Credits and Employment History:

Feb 2008 to Feb 2009 - I worked as a Multimedia Journalist for Press Association, filming/editing anything up to 4 news packages a day for distribution to online customers such as MSN, TISCALI, VIRGIN, AOL & NEWSQUEST

Feb 2006 to Feb 2008 - Content Producer and Self-Shooting PD for online iptv channel SAIL TV (www.sail.tv)
I was also occasionally Camera Operator on a number of hour long programmes documenting these sailing events. Programmes are regularly aired on Eurosport and SKY.

Freelance Video Journalist/Day BJ,
BBC Hull, "Look North" News, broadcast to Yorks/Lincs.

Broadcast Journalist/Video Journalist/Presenter
"GTV" Channel 7. Half hour news programme broadcast to North/North East Lincolnshire.

Producer/Researcher - My Kind of Show.com, "Bin Sins", Half hr Lifestyle/Documentary about families recycling. I regularly spoke to German contributors, using my conversational level in the language.

Granada Television, National Geographic Channel.
I worked as a Researcher on the quiz show "National Geo-Genius." My work included verifying questions, creating a foreign pronunciation guide for the presenter, contacting contestants, and transcribing.

During this time, I also worked as Production Secretary on "That's Esther," contacting celebrity guests, arranging their transport, booking equipment and hire cars, making call sheets, up dating the schedule, and researching stories.

NVQ 4 Broadcast Journalism
East Coast Media, Channel 7, Grimsby
April to December 2004
I trained through Skillset, obtaining an NVQ level 4 in Broadcast Journalism. I was part of team, who produce a half hour weekly news programme, which is broadcast to North and North East Lincolnshire. My role entailed, researching news stories, finding contributors, arranging the shoot, interviewing, and scripting/performing the voice over. I also worked as a VJ using a PD150, and edited using Final Cut Pro. My BBC Placement was with Look North in Hull for the month of October 2004.

Post Graduate Diploma Media Production
University of Central England, B'ham
Sept 2002 to June 2003
Course content: writing proposals, researching ideas, producing and directing own work, editing - final cut pro, camera operation - PD150. I also carried out a multimedia module, and passed the masters media law exam.

Researching for Television
BBC Training & Development
18th and 19th Februrary 2002
Course Content: duties of a researcher in a production team, finding sources to develop and realise a brief, copyright laws, visualising ideas, media law.

BA (Hons) Theatre Acting, Grade 2.1, Bretton Hall University College, Wakefield
1998-2001
Course Content: acting, directing, scriptwriting

'A' Levels Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh
1996-1998
German - B
French - C
Theatre Studies - E

GCSE's
The Atherley School, Southampton
1991 to 1996
9 Grades A* to B

Post Grad Diploma - Media Production (TV)

Skillset - NVQ 4 Broadcast Journalism

Theatre (Acting) BA Hons - 2.1

A Levels - German, French, Theatre St.

I Own a Z1 Kit.
(HD/DVCAM/DV formats)

Editing: Avid/Premiere/Final Cut/Quantel