BBC Development Producer, Producer and Journalist with many years of full-time permanent experience. Long-form factual TV and documentary, storytelling & podcasts. Emotive human stories, current affairs, social issues, modern life, arts, culture, international, lifestyle, and more. Available immediately. Ideas, casting, writing, research, content creation, audio editing, compliance, digital content, strategy. Highly experienced & skilled across ideas, casting, access & sensitive storytelling. Work with leading talent. Skilled finding & securing contributors & gaining trust. Video, digital, social media. Forward thinking and innovative, tuned into trends, audiences and digital. **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 and podcast development and production, a love of human-centred storytelling, factual TV and documentary, podcasting, and an interest in audience-first, digital-first, and cross-platform thinking
· 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.
· Documentaries development producer, conceving and winning commissions, and gaining access. Conceive produce, make, record and edit thoughfully made stories with well constructed narratvies for Radio 4 daily flagships Woman’s Hour and Front Row, plus The Media Show, The Cultural Frontline, Outlook, Any Answers, and more.
· Producer and live studio output producer of full programmes, with senior level responsibility for content creation, editorial, compliance, and smooth project management.
· 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 and rigorous application of editorial guidelines, media law and regulations.
· 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.
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