BBC Development Producer, Producer and Journalist with many years of full-time permanent experience. Factual TV and audio, storytelling, podcasts, documentary and current affairs. Available immediately. Ideas, casting, writing, research, content creation, compliance, digital content. BBC video trained. **please see CV for full info**
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Factual producer, journalist and storyteller with many years of experience conceiving and developing ideas, pitching, casting, writing and creating high-profile BBC content and programmes - for Radio 4, the World Service, Documentary development, 6 Music special content, and digital - daily, weekly and long-term.
Visually skilled and BBC film trained, I bring new ideas from my years of daily BBC journalism and production to factual TV development, a love of human-centred storytelling, and am interested in thinking that spans TV, podcasts, and digital platforms.· Highly experienced constantly and successfully conceiving, pitching, researching, developing, casting, making, and editing factual ideas, across formats, genres, programmes, and platforms - daily, weekly and long-term, incl full programmes and winning long-form commissions.
· Current affairs, social issues, social justice, equalities, rights, sensitive and human stories, popular music, arts, culture, and other areas.
· Cast, secure and intervew the strongest speakers - experts, sensitive human stories and the high-profile. Skilled with contributors, gaining trust. Track-record successfully securing hard-to-get contributors and stars.
· Producer of Radio 4 daily flagships Woman’s Hour and Front Row, plus Documentaries development, The Media Show, The Cultural Frontline, Outlook, Any Answers, 6 Music special content, and more.
· TV/radio and cross network collaborations, including with 5 Live, Radio 1, 6 Music, and BBC Music.
· BBC video trained - Sony FX6 camera, Final Cut, TV long-form storytelling, social media shorts. Strong picture composition and visual skills. DSLR photography.
· Full knowledge of editorial guidelines and media law.
· As a producer I undertake all aspects of creation and project management: many roles in one, across ideas, development, casting, writing, creation, logistics, directing studios, editing, compliance and digital.
Profile
Freelance production & development: factual TV, documentaries, podcasts & digital - from current affairs and social issues to arts, culture and human stories
A highly experienced, ideas-led factual development producer, journalist and storyteller - across BBC Radio 4 and World Service flagship programmes, content, documentaries, podcasts, digital and more - plus 6 Music special content. Visually skilled and BBC film trained, I bring new ideas from my years of daily ideation, research, development, casting and writing to factual TV development, and am interested in thinking that spans TV, podcasts, and digital platforms.
Highly versatile, I’ve produced countless interviews, discussions and programmes, spanning: current affairs, social issues, equalities, human stories, arts, music, women, international and others, plus content shared across platforms - audio, digital, events and TV.
Ideas-led and creative, I conceive and develop ideas daily and weekly, and source the strongest speakers - sensitive human stories to the high-profile, experts, stars and the hard-to-get. I’ve won long-form commissions and developed documentaries; I shape, write and edit engaging narratives; have strong editorial judgement, and rigorously apply editorial guidelines and media law.
I also look across the competitive landscape: I’ve written on the media, audiences, TV, audio, streaming, the creator economy, digital and platforms for BBC Strategy; worked with top brands across identity, audience research and data; and used content to reach new, young &diverse audiences - for Radio 4 & 6 Music, and via 5 Live, Radio 1, 6 Music & BBC Music collaborations.
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