Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
I have more than FOUR DECADES of experience working in the media industry. I started (no internet, no mobile phones, AI, driverless cars, electric cars, etc) as a junior reporter and then reporter on local newspapers (Peterborough Evening Telegraph and the Derby-based, Trader Group of Newspapers where I was based in the Leicester newsroom) before I continued news and sports reporting on BBC local and commercial radio, including BBC Radio Leicester (staff- News Reporter) BBC Radio Solent (staff- Sports Editor) Centre Radio (News Reporter) Leicester Sound, Ocean Sound (Sports Editor at both) Then I progressed onto working as a Sports Reporter for the commercial breakfast TV show, TV-am, before its demise. After freelancing at LBC Radio and IRN (I covered top-flight football matches for ITN's national football coverage) it was then onto regional television (TVS, CENTRAL, MERIDIAN) where I worked as a News Reporter (including court reporting) covering a wide range of stories as well as compiling features and regularly reading news and sports bulletins. I joined SKY NEWS in 1996 and was there for 14 years, working in a wide variety of roles including Reporter/Packager for SKY SPORTS NEWS, Assistant News Editor on SKY NEWS and Assistant News Editor on the SKY SPORTS NEWSDESK. Whilst at SKY, I also freelanced at Channel 5 (News Reporter) Eurosport, Paris (Football Commentator and Reporter) Setanta Sports News, Video Journalist and for 12 years, I was a regular match reporter for BBC Final Score. I have visited and reported from ALL 92 football league clubs in England and Wales, have won regional newspaper, radio and television awards and thrive on new challenges, covering stories and working to tight deadlines. In the last few years, I have lived in Madrid and Malaga in Spain, working as a freelance VJ for TVE and other European TV channels and then since 2015, I have been covering a wide range of news and sports stories throughout Asia (mainly in China) for various TV stations and news and sports agencies. I am a good, all-rounder with great people and communication skills. I have witnessed an incredible transformation in the media industry over the past 40 years or so. But I have embraced all the changes and technology and I still love the news and sports industry and have the same great enthusiasm for it, which I first had, all those years ago, when I first started out as a junior reporter- typing up stories on a heavy metal Imperial typewriter and phoning in copy from a call box- if I could find one that worked! Happy days and long may they continue!!
Freelance senior news and sports journalist working for television, newspapers, agencies, radio and online around the world. Recent assignments in various countries have included Israel, Japan, North America, Australia, Spain, Germany, Poland, France, England, Italy and the Netherlands. Video journalist supplying rapid camera to newsroom content to television, newspaper websites and agencies including BBC, ITN, SKY and AL JAZEERA. Rapid turnaround and edit of video, packaging (with voice-over if required) and interviews. Writing for newspapers, agencies and online. Sourcing off-diary stories and features, investigative and undercover reporting.
Officially designated foreign football coach to Beihai International School- approved and registered by the Chinese Football Association, Beihai City Council and the Beihai Football Association. Teaching Middle/Senior school students (13-18) English language and English grammar at a private boarding school in the Guangxi Province of China. The school has approximately 2,300 students.
Based in Madrid as Chief Reporter. Also spent one year in the Paris bureau and another 12 months in the Rome bureau. Also provided private tuition to a wide age range of English language students- mainly from France,Spain and Portugal at The Federation of International Colleges in Malaga. Reported on a wide variety of news and sports stories across Spain, Portugal,Italy France, Luxembourg,Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Reports, features and video content for clients worldwide including CNN, SKY, ITN, BBC, ABC, PRESS ASSOCIATION, AL JAZEERA, REUTERS , RAI, SKY ITALIA, TVE, ZDF, CNBC and all major newspapers, media sites and newswire. Rapid response to breaking stories throughout Europe. Sourced hard news stories and features. Major investigative reporting in crime and politics.
Reported from football grounds across the country for BBC TV's flagship results show, Final Score and BBC Radio 5 Live, delivering live reports on hundreds of games to the show’s three million viewers and 5 Live's 6 million listeners. I am also a member of the '92 Club, having reported from all 92 football league grounds in England and Wales,
Reported on news and sport, carrying out live reporting and packaging. Also worked as Deputy News Editor on the Sky Sports news-desk and as a DNE at SKY News. I was the overnight DNE for more than a year. I produced football features from all over Europe while working for Soccer AM with Tim Lovejoy, Helen Chamberlain, Joe Worsley and 'Tubes and the gang.' Features and sit- down exclusive interviews included Maldini, Beckham, Seedorf, Kaka and Ronaldinho.