March 2012
13 posts
TV Researcher - Sunset + Vine (May 2011 - April...
Researcher at Sunset + Vine - working on an ob-doc following the battle for the oldest trophy in sport and sailing’s most prestigious prize.
America’s Cup Uncovered was a behind-the-scenes weekly show broadcast on Channel 4 and Sky Sports 3 which followed sailors as they competed in events around the world for the oldest trophy in international sport; the America’s Cup.
The...
CNN - Production Assistant
Worked across various current affairs shows whilst at CNN International, researching on topical business stories, worldwide events, entertainment, and breaking news, as well as prompting on several big stories from the Arab uprisings, the Tsunami in Japan, and the Royal Wedding in London last year.
Prompted and researched across several live shows including Quest Means Business, Connect The...
BBC Essex Radio reporter
(Photo: BBC Essex)
Recorded new packages and features for BBC Essex.
An example is one on a local sport event; ‘Mud, Sweat and Gears’, a series of mountain-bike races aiming to encourage cycling in Essex; a county which is hosting the sport at the 2012 Olympics - interviewed competitors and organisers, recorded audio during the race. Can be listened to here.
Other packages...
Ski News - online feature
Wrote an article for In The Snow magazine about an avalanche awareness course I did in Chamonix, France in 2010- the full article can be read here:
http://www.skinews.co.uk/2011/03/taking-the-piste/
Olympic sailing hopeful video
Filmed and edited an interview with Katrina Hughes who trains on the highest level sailing squad in the U.K and is aiming to compete in the 2012 Olympics in London.
Fox Hunting: Five Years after the Ban - a short...
Put together a ten minute documentary for my final year TV project as part of my Multi-Media Journalism course at Bournemouth University (2010).
Fox hunting as an issue was chosen because of it’s topicality as the general election approached in 2010 and political parties were using the sport as a subject of debate.
In particular this package looks at what had changed since the 2004...
Print work
Here’s an interview with Tim Henman about his love for golf, which was published in Dorset County Golfer magazine this year:
Bournemouth student newspaper:
Here are two articles published in Bournemouth University’s ‘Wire’ newspaper: t he first is on students who were cooking and delivering breakfasts to make money, and the second article focuses on an interview I did...
STA World Traveller Internship - Top 10
Applied for STA Travel’s World Traveller Internship, which involves video reporting and blogging whilst travelling the world. Out of around 2,000 entries I came in the top ten, although obviously it would have been better to win!
Created a video about myself in response to the travelling-related job title.
Here’s my tongue-in-cheek entry:
Kurt Schork Memorial Fund - Reuters
The Kurt Schork Awards are held in memory of the American journalist, Kurt Schork, who died on an assignment for Reuters in May 24, 2000 in Sierra Leone.
The awards reward ‘fearless’ freelance journalists, and ‘those journalists who cannot leave their country when the story becomes secondary to survival’.
Filmed the 2009 ceremony at Reuters headquarters in London along...
University News Package
A news report filmed in my second year of university, in 2009, as part of my journalism course at Bournemouth University. The package looks at the shortage of allotments with reference to growth in the grow your own market.
Growth in Grow Your Own from Harry Harris on Vimeo.
Cowes TV
Worked for Cowes TV at the end of 2009 on the Isle of Wight during Cowes sailing week.
This involved filming races and interviewing sailors, as well as editing together packages using Final Cut Pro for daily reports shown on their website and on big screens in the town.
Here’s an example of what I was involved in producing:
Music interview: Metronomy
Read the complete interview with Metronomy here on noizemakesenemies.co.uk.
Music interview: Radio 1 DJ, Annie Mac
Click here to go to noizemakesenemies.co.uk and read more.
