As a poacher turned gamekeeper who specialises in conducting media training sessions across the UK, it was surreal to see myself back on the telly in an ITV Wales programme which reviewed major news stories.
As highlighted in my previous posts, I was interviewed about covering what appeared to be a fairly innocuous story [...]
In today’s fast-moving media environment, the opportunities to build your profile on the airwaves as an authority in your sector with organisations spanning BBC Radio Leeds, Radio 5 Live or independent local radio news – are more prolific than ever.
As a former BBC radio reporter and news editor, I used to interview thousands of people [...]
With just one week to go to my ITV Wales interview recalling my memories as an on-screen reporter covering the story of serial murderer Peter Moore, who killed four men in as many months, I wanted to refresh myself on the do’s and don’ts of appearing on TV. Many of our clients have done storming [...]
Things are hotting up following my last post on my forthcoming interview about a story I covered on serial killer Peter Moore when working for ITV Wales.
Having ‘crossed the divide’ from poacher to gamekeeper after 13 years as an on-screen TV reporter and radio news producer for organisations including Sky News, BBC Radio London where [...]
One of my sartorial ambitions is to own a Burberry trench coat. As I sat watching last night’s regional news on the announcement that the high-end fashion retailer is cutting 290 jobs at three of its Yorkshire factories, my ambition was somewhat tarnished.
The piece – devoid of comment from Burberry – was a sad [...]
The news that that our regional ITV news coverage could be further eroded due to a shortage of advertising prompts fears of quality of output being compromised - particularly as it was not that long ago that a television news team in our region underwent the trauma of re-applying for their own positions and cutting jobs. As a former regional TV journalist with organisations including the BBC TV news in Manchester and HTV, the announcement [...]
