About Anna
A senior digital journalist and content creator with 20+ years of top-level experience at the BBC - available to help you communicate clearly to internal or external stakeholders.
I can help with press releases, internal communications, project communications, copywriting, website editing and content, email structure, proofreading, storytelling, news communication, change communication and more.
If I haven't covered what you need in this list, please do ask - if it involves words, images and conveying a message clearly, I'm the person to help you.
I am available for ad hoc work or ongoing commitments. Please inquire.
English
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- BBC NewsSenior journalist, news editor, sub-editorPRESS AND MEDIADecember 2001 - Today (24 years and 6 months)London, United Kingdom
- Commission and sub-edit high-volume digital news content and publish it directly to the BBC News website and app
- Publish fast-paced, accurate breaking news stories directly to the BBC News website and app as they develop, under intense time pressure
- Ensure top-tier copy, at speed, along with sharp headlines and compelling summaries for what can be the lead BBC News story of the day
- Regular daily workload includes breaking news, several on-the-day stories, live news feeds/blogs, features, long reads, video, and social media content
- Work as the "final pair of eyes" on content before publishing it live to the BBC News website and app
- Ensure all stories are legally safe and editorially balanced under pressure
- Ensure the audience is key - retention, growth, user-experience
- Started with the BBC as a freelancer in 2001, became staff, and have been freelance again since 2021
- BBC SportSenior journalist, news editor, sub-editorPRESS AND MEDIAFebruary 2012 - February 2020 (8 years)Salford, United Kingdom
- As news editor, commissioned and sub-edited high-volume digital sports news content and published it directly to the BBC Sport website and app
- As front page editor, decided how the BBC Sport website and app 'front page' should look, deciding on story order, photos, headlines, to fully engage the audience
- Project-managed BBC Sport's digital content of the 2016 Rio Paralympics for the website and app
- Published fast-paced, accurate breaking news stories directly to the BBC Sport website and app as they developed, under intense time pressure
- Ensured top-tier copy, at speed, along with sharp headlines and compelling summaries for what was often daily the lead BBC Sport story of the day, with crossover to BBC News
- Regular daily workload included breaking news, several on-the-day stories, live feeds/blogs of major sporting events, features, long reads, video, and social media content
- Worked as the "final pair of eyes" on content before publishing it live to the BBC Sport website and app
- Ensured all stories were legally safe and editorially balanced under pressure
- Ensured the audience was key - retention, growth, user-experience
- Started with the BBC as a freelancer in 2001, became staff, and have been freelance again since 2021
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Education
- Masters graduate degreeUniversity of BournemouthMasters graduate degree
- Bachelor of science (BSc)University of BrunelBachelor of science (BSc)