Experience

Nottinghamshire Live

• United Kingdom
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Content Editor

  • Sep 2021 - Present

• Senior Reporter

  • Dec 2018 - Sep 2021

  - Reporting;- Meeting monthly digital performance targets;- Monitoring website analytics; - Covering shifts on newsdesk - subbing copy, managing the home page of the website and social media accounts

• Trainee Digital Journalist

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2018

  - Meeting tight deadlines, writing for the web and paper (digital-first strategy).- Finding stories and coming up with splash ideas.- Shooting Facebook Live broadcasts to an audience of more than 100,000 people.- Attending press conferences - Manning the live, breaking news blog.- Interviewing councillors, MPs, police chiefs, business owners, celebrities and members of the public on a variety of topics.- Covering court, when required. - Helping to manage the social media accounts, when required, and managing the home page of the website. - Leading coverage on a series of remembrance football matches between British troops and the Germans in the city.- Highlights include covering Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's first official engagement, in Nottingham. And reporting on the Tour of Britain cycling race through Nottinghamshire.- An occasional reviewer of gigs, comedy and shows taking place in the city- From March 2018, specialising in covering sports news and planning developments. Show less



Johnston Press

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Journalist

  • Aug 2017 - Sep 2017

  Freelancer writing for Johnston Press’ Derbyshire titles. Freelancer writing for Johnston Press’ Derbyshire titles.



LeftLion Magazine Nottingham

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Entertainment writer

  • Oct 2015 - Sep 2017

  Reviewing gigs and interviewing bands. Reviewing gigs and interviewing bands.



Notts TV

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Online Reporter

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Digital reporter writing for the channel’s website and helping to manage the social media accounts. Shooting for the television broadcasts and Facebook Lives when required. Highlights included blogging the results of the 2017 General Election.

• Intern

  • Oct 2016 - May 2017

  Writing news stories and features for the web. Assisting in the gallery for the live shows. Writing a series of exclusives raising awareness of prescription drug addition, featuring interviews with former addicts, doctors and practitioners.



Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Media and Marketing intern

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2016

  Manning Trent Bridge Live, Nottinghamshire’s in-house, live streaming service, to blog 50-over, Twenty20 and County Championship games. Writing second-team and academy match reports for the official website and interview pieces. Covering a One Day International and representing the club at the post-match press conference. Manning Trent Bridge Live, Nottinghamshire’s in-house, live streaming service, to blog 50-over, Twenty20 and County Championship games. Writing second-team and academy match reports for the official website and interview pieces. Covering a One Day International and representing the club at the post-match press conference.



GV Media (The Voice)

• London, United Kingdom

• Work Experience

  • Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  Writing about sport for the web and paper, the biggest Afro-Caribbean publication in the UK. Highlights included interviewing the former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion, Lennox Lewis, published as a double-page spread. Writing about sport for the web and paper, the biggest Afro-Caribbean publication in the UK. Highlights included interviewing the former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion, Lennox Lewis, published as a double-page spread.



Nottingham Forest FC

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Work Placement

  • Mar 2016 - Apr 2016

  Writing features for the match-day programme and subbing content. Writing an academy match report, fixture previews and interview pieces with first-team players for the Reds’ website. Working a Championship match-day, manning the club’s Twitter account to post live updates. Writing features for the match-day programme and subbing content. Writing an academy match report, fixture previews and interview pieces with first-team players for the Reds’ website. Working a Championship match-day, manning the club’s Twitter account to post live updates.



Derbyshire Live

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Work Placement

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2015



Immediate Media Co

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Work Placement

  • Feb 2013 - Feb 2013

  A week spent at Match of the Day magazine. A week spent at Match of the Day magazine.