A former BBC journalism trainee, now investigative journalist and director/producer specialising in narrative investigations in documentary film and audio. Experienced in writing scripts under tight deadlines for multi episode narrative podcasts and in structing a narrative series from conception to broadcast to keep a listener glued. Previous expe... Read More

A former BBC journalism trainee, now investigative journalist and director/producer specialising in narrative investigations in documentary film and audio. Experienced in writing scripts under tight deadlines for multi episode narrative podcasts and in structing a narrative series from conception to broadcast to keep a listener glued. Previous experience in investigative current affairs. Highly skilled in finding contributors who bring a fresh perspective to a story. Comfortable working in stressful environments with high editorial standards - remaining calm and focussed under-pressure and thinking on my feet. Strong research skills and an eye for potential headlines within that research. -Skilled at negotiating difficult access and finding strong case studies. -Strong track record of generating original journalism from development to commission. -Foreign shoot experience in Ukraine, Tunisia and Armenia including access negotiation at border control. -Solo directing and edit producing experience. -Secret filming experience including stage one and stage two undercover filming applications. -Adept at devising and managing FOI requests and converting data into news lines. -Confident with Excel including creating headlines out of pivot tables. -Strong track record in clearing CCTV and UGC quickly for broadcast. -Sound recording in the field and in studio. -Used to working in high risk environments from reporting in Tunisia and working with gangs in the southern Philippines. -Full clean UK driving licence. -Upper intermediate French, Beginner Arabic (Levantine). -Full PADI qualification. -Experienced at audio and video editing on Adobe suite. -I-Visa Read Less