Experience

BBC Radio 5 Live

• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Producer

  • May 2014 - Present

  Writing and producing the sports bulletins on BBC Radio 5 Live. Making editorial decisions, selecting the best audio from press conferences, live commentary and interviews and writing interesting and engaging sports copy for the BBC 5 Live audience. Occasionally broadcasting sport bulletins. Working with the wider Sports News department to ensure consistency, creativity and accuracy across all platforms. Writing and producing the sports bulletins on BBC Radio 5 Live. Making editorial decisions, selecting the best audio from press conferences, live commentary and interviews and writing interesting and engaging sports copy for the BBC 5 Live audience. Occasionally broadcasting sport bulletins. Working with the wider Sports News department to ensure consistency, creativity and accuracy across all platforms.



BBC

• Italy
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Regional Sportsgathering Co-ordinator, BBC Sports News

  • Jan 2013 - Present

  Responsible for distributing regional sports news content across all BBC Sport and BBC News outlets. Liaising with regional sports producers to enhance national exposure to regional stories and maximising the use of both BBC Sport and local news resources in order to produce multi-platform content for a number of outlets (including BBC Network News, BBC News Channel, 5Live, Radio 4, BBC Sport Online and Football Focus).

• Media Manager

  • Aug 2010 - Apr 2013

  Managing news content using the BBC Jupiter news system and providing a customer-focussed archive research service. Often working under pressure to source archive material to tight deadlines with a pro-active approach to resolving problems and improving working practices. Working knowledge of sports rights and copyright restrictions and a thorough understanding of newsroom practices and technology (e.g. Mosart, Viz, ENPS, Quantel, Journalism Portal, CBIS Satellite Bookings).

• Media Manager

  • Dec 2009 - Aug 2010

  Managing regional news content using a Quantel server system and providing a television archive research service.

• Broadcast Journalist / Broadcast Assistant

  • Apr 2008 - Dec 2009

  Multi-skilled broadcast journalist, producing and providing content for various radio programmes and news and sport bulletins. Often working as a district reporter in the Grimsby office, building local professional relationships and sourcing unique news stories. An excellent broadcaster with the ability to read live bulletins and report live in the field, with the additional creativity to produce and edit engaging and audience-focused radio packages and features (including a week-long multi-platform strand looking at issues surrounding mental health in the region). Show less


The Local Radio Company
• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Journalist

  • Mar 2007 - Apr 2008

Various Commercial Radio Stations
• Freelance Broadcast Journalist

  • Feb 2006 - Mar 2007