Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

Broadcast Journalist at BBC Look North. Research, film, script and edit stories in South Yorkshire and report live for Look North and the BBC News Channel. Also report on cycling, and assistant produce sports news programmes on the BBC News Channel.

It depends on whether I'm reporting or producing.

On a day when I'm producing I will be assessing all the different stories on offer and selecting the stories which I think are the most important and will resonate with the listener. I'll then work out the best way of us telling those stories - this could be with an interview with an expert who can explain the significance of the story or a case study, or it could be a live interview with our reporter at the scene of the story.
In the programme I'm keen to include both serious hard news and more light-hearted items to provide variety for the listener.

When I'm reporting I will go out and record or report live on stories across South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. This can be anything from live at the scene of a house fire, an interview at a press conference at one of the football teams we cover to vox popping people in the street about their pension.

I love working with a team of people who are all passionate about making great TV on the area we cover. Every day we work together to put on a performance (i.e. a programme) and then breathe a sigh of relief when it's all done!

I work shifts and can be in the newsroom early in the morning or late at night which means you have to fit your social and family life around work. Many of my friends earn more than me.

The job is incredibly varied. Every day is different whether I’m reporting or producing. It keeps you on your toes as you never quite know when the next big story is going to break.

The range of people you meet as a journalist is amazing. It's all about telling strong stories and I get to speak to people at the heart of those stories. I'm in the privileged position of being allowed to ask questions no one else could and to challenge people on why they believe what they do.

As well as an undergraduate degree in Social Policy and Sociology at the University of Sheffield, I have a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism at Cardiff University. The media law training I was given in Cardiff helps me make important editorial decisions.

Quite a lot including social media, live reporter and Freedom of Information Act training.

June 2006 – July 2007. Education Sabbatical Officer. University of Sheffield Students’ Union

2007 – 2008 Cardiff University. BJTC Postgraduate Diploma, Broadcast Journalism

October 2008 – July 2009. Journalism Trainee in Southampton. ITV News Group

July 2009 – July 2010. Journalist. ITV Yorkshire, Leeds, Calendar programme

July 2010 – Nov 2011. Broadcast Journalist. BBC Radio Derby

Nov 2011 – Oct 2013. Broadcast Journalist, News & Sport. BBC Radio Sheffield

February 2013 – May 2013. Producer. Face The Facts, BBC Radio 4

March – July 2014. Tour de France Reporter. BBC Local Radio & 5 Live

September 2016 – Present. Freelance Assistant Producer. BBC Sport

October 2013 – Present. Broadcast Journalist. News & Sport, BBC Look North, Yorkshire

To continue reporting for the BBC.

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