David Schaffer Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

I am one of the senior journalists on the BBC digital team based in the West Midlands. The team has expanded as the corporation continues its “digital first” drive.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

I mark exam scripts and assignments for the Journalism For A Digital Audience discipline

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

I taught the media law module on the MA for digital media course, in the academic years 2022 and 2023.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

I worked as a digital video clipping editor for the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. Clips were used widely across social media platforms and TV output globally.

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Senior journalist with the BBC Wales Digital News team

A senior news editor on the England newsdesk team for the BBC News website, managing the work of more than 100 journalists around the country. The work includes:Managing breaking news for the global BBC News website;Setting the daily news agenda for England;Liaising and negotiating story management with reporters, video journalists, correspondents, senior editors, senior managers;Developing ideas for original journalism;Editing, directing and publishing digital videos online;Dealing with legal issues as they arise;Dealing with complaints from the public;Compiling optimum social media updates for stories, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram;Commissioning teams to produce new stories or develop existing ones;Mentoring reporters in discussions about story ideas and the best way of telling them;Leading projects involving a small team of reporters - for example, the World War One At Home coverage for the news website in 2014; Producing reports on levels of audience engagement;Producing presentations on latest developments;Setting up sessions for department awaydays;

Bbc Leicester

Multi-media trainer in a team based at BBC Leicester. Led courses for new staff and those established in their jobs. This work included:News and feature writing skills;Breaking news writing;Headline writing;Picture editing;Subbing skills;Interview techniques; Search engine optimisation;Embedding social media;Digital video story telling;Optimisation in using social media for journalism research; Media law;Project presentation;Course development;Editorial policyTraining was delivered in-house across England

I worked at BBC Manchester as part of the team writing for web editorial output of the North West region, covering Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

I worked at BBC Birmingham, as part of the original team writing web news stories for the, then, newly-launched England operation of the BBC News website.

Single-handedly produced at least 20 pages of entertainment news, each week, for daily pages and the What's On supplement that came out on a Friday.

I assisted the entertainment editor in producing daily pages and a weekly What's On supplement - sourcing all stories and pictures.

Worked in a team-of-three, producing stories for the Fareham district office of the paper.

Online Journalism, Post-Grad Diploma, Journalism And Web Design

Activities and Societies: MA Online Journalism course rep; Played drums in the band with no name and no gigs;

Nctj Legal Training, Media Law, Passed

National Vocational Qualification (Level Five) In Periodical Journalism, Journalism, Passed

Prize for best writer; Key skills: News writing; Feature writing; Headline writing; Subbing; Publication design; Media law; Shorthand.

Bsc (Hons), English & Psychology

Activities and Societies: Editor of TLE student newspaper 1992-93; Communications Officer, Oxford Polytechnic Students' Union 1992-93.