CV | laurapennington

• Taking responsibility for all news output, running the news desk and making editorial decisions.
• Managing the news team and training staff to make sure the news compliments the stations’ brands.
• Reacting to breaking news stories, deciding how to most efficiently and effectively use resources.
• Being determined to seek out stories and ensure the news coverage gets to the heart of the issues listeners want to know about.

News Editor @Highpeakradio and @Ashbourneradio

June 2012 - December 2012

Skills

• Full, clean UK driving licence and fully insured vehicle.

Competent using:

Burli,
DAD,
ENPS,
Scoop,
iNews,
TeamNews,
Adobe Audition,
Newsboss.

• Used Sony PD-150 for filming and AVID for editing.

Freelance Journalist @Thepulse, Pulse2 and @PeakFM

March 2011 - December 2012

• Weekend shifts ‘hubbing’ for three stations, reading and producing live and pre-recorded bulletins, working quickly and accurately to tight deadlines. (Previously Drive-time and Day shifts too.)

• Multi-tasking under pressure and to tight deadlines, producing daily news packages, bulletins and programme content.
• Finding and initiating original story ideas, networking and researching good contacts.
• Using social networking sites to source contributors and develop the station’s online presence.

Broadcast Journalist @Highpeakradio and @Ashbourneradio

July 2011 - May 2012

Tapton Sixth Form and Secondary School, Sheffield

5 As at A-Level and 10 A*s and 1 A at GCSE

After completing a BJTC accredited Postgraduate Diploma, whilst I was working I converted it to a Masters qualification. I wrote my dissertation on the business model of the hyperlocal news site Postcode Gazette, which I also worked for in my spare time.

I completed modules in Media Law, Ethics and Public Affairs and achieved 70wpm shorthand.

Durham University, Van Mildert College: BA Joint Hons English Literature and History (Dunelm)

October 2006 - June 2009

2:1

Leeds Trinity University: MA in Broadcast Journalism

January 2010 - January 2012

PASS WITH MERIT

CV

Broadcast Journalist @Hallam FM

December 2012 - present

• Finding exclusive stories and coming up with creative ways of using audio in news bulletins.

• Being an active member of the news team finding relevant and engaging news stories and creating great sounding output.

• Working to develop the news team's multimedia content (see TV work).
• As-live reporting and producing wraps and voicers for broadcast.

• Responsible for covering my news ‘patch’ in Sheffield, finding, generating and writing online news articles, researching stories and conducting interviews.

Reporter for @Postcodegazette (Hyperlocal website)

February 2011 - July 2012

Interviewer for @Derbyshirevillagegames

May 2012 - July 2012

• Assimilating information from interviews with ‘case studies’ for media releases about the scheme.

Freelance Broadcast Journalist and Newsreader @thisisstarradio (Darlington)

July 2011

• For one week I independently ran and read the news, developing my editorial skills.
• Taking sole responsibility for monitoring and assessing sources and updating web content.
• Forward planning and being organised to meet deadlines.