the Institute of Communication Ethics executive group. John was one of the leading international theorists of literary journalism, co-editing two texts on the subject and writing on a range of writers. In one of his most original studies, John engages in a critical, comparative analysis of the writings of Gitta Sereny and Gordon Burn.
