Co-founder VIEWdigital independent public interest community journalism publisher with business development experience setting up and managing independent media companies producing magazines, TV factual programmes, documentaries and corporate films and industry experience in digital journalism, broadcasting production and as a newspaper reporter. Governance experience gained on Ofcom Advisory Committee, as well as charity boards.Media/Broadcast Production/Journalism lecturing experience, Fellow Higher Education (FHEA) and a Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding recipient for two symposium on: - women and media (2024) - sustainable independent public interest journalism (2023).Journalism Innovation and Leadership PG Cert - Google News Initiative scholarship (2022).Conference activities: Workshop presentation at 'Locating Media Industries' (2023) https://locatingmediaindustries.com .Workshop lead 'Media Democracy Festival' (2022) https://www.mediareform.org.uk/blog/media-democracy-festival-2022 .My media career has included working as a producer/director and journalist in TV, making factual, current affairs and news programmes for BBC, TG4, RTE and UTV and producing and directing documentary films and corporate films as an independent film-maker. I have also worked as a newspaper reporter and radio producer for national newspapers The Irish Times and broadcasters BBC Wales, BBC Northern Ireland and RTE.I have facilitated media training workshops, mainly for Third Sector organisations. I have sat on several Boards including Ofcom's Advisory Committee and N. Ireland as well as charities The Bytes Project and Playboard NI. I have volunteered with London based media charity the Media Trust and was a member of its UK steering group on the 'Do Something Brilliant' http://www.dosomethingbrilliant.co.uk/content/about-do-something-brilliant campaign.MA in Journalism from Cardiff University.Contact me for Media Consultancy, Media Training and Media Production.