Dave Howard

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Creative Director and Founder @ Bespoken Media
Edinburgh, GB
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With my company Bespoken Media, I help businesses and organisations harness the power of podcasts and audio to support their brand and promote their messages. I set up Bespoken Media podcast production after 17 years at the BBC. I have won numerous awards for audio production, and have successfully developed, pitched, and produced documentaries and features for BBC Radio 4, Radio 1, the World Service, Five Live, and Radio Scotland. I pride myself on my creativity and idea generation. I am an experienced, warm and confident on-air voice.Priors:- BBC Own It, launch editor and line manager of 10 producers and researchers- Senior producer, successive BBC 'Generation' youth/politics engagement projects- Documentary producer and long-form radio feature-maker, primarily for Radio 4, Radio 1, and Radio Scotland- Winner, National Autistic Society Media Awards - for 'George the Poet's Stories from the Spectrum' (Radio 1)- Winner, Mind Mental Health Media Awards - for 'Professor Green's Suicide Survivors' (Radio 1)- Radio 1 Newsbeat - newsreader, and politics and New York-based US correspondent- Key member of the Newsbeat team that won Sony Gold in 2012- Radio 4 reporter and producer, and occasional Farming Today presenter- Earlier work highlights included co-ordinating a day of pan-BBC coverage dealing with the lives of UK young carers: http://bbc.in/ddKRjpI am a trained Mental Health First Aider.

Dave Howard's Current Company Details
Bespoken Media

Bespoken Media

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Creative Director and Founder
Edinburgh, GB
Website:
bespoken.media
Employees:
8
Dave Howard Work Experience Details
  • Bespoken Media
    Creative Director And Founder
    Bespoken Media
    Edinburgh, Gb
  • Audiouk
    Board Member
    Audiouk Oct 2024 - Present
  • Bespoken Media
    Creative Director And Founder
    Bespoken Media Jan 2020 - Present
    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Based in Edinburgh, Bespoken Media offers podcast and audio production, training and consultancy. We can:- advise on developing compelling audio formats to support your own brand, business, or organisation- handle end-to-end production of your podcasts, or advise from 'arms-length' if that better suits your budget- offer training and consultancy, helping you to be self-sufficient at podcast production and distribution within in-house teams- handle the admin of uploading and distributing podcasts to iTunes, Spotify, Podcatcher, etcWe offer all potential clients a free initial consultation. Talk to us!
  • Bbc
    Editor - Bbc Own It
    Bbc Aug 2017 - Jan 2020
    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    At BBC Own It, I led a production team of 12, making and delivering digital content to help UK children navigate the digital world with happiness and confidence. We launched the Own It website for Safer Internet Day 2018, in partnership with Prince William’s Cyberbullying Taskforce. The Own It app was launched in autumn 2019.
  • Bbc
    Senior Producer - Bbc Generation Youth Cohorts (2014, 2015, 2016, And Referendum Generation)
    Bbc Feb 2014 - Aug 2017
    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Generating, developing and overseeing content across BBC output for the 600 diverse contributors to the BBC's successive 'Generation' series of youth cohorts for BBC News and BBC Scotland. Working collaboratively with programme teams across the BBC and external partners including the University of Edinburgh, the National Theatre of Scotland and others, to maximise the project's impact both within the BBC and externally. Coordinating and overseeing work schedules of a small team of project producers. Working safely with young people, ensuring where necessary that Child Protection concerns are appropriately factored into plans. Maximising project reach and impact whilst working within the constraints of a modest production budget.
  • Bbc
    Producer, Radio Documentaries And Features
    Bbc Feb 2013 - Aug 2017
    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    I pitch and produce a range of factual programmes and other content for outlets across the BBC network (see publications).
  • Radio 1 Newsbeat At Bbc News
    Senior Reporter
    Radio 1 Newsbeat At Bbc News Oct 2011 - Feb 2014
    London, United Kingdom
    - Skills include: getting the best out of broadcast interviewees ranging from prime ministers to young people struggling with mental health conditions, creative package-making, shoot-edit video-production, social media expertise, live reporting, programme editing, and newsreading.- I regularly prepare packages and report live for outlets across BBC News, including 5 Live and Breakfast TV, as well as Today, PM, WATO and BH.- I occasionally stand in as presenter of Radio 4’s ‘Farming Today’, and regard agriculture and rural affairs as personal specialisms.- In 2012, examples of my work featured heavily in Newsbeat’s ‘best news and current affairs programme’ Sony ‘Gold’ winning entry.
  • Bbc News
    Producer / Coordinator, "Kids Who Care"
    Bbc News Oct 2011 - Nov 2011
    London
    My colleague Jonathan Wells and I spearheaded a day of pan-BBC coverage focusing on the lives of young carers. See the links below for examples of the finished work:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11757907http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_9190000/newsid_9192900/9192901.stmhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11758368
  • Bbc News
    Us Reporter - Radio 1 Newsbeat
    Bbc News Mar 2011 - Sep 2011
    New York
    As a multimedia lone operator in New York, I spent 6 months travelling the US responding to breaking news and working up original features for broadcast and online.
  • Bbc News
    Social Media Reporter And Producer - Radio 1 Newsbeat
    Bbc News 2010 - 2011
    Creating, optimising and delivering video and other digital content for Newsbeat’s online and social platforms.
  • Bbc News
    Politics Reporter - Radio 1 Newsbeat
    Bbc News 2008 - 2010
    As politics specialist, I made news from Westminster, Brussels, Holyrood, etc, relevant and accessible to R1’s target audience of 15-to-25 year olds. I also trained and enabled young people to interview senior politicians themselves, on issues that most matter to them.
  • Bbc News
    Producer And Reporter - Radio 4, Five Live And Radio 2'S Jeremy Vine Show
    Bbc News 2005 - 2009
    Freelance
    I produced and presented 5 Live Reports' documentaries and was the regular stand-in 5 Live Weekend Breakfast reporter. I also produced Radio 4's flagship World at One and PM programmes.
  • Bbc News
    Politics Reporter - Bbc English Regions
    Bbc News 2005 - 2008
    Live radio reporting, package-making and filming bespoke TV News interviews from Westminster for BBC English Regions.
  • Bbc News
    Broadcast Journalist - Bbc Hereford And Worcester
    Bbc News 2003 - 2005
    My documentary about life in a mental health unit was a major part of the station’s Sony Gold Award-winning mental health strand ‘Hearing Voices’.

Dave Howard Skills

Broadcast Journalism Politics Broadcast Radio Documentaries Current Affairs Enps Breaking News Radio Producing Radio Broadcasting Broadcast Television Online Journalism News Writing Adobe Audition Video Journalism Media Production Journalism Storytelling Editorial Feature Articles Investigative Reporting Editing Video Editing Audio Editing New Media Multimedia Video Radio Production Broadcasting

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