Personal Details
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Date of Birth: 28/09/1989
Date of Birth: 28/09/1989
Full (clean) Driving Licence and own car: Yes
Languages: English
Spanish (To GCSE standard)
Employment & Work Experience
Employment:
Employer - Betfair (Betting.betfair.com)
Position - Freelance columnist
Time Period – October 2011 - Present
Employer - ESPN
Position - Productions Intern
Position - Productions Intern
Time Period – July 2011 – Present
Work Experience:
Organisation – Sportsmedia Broadcasting
Position – Shadowing sports broadcasters, writing bulletin scripts, carrying out interviews, editing audio and voicing bulletins and podcasts
Time Period – September 2010
Organisation – The Independent (sports desk)
Position – Shadowing sports reporters, researching and writing pieces for the paper
Time Period – September 2010
Organisation – The Daily Telegraph (sports desk)
Position – Shadowing sports reporters, writing and researching website features
Time Period – August 2010
Organisation – FourFourTwo magazine
Position – News reporting and blogging for the website, writing and researching feature articles for the magazine
Time Period – July 2009
Organisation – BBC Sport (Television)
Position – Shadowing Broadcast Assistants, Assistant Producers and Editors. Writing scripts and cutting clips
Time Period – June 2009
Organisation – footballtalentspotter.com
Position – Writing regular blogs about Chelsea Football Club
Time Period – February 2009 – Present
Organisation – Carshalton Athletic Football Club
Position – Matchday Programme Assistant Editor
Time Period – August 2006 – May 2008
Organisation – The Non-League Paper
Position – Reporter
Time Period – July 2006 – May 2008
Education, Qualifications & Awards
Education:
Education:
Bournemouth University ‘11
BA (hons) Multi Media Journalism (First Class Honours)
BA (hons) Multi Media Journalism (First Class Honours)
Modules – Shorthand (100 words/minute), Media Law, News & Features, Broadcasting (TV Production & Radio), Online Journalism, Public Affairs, Journalism & Society, Convergence Journalism, Ethics, News Theory, Global Current Affairs, Professional perspectives, Dissertation, Major multi-media project
Qualifications: NCTJ Sports Journalism
NCTJ Certificate (including 100wpm shorthand)
NCTJ Certificate (including 100wpm shorthand)
A Level – English Language & Literature – Grade A
Physical Education – Grade A
Biology – Grade B
AS Level – Business Studies & Economics – Grade A
Critical Thinking – Grade B
11 GCSEs – Grade A* to A
FA Football Coaching Certificate – Level 1
I am also trained in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, video recording equipment, Final Cut Express, Flashmics, Adobe Audition, FastEdit and Burli audio editing.
Awards:
Award for Features Journalism – Awarded by Bournemouth University
Award for Physical Education – Awarded by Wallington High School for Girls
Interests, Voluntary Work & Extra Curricular Activities
My main interest is sport, in particular football, cricket, Formula 1 motor racing and squash. Since the age of five, I’ve had a season ticket for Chelsea FC and have followed the Blues home and away ever since, including to the Champions League Final in Moscow which was an amazing experience. Over the past nine seasons, I’ve also followed my local non-league side Carshalton Athletic and in many respects I now prefer the amateur game to watching some of the best players in the world. As well as watching football, I am also passionate about playing the game. I currently captain Dorking Ladies and previously have captained Horley Town Ladies Reserves for two seasons, in the second of which we gained promotion. In that same season I was awarded with the Manager’s Player of the Year at the end of season awards. The following season I became a permanent fixture in the first team, winning the club’s Most Improved Player award. I have since played for AFC Bournemouth Ladies and Bournemouth University. Additionally, I am a qualified Level 1 football coach and aim to complete my Level 2 award in the near future, with a view to coaching in America.
Aside from watching and playing sport, I also love writing about it. I carried out work experience with the Non-League newspaper in 2006, where I wrote articles and conducted interviews. Since then I have continued to have work published with them, reporting on Carshalton Athletic matches throughout the 2006/07 and 2007/08 seasons. During both those seasons, I also became the Assistant Editor of Carshalton’s matchday programme, where again I wrote articles, conducted interviews, took action photographs and assisted with the layout and editing. Since, I have carried this passion through to degree level and have started my own sports blog at http://sportingbehaviour.blogspot.com/, as well as freelancing for organisations such as Betfair.
Travelling is another of my interests. Recently, I have visited Poland, Crete and Russia and will add America to my list later this year. While still at school, I completed the Duke of Edinburgh award at levels Bronze and Silver and whilst it was a good experience, I never want to see the Yorkshire Dales again!
