Michael Short

Writer & Advisor

Michael Short is a media industry specialist skilled as a writer, editor, leader, media advisor, and lecturer with extensive experience in community-led change, evidence-based policy, political integrity, and public-interest journalism.

He works with not-for-profit, corporate and private clients seeking economic, social, and cultural progress. This furthers the work he has done in mainstream media for more than three decades as a journalist, columnist, editor and CEO, as well as an ambassador and volunteer board member.

news & opinion

24 March, 2026

You’re welcome, by the way: pets can help you live longer.

24 March, 2026

Match point in the war room: what elite sport taught me about crisis leadership