Gayle is a visiting lecturer in Public Relations and has more than 17 years in the media industry including 10 as a journalist, working for publications including the Scotsman and Newcastle Evening Chronicle, where she won the Cordner prize for North East Business Writer of the Year and the Kate Adie Award in 2006.
Gayle now runs a public relations consultancy and her clients include national law firm Thompsons Solicitors, music accessories design house Tribal Planet and the Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Research Fund. She also provides training to PR professionals in the region and undertakes specialist freelance journalism projects.
Gayle has an NCE in Journalism, BA Hons Journalism and is a member of the NUJ and CIPR.
Gayle is teaching on COM8001 PR in the Digital Age and COM8070 Building a PR Campaign