As part of a team of experienced journalists, I curate news and information across a variety of topics for US, UK and Australian markets - including news, authoritative Covid and vaccine information, mental health posts and news about climate science. Review & curate credible informative content from a diverse set of publishers including news organisations, health organisations & public figures, for dedicated CARE and news hubs.Identify engaging content, articles and videos, using long standing news and editorial judgement, and with a strong command of social media and understanding of how content informs community conversationsCollaborate with curation and product teams to improve user experience and internal toolsExperience working with CMS & CrowdTangle content discovery toolsContract via US Tech Solutions

Integral part of senior leadership team delivering newsgathering and output operations for the newsroom, programmes, language services and alongside other news & current affairs departments. Lead the daily news operation with setting of day’s agenda, leading key meetings and taking overall responsibility for delivering high-priority content for all BBC News’ audience. Innovate and develop new news products for different audiences across new & developing platforms while ensuring existing audiences are equally catered for. Key Achievements • Consistently promoted to senior positions with additional managerial responsibility throughout career. • Provide overall editorial direction to all the daily news programmes in line with the organisation’s editorial standards. • Deliver decisions and rulings for the entire news operation and programmes based on legal and editorial standards. Ensure reputation, integrity and impartiality is at the heart of the news operations focus.

Coordinated the coverage and editing of daily news on the domestic news channel through effective leadership of a team of over 12 Journalists. Led integration of rolling news operation with Digital/ Online operation to ensure closer working, better practices, reduce duplication in tasks and better focus of all staff across the two divisions.Key Achievements • Ensured effective coverage of programming for the 2015 elections as a result of effective implementation of editorial strategy. • Played a key role in the successful launching of the coverage of the news channel after a move from the TV centre. • Directed the News Channel’s coverage of the independence referendum in Scotland (for six weeks) in collaboration with news teams. • Redefined operations at the New Broadcasting House as a result of establishing a new structure and standard operating procedures for Correspondents and the editorial team. • Contributed to overall improvements in the quality of service delivery as a member of the open media design authority for the replacement of ENPS news operating system.

Led pilot team formed to trial multi-platform live and breaking news delivery for Twitter & Facebook to all BBC news’ audiencesRan a team to expand & further roll out the use of Quickfire; the BBC's own “always on” method of filing copy for news teams

Delivered successful coverage of UK specialist journalism within BBC news matching programme demands and reflecting audience interest, coordinating the planning processes with work of home duty Editors and UK story deployments. Key Achievements • Enhanced news coverage and reporting outcomes as a result of maintaining collaboration among specialist Correspondents and wider news operation. • Maintained relationships with Correspondents and Reporters through constant communication and collaboration during news coverage assignments.

Key role planning General Election coverage and running the General Election news desk during the 2010 election campaign

Ran the BBC News national newsdesk for TV, Radio, Online and News ChannelManaged ‘on the day’ Newsgathering deployments to meet story coveragePlanned next day’s news agenda and coverageNews Editor for 7/7 London attacks

Package production for a wide range of UK/World stories Extensive use of visual story-telling techniques, treatments & graphics Worked with number of BBC Correspondents & ReportersI also have spent time in the English regions editing the South Today evening bulletin

Ran the Westminster national newsdesk co-ordinating story coverage and deploymentOversaw coverage in the lead up to Tony Blair stepping down as Prime Minister and Gordon Brown's take over at Number TenLed Newsgathering coverage of Conservative Party Conference October 2007

Package production of all business/consumer stories for ITN bulletins, fixing of interviewees, conducting interviewsOversaw coverage at two TUC Congress Conferences & CBI ConferencesLed ITN’s coverage of Paddington Rail Crash Planned daily coverage for ITN’s bulletins/worked as Assistant to News Editors helping to co-ordinate deployments

Editor of hourly bulletins for network of radio stations & writing of cues/copy stories to be sent to the networkNewsreader for hourly bulletins including secondment to Talk Radio when it was launchedBusiness Reporter/Writer for bespoke city bulletins for Classic FM/LBC and other radio stations

Promoted to Deputy Editor of telephone based financial news service after joining as a trainee financial reporterRan a small team of 5 reporters who were responsible for updating stock market & currency market reports hourly and interviewing city analysts for a business & small investor audienceI also helped with the marketing of the service when it was relaunched.