Senior Research Fellow, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
Marion McCutcheon holds a degree in economics and finance, postgraduate qualifications in mathematics and statistics and a PhD on the outcomes of the first ten years of subscription television in Australia, ‘Is pay TV meeting its promise?’. She has extensive experience in providing policy-oriented research and advice within the Australian Government, and as an academic researcher focussing on media industries and creative industries. Her interests include the role of creative production in economic systems, and how society benefits from investing in culture. Recent work includes books co-authored with Sue Turnbull from the University of Wollongong, Transnational TV Crime: From Scandinavia to the Outback, and with the Queensland University of Technology’s Anna Potter, Australian Cultural Policy Unravelled: The Digital Demise of National Television Drama.
