Alan Grady Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Programme Editor at Channel 5 News; working with one of the best news teams in the business, delivering brilliant, original and distinctive journalism.

London, United Kingdom

Editor of Sky News output from 0900-1400, including Today with Dermot Murnaghan, and Boulton & Co. Previously Editor of evening output from 1900 to midnight, with responsibility for Jeff Randall Live, Sky News at Ten, and the highly successful Press Preview.Led award-winning coverage of some of the biggest domestic and international stories in recent times: the Tunisia beach attacks, the Charlie Hebdo shootings, the murder of Lee Rigby, the Boston bombing, and the 2013 coup in Egypt all happened on my watch. Leadership of daily coverage of major long-running stories, such as the conflicts in Syria and Libya, the Jimmy Savile scandal, the Ebola crisis and the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict. Sky News journalism on the above was recognised at national and international level, securing BAFTA, Royal Television Society and Emmy awards.Devised and delivered strategic recruitment, development and training at all levels on television and digital platforms, ensuring Sky News remained Britain’s leading breaking news organisation.Creative leadership of Sky News’ story-telling – working daily with TV and digital teams to ensure production values across all its platforms are the best in a very competitive Conceived, planned and executed coverage of special programmes anchored on location on major stories, including the General Election, the Budget, the Paris shootings, and the 2012 US election.

London

Editorial responsibility for several key output strands at Sky News, handling major breaking news stories, driving the daily agenda and overseeing the delivery of first-class content.Leadership and development of a large team of first-rate producers, reporters and technical staff in a highly demanding environment, supervising both deployment and production of content.

London, Multiple Foreign Assignments

Led BBC News teams in the field on some of the biggest stories of the decade: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; the 9/11 attacks; the Bradford & Oldham riots, and the Bali bomb attack.Worked under extreme pressure in some of the world’s most challenging locations, to deliver agenda-setting reports for many of the BBC’s flagship news programmes, including the News at Six, Ten and BBC News channel. Extensive experience in hostile environments, including running bureaux in Baghdad & Kabul.

London And Edinburgh

Pioneered fast, mobile news coverage as ITN’s first ever Scotland video-journalist; responsible for producing, shooting and delivering my own reports and key elements of stories for reporters and programmes in London.Gained extensive experience of new production techniques as one of the very first producers on Five News, undertaking roles in the full spectrum of television production.

Pg Dip, Broadcast Journalism

Ba (With Distinction), Film & Television Production

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