When I tell people I’m a broadcast journalist in TV news most people usually respond with “that must’ve been very competitive”. And it’s true that when you go into journalism you expect to get knocked-back a fair few times. With yesterday’s BBC pay revelation news, transparency now seems to be trending… So I’ve decided to… Read More Broadcast Journalism: Handling rejection
When I have stuff to write, read or research I like to go to a not-too-busy, not-too-noisy coffee shop. Here are my top picks in central London.. CAMPUS: 4-5 Bonhill St, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4BX This is google’s cafe for entrepreneurs, start-up projects and freelancers. You have to sign up & become a member before you… Read More Central London coffee shops to write in
The title: WHO WON THE TV ELECTION ON THE NIGHT? The guest speakers: all four editors of election night TV programmes. Sam Woodhouse from the BBC, Alex Chandler from ITV, Cristina Nicolotti Squires from Sky and Ian Rumsey from Channel 4 / ITN productions. The very hot and sticky room at the Groucho club on… Read More Media Society Event: Election night TV
During my two weeks of work experience at Channel 5 News in summer 2015 I was lucky enough to spend a morning at Buckingham Palace, help create news packages, book experts to appear on 5 News Tonight and see correspondents deliver live reports from Westminster. If you’re looking to do work experience there too, keep… Read More Behind the scenes at Channel 5 News
Today I got the opportunity to learn from some of the biggest names in British journalism at the Polis 2015 conference, on journalism and elections, at the London School of Economics. The sixth annual Polis conference included speakers such as: Andrew Marr, Adam Boulton, Mary Ann Sieghart, along with 40 other influential journos from across… Read More Tips from BBC’s Andrew Marr, Sky’s Adam Boulton & more…
On Wednesday 25th February Professor Roy Greenslade held a journalism masterclass at Sussex University on ‘the British media landscape in 2015’. The media commentator for the Guardian, and columnist at the Evening Standard, has an enviable CV including the editor position at the Daily Mirror and is now a professor of journalism at City University. A… Read More Journalism master class with Roy Greenslade
Foggy Bottom, Pentagon, Friendship Heights, Crystal City & Arlington Cemetery, these are some of the names of Washington D.C.’s metro stops. Once I’ve successfully used public transport in a city, it’s then that I start to feel smug, lift my head high, and begin to assume the identity of an accomplished traveler. Actually, an 11-year-old… Read More Washington D.C.
The university media team asked me to do a filmed interview about my work placement as Media and Communications Assistant a few months ago, its now online! I start speaking 30 seconds in!
From January until April 2014 I worked in radio broadcasting as production assistant on the BBC Sussex Saturday breakfast show; this involved contacting contributors, taking calls during the show’s phone-ins, greeting guests who arrived at the studio & updating social media during each live broadcast. I was living just a five minute walk from the radio… Read More Production at BBC Sussex Radio
During my eleven weeks at Sightsavers I have been hearing about the UK Parliament’s Select Committee on International Development (IDC) and how they have been holding an inquiry looking at development and disability. The parliamentary body monitors the activities of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). Sightsaver’s Put Us in the Picture campaign is… Read More Campaigning for inclusion
Hannah Gray 