Toni Sant

{{Short description|Maltese academic (b.1968)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}}

| nationality = Maltese

| occupation = Director of Digital Media & Film Production

| employer = Salford University

| known_for = Franklin Furnace & the Spirit of the Avant-Garde

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Toni Sant (born 1968) is a Maltese academic and former radio and television presenter, producer and music journalist. He is Director of Digital Media & Film Production at Salford University{{cite web|url=http://www.salford.ac.uk/arts-media/arts-media-academics/toni-sant|title=Dr Toni Sant|last=Sant|first=Toni|publisher=Salford University|access-date=4 May 2017}} and was formerly Reader in Digital Curation at the University of Hull's School of Arts & New Media{{cite web|url=http://plagiarismconference.org/conference/keynote-speakers|title=Keynote speakers|year=2014|publisher=iParadigms Europe|access-date=22 June 2014}} on the Scarborough campus, England.

Sant has a B.A. in Theatre Studies from the University of Malta and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University. His publications include the book Franklin Furnace & the Spirit of the Avant-Garde: A History of the Future (2011, Intellect, {{ISBN|978-1841503714}}) about the Franklin Furnace Archive arts organisation in New York.{{cite book | url=http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo10397406.html | publisher=University of Chicago Press |title=Franklin Furnace and the Spirit of the Avant-Garde | access-date=24 March 2014}}

Sant joined Radio Malta in 1986 as a journalist on music programmes such as Kważi Kull Filgħaxija (1988/89), Mill-Garaxx (TVM - 1989/90), Il-Fil tat-Tiġdid (1989), Mal-20 bid-Daqq (1989/90), Immaġina: John Lennon (Radju Malta - 1990), Blast (TVM - 1990), Tutti Frutti (TVM - 1991). His television career included commentary for Malta at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

In December 1991, Sant left TVM to begin a career as television and radio producer and programme manager for Radio One Live which produces Music programmes. Sant also remained associated with TVM as he produced music programmes for the station.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}

Sant was previously Senior Lecturer in Performance & Creative Technologies and Director of Research in the School of Arts and New Media at the University of Hull.{{cite web | url = http://www2.hull.ac.uk/scarborough/campus-departments/sanm/meet-the-team/toni-sant.aspx|title = Dr Toni Sant | publisher= University of Hull: The School of Arts and New Media | access-date=24 March 2014}}

He has also been Education Organiser for Wikimedia UK.{{cite web|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/03/toni-sant-joins-wikimedia-uk-as-education-organiser/|title=Toni Sant joins Wikimedia UK as Education Organiser|date=2013-03-08|publisher=Wikimedia UK|access-date=22 June 2014}} He is the artistic director of Spazju Kreattiv (formerly the St James Cavalier Centre for Creativity), Malta's national centre for creativity.{{cite web|url=http://valletta2018.org/news/new-artistic-directors-announced/|title=New artistic directors announced|date=3 November 2014|work=Valeetta|access-date=4 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/arts/cultural_diary/47171/ringing_in_the_changes__toni_sant|title=Ringing in the changes: Toni Sant|last=Reljic|first=Teodor|date=8 December 2014|access-date=4 May 2017}}

Currently Sant remains associated with music by broadcasting podcasts on his website.{{cite web|url=http://www.tonisant.com/latest/blog/podcasts/|title=Podcasts|last=Sant|first=Toni|publisher=Toni Sant|access-date=22 June 2014}}