Media specialist, educator, and writer Mary Hogarth, MD of The Magazine Expert Ltd, has more than 25 years of industry experience, is an HEA Senior Fellow and holds a fractional post as a Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University (UK).

Her consultancy practice, The Magazine Expert Ltd, specialises in new launches, audience intelligence, editorial development, and business strategies.  

In addition to serving as a panel judge for the Publisher Podcast Awards since 2019, Mary has written three books, including Business Strategies for Magazine Publishing (Routledge, 2018). Her research interests focus on magazine publishing, and she has presented her work at international conferences, including the Mapping the Magazine (Chicago, 2018) and the Future of Magazines (Lisbon, 2025).

As a doctoral candidate, Mary is currently investigating the value of reader services in special-interest magazines from both a publisher's and an audience's perspective.