Experience

Story Publishing

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Story Publishing

  • May 2018 - Present

  Story Publishing is an editorial, podcasting and research business, which produces stories and insight that educates, inspires and connects people. We combine the skills of print and broadcast journalism to get under the skin of our subjects. Our clients include: publishers, PR agencies, businesses, production companies and broadcasters. Recent podcasting work is below: Future Prison, The Baby Club Parent Podcast, My Digital Journey and the new Brother UK Cycling Podcast. www.storypublishing.co.uk



Prison Radio Association

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

• Senior Producer

  • Jul 2013 - Feb 2019

  As a senior producer for National Prison Radio as well as producing radio, I worked closely with female prisoners, training them to present and produce programmes. The role involved line managing, mentoring and conducting interviews with women who often had multiple disadvantages and barriers to overcome and working within a unique and challenging environment. • Recruiting, training and mentoring female prisoners to create, present and edit award-winning radio shows within the challenging prison environment. • Developing creative, powerful and entertaining speech and music radio to inspire and impact our audience of 80,000 prisoners across England and Wales, who the mainstream media struggles to engage. • Conducting interviews on difficult subjects in an empathetic and sensitive manner for example on drug addiction, living with HIV and growing up in care. • Working to strict editorial guidelines set by the Ministry of Justice. • Developing campaigns and content around learning to read and write in prison, and getting jobs when prisoners are released.



The Manchester College

• United Kingdom
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tutor

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2014

  • Delivering the ‘Developing skills for Community Radio’ level 2 NVQ course. Giving women the skills to tell their stories and make creative radio shows within a prison environment. • Teaching on the foundation degree in radio production which included lecturing in news and current affairs, pitching ideas, script writing and broadcast law. • Delivering the ‘Developing skills for Community Radio’ level 2 NVQ course. Giving women the skills to tell their stories and make creative radio shows within a prison environment. • Teaching on the foundation degree in radio production which included lecturing in news and current affairs, pitching ideas, script writing and broadcast law.



Sparklab productions

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Producer

  • Feb 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Producing the BBC Radio Five Live Bump Club series about pregnancy and birth. • Sourcing guests, researching ideas, developing treatments for topics. • Recording pre-recorded elements for the live shows. • Producing a complementary documentary around the series about fitness and pregnancy. (Beverley Turner Bump Club special) • Producing the BBC Radio Five Live Bump Club series about pregnancy and birth. • Sourcing guests, researching ideas, developing treatments for topics. • Recording pre-recorded elements for the live shows. • Producing a complementary documentary around the series about fitness and pregnancy. (Beverley Turner Bump Club special)



Arabian Radio Network

• Head of News, Dubai Eye and Dubai 92

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2007

  • Responsible for the day-to-day editorial decision-making, managing the team of reporters and presenters, as well as reporting and news reading. • Finding stories to cover and developing ideas for news programmes. • Reporting news from across the Middle East as well as international news- gaining a wide range of contacts. • Live reporting from the first UAE elections, the Dubai International Film Festival and the Dubai Tennis Championships. • Reporting from Kuwait, Qatar and elsewhere in the United Arab Emirates for the two stations. • Presenting regular live talk shows, interviewing guests and working mostly unscripted.



BBC News

• Australia
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

• Researcher/ Broadcast Journalist

  • Dec 2002 - Aug 2005

  • Reading bulletins, producing news reports, working on the forward-planning desk. • Producing special programmes - on the National Health Service (NHS Day) for example. Finding locations to broadcast from, interviewees, making radio packages and on-location producing. • Making a Radio 1 documentary on the issue of stalking, • Working as a producer at the Social Affairs Unit at BBC Television Centre. I worked with TV reporters and producers to get stories and repackage TV feeds and audio. I have a working knowledge of TV journalism.



BBC

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

• Reporter

  • Mar 2002 - Dec 2002

  Generating and reporting on a wide range of stories including flood devastation of towns in 2002. I spent time as a district reporter in Harrogate, working on my own to find local stories to report on, while organising my own schedule and diary. Making live radio car reports into shows, and conducting live and pre-recorded interviews. On a daily basis I made radio packages, compiled and read news bulletins. Generating and reporting on a wide range of stories including flood devastation of towns in 2002. I spent time as a district reporter in Harrogate, working on my own to find local stories to report on, while organising my own schedule and diary. Making live radio car reports into shows, and conducting live and pre-recorded interviews. On a daily basis I made radio packages, compiled and read news bulletins.