Dave Howard Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, GB

Edinburgh, GB

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.

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.

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.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I pitch and produce a range of factual programmes and other content for outlets across the BBC network (see publications).

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.

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

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.

Creating, optimising and delivering video and other digital content for Newsbeat’s online and social platforms.

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.

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.

Live radio reporting, package-making and filming bespoke TV News interviews from Westminster for BBC English Regions.

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’.

Pgdip Jomec, Broadcast Journalism

Broadcast Journalism, PGDip

2:1, English

Activities and Societies: Karnival President, URN 'The Pulse' presenterEnglish Studies

Ba, Hons, English Language And Literature, General, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Karnival president URN

Education record