Brad Clark is an Associate Professor of Broadcast Media and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary (Canada). Dr. Clark has a doctorate from Charles Sturt University in Bathurst (Australia). His doctoral dissertation examined network television news representations of Indigenous peoples and racialized groups in Canada. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Clark spent six years as a national reporter for CBC Radio based in Calgary. He covered the oil and gas industry from Caracas, Houston; Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. and Washington D.C. His career at CBC started in Edmonton in 1992, where his duties included reporting for an award-winning radio investigative team. At CBC his personal interest in sports often crossed into his professional life, too; he reported on NHL lockouts, Stanley Cup finals, the 2002 Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.