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2008 - Present: Broadcast Media Consultant and Media/Presentation Trainer:
-Training senior British and NATO military personnel in handling print and broadcast news interviews. Media training workshops delivered to other public and private sector clients, including: Bank of New York Mellon, Hewlett-packard, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, BAE Systems, AstraZeneca, Alliance and Leicester, Kingston Hospital Trust.
Professional Development Workshops: "Tough Questions: How to Handle Them", a guide to facing challenging media interviews. Delivered to: Human Resources Forum, London; Communications Directors Forum, Southampton; Marketing Forum, Southampton. "All a Twitter: Engaging with Social Media."
Ghost Writing: Articles on topical news and current affairs delivered to clients in the Middle East and Asia.
2007: Communications Consultant to the EU's Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) in Palestine. Raising visibility of the TIM in local and international media. Making a film about the TIM for distribution across local and international television, EU Member States and donor nations, and for international EU presentations. Infomercials made for broadcast on Palestinian and international radio and television. Media training the Head of the TIM for press briefings and broadcast interviews. Contributing visibility strategies to other EU delegations in the region.
2005-2007: BBC Radio 4 "Crossing Continents"
-Wrote, co-produced and presented the programme on Turkey's accession to the EU, looking specifically at the education of Turkish women and the "Westernisation" of Turkey ahead of EU membership.
Conference Host and Facilitator
-Host/Moderator at national and international conferences.
School of Oriental and African Studies:
-MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies.
2002-2005: CNN International
- Anchoring the international breakfast business/news programme
- Presenting the international evening news programme
- Presenting “The Media”, a half-hour live debate about global perceptions of the media.
- BBC Radio 5Live
- Co-presenting the weekend breakfast show
- Writing and presenting news bulletins, including the half-hour evening news round-up.
- BBC News 24
-Anchoring news programmes.
- LBC 97.3
- Co-presenting the Saturday breakfast show
- Presenting the weekly Arts programme
- Writing and presenting news bulletins.
1992-2002: BBC World Television
- News Presenter
- Presenter of the 2-hour main evening current affairs programme.
- Presenter of “The Debate”, a 15-minute round table discussion on topical issues.
- Presenter of “HARDtalk”, a 30-minute head to head.
- Producer/Presenter of “Art Express”, a 12-programme series on the international Arts scene.
- Presenter of the end of year “News Review” programmes, 1998-2002.
- Presenter of numerous “specials”, including
- Balkans War,
- Death of Diana,
- Princess of Wales,
- Hong Kong handover,
- Monica Lewinski scandal etc.
- Farnborough Air Show: Presenter for BBC1 and BBC2.
1989-1991: Sky Television
- News Reporter/News Anchor
- Presenter of the evening news and current affairs programme, “The World Tonight”.
- Presenter/Reporter of “World Business News”.
- Presenter of numerous “specials”, including:
- 1991 Gulf War,
- Thatcher resignation,
- Release of Nelson Mandela,
- Fall of the Berlin Wall etc.
News Reporter/Home Affairs Correspondent:
Covering daily breaking news stories, being interviewed live in the field on numerous stories. Generating, researching and producing original news items.
1987-1989:
- IRN/LBC
- London Weekend Television News
- TV-am
- Capital Radio
News Producer/Reporter:
Researching, producing and reporting news items for programmes and news bulletins.
- County Sound Radio: News Editor and presenter of "County World", the one-hour evening news and current affairs programme. Producer/presenter of radio documentaries.
- Invicta Radio
- Chiltern Radio
Live Events:
- Cross-cultural adoption: Debate on BBC World TV
- The Last Explorers: Debate on BBC World TV
- The Media: Weekly debate on CNN International
- London Fashion Week: Brown is the new Black
- The Business Centre, Islington: Facilitating debate about television sex channels.
- Royal Holloway College: Fundraising evening
- Diana, Princess of Wales: Debate about icons on BBC World TV
- Frankfurt Motor show: Show events
- Clinton/Lewinski: Can Clinton survive? On BBC World TV.
- ITS World Congress, London. Hosting/facilitating seminars and Q&A for InnovITS.
- H3B Media Think Tank, London. Hosting seminars/moderating Q&A sessions.
Corporate:
- TEN: Legal network TV.
- Volvo,
- BMW,
- International Forum debate, Dubai
- Abbey National AGM,
- Landrover,
- Unisys.
-InnovITS
Education:
- MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies. School of Oriental and African Studies (London University).
- BA (Hons) English Literature and Theatre Studies.
- Post Graduate Diploma in Radio Journalism. National Broadcasting School. |
CV: TV-Radio-News 
