Experience

BBC News

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Team Manager - Digital Audio Newsroom

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  • Managing the BBC’s team of Digital Audio Journalists • Commissioning, developing and overseeing podcasts and modular audio content, including the ‘5 Minutes’ podcast (one of the BBC’s most successful) and Ros Atkins’ explainers. • Editorial leadership of the world’s first interactive smart speaker bulletin • Working directly with BBC Sounds, BBC News and BBC Radio

• Senior Journalist Reporter at Newsbeat on Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network

  • Sep 2018 - Jul 2022

  London, England, United Kingdom • Duty Editor with sole responsibility for the day's content on air and online, including responsibility for all editorial / legal issues and compliance, commissioning items, managing reporters and presenters, assigning responsibilities, providing guidance and feedback • Training and recruiting staff • Regular presenter of the main Newsbeat programme on Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network, broadcasting to more than 10 million listeners a week • Deputy Newsreader for Radio 1 Breakfast… Show more • Duty Editor with sole responsibility for the day's content on air and online, including responsibility for all editorial / legal issues and compliance, commissioning items, managing reporters and presenters, assigning responsibilities, providing guidance and feedback • Training and recruiting staff • Regular presenter of the main Newsbeat programme on Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network, broadcasting to more than 10 million listeners a week • Deputy Newsreader for Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James and senior daytime newsreader, writer and reporter • Produced all Category One Royal Obits • Original journalism picked up inside and outside the BBC • Interviewer, writer, story-teller, audio editor

• Multimedia Broadcast Journalist at Newsbeat on Radio 1 and 1Xtra

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2018

  London, England, United Kingdom • Presenting, newsreading, bulletin writing, package making (from base or on location) and live reporting to 10 million listeners a week on one of the UK's biggest and most famous radio stations • Responsible for interviews, scripting, mixing audio and sourcing the best case studies and contributors. • Coming up with original stories, with toplines picked up inside and outside the BBC • Pitching story ideas and creative treatments for radio, video and online • Filming and editing… Show more • Presenting, newsreading, bulletin writing, package making (from base or on location) and live reporting to 10 million listeners a week on one of the UK's biggest and most famous radio stations • Responsible for interviews, scripting, mixing audio and sourcing the best case studies and contributors. • Coming up with original stories, with toplines picked up inside and outside the BBC • Pitching story ideas and creative treatments for radio, video and online • Filming and editing distinctive video content • Producing online articles and social media content

• Senior Journalist (Social Media) at BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat

  • Jul 2017 - Sep 2017

  London, England, United Kingdom • Lead responsibility for all of Newsbeat’s social media content, including devising a new strategy • Significantly growing followers and interactions • Interacting with users and dealing with any complaints • Analysing data with tools like Crowdtangle, Dataminr and Chartbeat to spot trends and inform decision-making • Creating ‘postcards’, gifs, quotes, images, galleries and video (using Snappy TV) • Responsible for Newsbeat’s most successful social post, with 6000 shares



BBC News

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Journalist (Social Media) at BBC News

  • Nov 2015 - Mar 2016

  London, England, United Kingdom • Producing content for the main BBC News social accounts: @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld @BBCNews and the world's biggest Facebook news account. • Often multi-tasking to manage all four accounts simultaneously as the sole person on shift. • Verifying content and making editorial decisions under extreme time pressure. • Creating ‘postcards’, gifs, quotes, images, galleries and video (using Snappy TV). • Using analytics tools (eg Crowdtangle, Dataminr and Chartbeat) to spot trends, inform… Show more • Producing content for the main BBC News social accounts: @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld @BBCNews and the world's biggest Facebook news account. • Often multi-tasking to manage all four accounts simultaneously as the sole person on shift. • Verifying content and making editorial decisions under extreme time pressure. • Creating ‘postcards’, gifs, quotes, images, galleries and video (using Snappy TV). • Using analytics tools (eg Crowdtangle, Dataminr and Chartbeat) to spot trends, inform decisions and advise editors of potential stories, breaking news or possible improvements for existing content (including SEO). • Often single-handedly dealing with breaking news including Terry Wogan’s death, the EU referendum deal and the New Hampshire primary, and producing follow-up content. • Interacting with users and dealing with complaints and mistakes made by team. Show less



BBC News

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Broadcast Journalist/Breakfast Reporter BBC Radio London

  • Jan 2013 - Sep 2013

  London, England, United Kingdom • Newsreading and writing, including for the networked evening show across the English regions. • Live reporting and interviewing (in studio or on location), including on the Woolwich terror attack, the Vauxhall helicopter crash, Baroness Thatcher's funeral, the anniversary of Stephen Lawrence's murder, Tia Sharpe's disappearance, the 2012 Olympics and 2013 London Marathon. • Single-handedly set up producing the breakfast show with all legal and editorial. • Selecting stories, fully… Show more • Newsreading and writing, including for the networked evening show across the English regions. • Live reporting and interviewing (in studio or on location), including on the Woolwich terror attack, the Vauxhall helicopter crash, Baroness Thatcher's funeral, the anniversary of Stephen Lawrence's murder, Tia Sharpe's disappearance, the 2012 Olympics and 2013 London Marathon. • Single-handedly set up producing the breakfast show with all legal and editorial. • Selecting stories, fully researching topics, writing cues, sourcing the best guests to give a range of views across the show, providing briefs, suggesting lines of questioning, commissioning reporters.

• Freelance Broadcast Journalist

  • Nov 2011 - Jan 2013

  • A range of freelance reporting and newsreaing roles at BBC Radio London, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC South Today, BBC 3 Counties Radio, BBC Sussex, BBC Surrey, BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC GNS • Working at the BBC's GNS service I reported for local radio stations across the UK

• Broadcast Journalist at BBC Radio Berkshire

  • Jan 2011 - Oct 2011

  Reading, England, United Kingdom • Producing and reading up to 4 bulletins an hour, while monitoring output for new lines and clips • Live reporting • Producing montages, packages, voxes and two ways • Producing Mid-Morning, Afternoon and Drive programmes and assisting Breakfast production. Selecting contributors and carrying out interviews. Developing contacts and forward planning

• AP at BBC2 / BBC Switch show Revealed

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

  London, England, United Kingdom • Directing, producing, scripting, filming and editing a current affairs TV show for teenagers on BBC 2 and the BBC Switch strand • Finding all case studies and experts, researching topics and writing briefs • Selecting programme topics and coming up with creative treatments • Putting forward contacts and planning ideas at Radio 1’s Newsbeat • Producing content and video for online • Producing clips, voicers, packages and online articles for Radio 1’s Newsbeat

• Broadcast Journalist at BBC Radio Essex

  • Feb 2010 - Apr 2010

  Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom • Producing and reading local and regional bulletins • Creating copy, clips, voicers and packages • Selecting contributors and carrying out interviews • Putting forward original stories and developing contacts • Live reporting during Saffron Walden election count • Interviewed the then Foreign Secretary, David Miliband



Sky News

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Newsreader and Reporter

  • Nov 2011 - Jan 2013

  London, England, United Kingdom • Newsreading and writing timed bulletins across the commercial radio IRN network • Producing packages and other content for stations • Bespoke bulletin reading and writing for Magic Radio



Global

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Newsreader and Reporter at Red Dragon FM (now Capital South Wales)

  • Jun 2009 - Jan 2010

  Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom • Producing and reading up to four bulletins an hour, producing copy, clips and packages, selecting contributors, carrying out interviews and forward planning • Weekend work and later full time Drive Bulletin role



BBC News

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher at BBC Radio Wales (Jamie and Louise show)

  • Sep 2009 - Oct 2009

  Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom • Finding and pitching lifestyle/entertainment stories and ongoing features, locating suitable contributors and writing briefs and scripts



BBC

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher at The One Show

  • Jul 2009 - Sep 2009

  Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom • Pitching consumer stories and writing briefs, writing to the companies under investigation, contacting contributors, researching stories and investigating legal issues



BBC News

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Broadcast Journalist at BBC Radio Wales

  • Nov 2006 - Apr 2009

  Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom • Contributing ideas, selecting and booking guests and writing presenter briefs and cues, editing audio and production role in studio



GTFM (South Wales) Ltd

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

• News Editor / Newsreader

  • May 2007 - Feb 2008

  Rhydyfelin, Wales, United Kingdom • A paid, full-time role as editor and newsreader / writer at this community radio station