Key skills
- Communications and media strategy
- Media liaison, drawing on background in journalism
- Storytelling
- Photography
- Adobe InDesign, Canva and other Adobe Creative Suite programs
- Mailing lists (Mailchimp)
- Website and social media management
- Production of collateral
- Review and editing with track changes and comments
- Collaborative project management and leadership of working groups
- Network building
- Organising and hosting events
communications officer:
- intyalheme centre for future energy
- Alice Springs future grid project
December 2018 - present
The Intyalheme Centre for Future Energy is a project of Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA) which was established with seed funding from the Northern Territory Government, to assist the NT in meeting its 50% by 2030 renewable energy target. The main focus for Intyalheme and its partners is to identify and remove barriers to achieving greater solar penetration on the Alice Springs power grid.
Intyalheme is a team of three people, and I am responsible for anything which falls under the banner of communications, broadly in line with the skills listed above.
Some of my biggest achievements in the role to date include:
The Intyalheme Centre for Future Energy is a project of Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA) which was established with seed funding from the Northern Territory Government, to assist the NT in meeting its 50% by 2030 renewable energy target. The main focus for Intyalheme and its partners is to identify and remove barriers to achieving greater solar penetration on the Alice Springs power grid.
Intyalheme is a team of three people, and I am responsible for anything which falls under the banner of communications, broadly in line with the skills listed above.
Some of my biggest achievements in the role to date include:
- Organising and hosting the event 'Our Bright Solar Future: Learning from our Leaders' as part of the DesertSMART EcoFair in 2019. More HERE.
- Producing the 'Off-Grid Guide' alongside engineering consultancy Ekistica. The guide leverages the knowledge generated during the Bushlight program, which deployed and maintained standalone power systems in hundreds of bush communities across outback Australia. More HERE.
- Arranged for more than 100 school children to learn about the DKA solar centre and renewable energy. More HERE.
- Populated and launched the Intyalheme website: intyalheme.dka.com.au
Journalism: 2005 - 2018
- Newsreading, reporting, live broadcasting, producing, radio programme presenting, self-shooting video journalist.
- Sound editing (Adobe Audition) and picture editing (Avid).
- Newsgathering: ideas, writing, interviewing, editing.
- Website building and content management.
- Management of multiple social media sites.
- Previous experience and qualifications in photography & photoshop.
In the gallery at ITV Anglia
CENTRALIAN ADVOCATE, ALICE SPRINGS
August 2015 - November 2018
I'd been collaborating with the Advocate team, writing for them since June 2015, to help diversify my own content at the radio station, when it was suddenly apparent there was a position for me at the paper.
Having never worked in newspapers before I was initially daunted by the prospect, but the skillset required is pretty similar to broadcast journalism and the product arguably suits me better.
My rounds include crime, tourism and education, but I especially enjoy writing longer features and the opportunity to meet all sorts of interesting people, and explore every nook and crannie of my town is quite unbelievable. I've had a handful of front page exclusives and my work is often used by the NT News and other News Corp titles.
I'd been collaborating with the Advocate team, writing for them since June 2015, to help diversify my own content at the radio station, when it was suddenly apparent there was a position for me at the paper.
Having never worked in newspapers before I was initially daunted by the prospect, but the skillset required is pretty similar to broadcast journalism and the product arguably suits me better.
My rounds include crime, tourism and education, but I especially enjoy writing longer features and the opportunity to meet all sorts of interesting people, and explore every nook and crannie of my town is quite unbelievable. I've had a handful of front page exclusives and my work is often used by the NT News and other News Corp titles.
8HA and sun 969, alice springs
February 2014 - September 2015
I travelled to Alice Springs as a backpacker in October 2013 and fell in love with the town's beautiful surrounding landscape, and community-spirited people. After a couple of weeks I had to move on because I'd made prior commitments, but I couldn't escape a nagging sense of homesickness for Central Australia. So I wrote to a few people involved with broadcasting in the area, and my wonderful now-employers wrote back saying they were willing to take a chance on me. I'm the first journalist 8HA and Sun 969 have had in a couple of decades, and I've re-discovered my love for the medium of radio. I am the sole newsgatherer, editor, and reader of multiple bulletins each weekday, as well as the creator of features and various other interviews. I also present two shows at the weekend (8HA 0600-0800) and co-host the Sunday Show with Nicky G on Sun 969.
I travelled to Alice Springs as a backpacker in October 2013 and fell in love with the town's beautiful surrounding landscape, and community-spirited people. After a couple of weeks I had to move on because I'd made prior commitments, but I couldn't escape a nagging sense of homesickness for Central Australia. So I wrote to a few people involved with broadcasting in the area, and my wonderful now-employers wrote back saying they were willing to take a chance on me. I'm the first journalist 8HA and Sun 969 have had in a couple of decades, and I've re-discovered my love for the medium of radio. I am the sole newsgatherer, editor, and reader of multiple bulletins each weekday, as well as the creator of features and various other interviews. I also present two shows at the weekend (8HA 0600-0800) and co-host the Sunday Show with Nicky G on Sun 969.
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION - ABC NEWS 24
April 2013 - October 2013
I worked as a freelance Associate Producer for ABC News 24 for the six months that my working holiday visa allowed me to. The job involved building running orders of up to two hours at a time and putting them out from the 'control room'. But I also did general item producing, as well as shifts in the main ABC newsroom, producing content for evening programmes across the network.
The editing software that the ABC use is called Aurora, and I found it interesting to learn how to use it, along with seeing how differently iNews can be used across multiple newsrooms.
I worked as a freelance Associate Producer for ABC News 24 for the six months that my working holiday visa allowed me to. The job involved building running orders of up to two hours at a time and putting them out from the 'control room'. But I also did general item producing, as well as shifts in the main ABC newsroom, producing content for evening programmes across the network.
The editing software that the ABC use is called Aurora, and I found it interesting to learn how to use it, along with seeing how differently iNews can be used across multiple newsrooms.
channel seven 'sunrise' - segment producer
April 2013 - October 2013
My first freelance role in Sydney was as a segment producer for Channel Seven's 'Sunrise' breakfast programme, which involved planning and producing content for the following morning's show. It was the first time I'd ever worked with sponsors, which was interesting. Certain companies pay to get their brand into segments which is a practice that is only just starting to creep into the UK.
I also set up live crosses to the USA and the UK which obviously involved dealing with differences in time zones, as well as the usual logistics associated with live television.
My first freelance role in Sydney was as a segment producer for Channel Seven's 'Sunrise' breakfast programme, which involved planning and producing content for the following morning's show. It was the first time I'd ever worked with sponsors, which was interesting. Certain companies pay to get their brand into segments which is a practice that is only just starting to creep into the UK.
I also set up live crosses to the USA and the UK which obviously involved dealing with differences in time zones, as well as the usual logistics associated with live television.
ITN - Output producer
August 2011 - leaving the UK
I started working for the ITV National News at ITN as an attachment from my full time job at ITV Anglia. I then took freelance shifts when I could fit them in around my full time job in Norwich. I worked during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the 2012 Olympics and Christmas Day.
My responsibilities included scriptwriting, editing, online journalism, looking after the needs of reporters and correspondents including organising graphics, archive material and supers. I also worked as a liaison news editor between the national news and the ITV regions.
I started working for the ITV National News at ITN as an attachment from my full time job at ITV Anglia. I then took freelance shifts when I could fit them in around my full time job in Norwich. I worked during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, the 2012 Olympics and Christmas Day.
My responsibilities included scriptwriting, editing, online journalism, looking after the needs of reporters and correspondents including organising graphics, archive material and supers. I also worked as a liaison news editor between the national news and the ITV regions.
ITV Anglia - producer, reporter
October 2009 - January 2013
I joined ITV Anglia after completing the ITV News trainee scheme at ITV Yorkshire. My job title was Newsroom Journalist but this encompassed everything from planning, item producing, bulletin producing, assistant programme editing, weekend news editing, web management and reporting, often as a self-shooting and editing video journalist, working on the road. You can see some of my reports here. Many members of that incredible team remain close friends, and leaving a job has never been so heart-wrenching. However, I had one final chance (dictated by age and type of visa) to fulfil a lifelong ambition to live in Australia, so I took it.
I joined ITV Anglia after completing the ITV News trainee scheme at ITV Yorkshire. My job title was Newsroom Journalist but this encompassed everything from planning, item producing, bulletin producing, assistant programme editing, weekend news editing, web management and reporting, often as a self-shooting and editing video journalist, working on the road. You can see some of my reports here. Many members of that incredible team remain close friends, and leaving a job has never been so heart-wrenching. However, I had one final chance (dictated by age and type of visa) to fulfil a lifelong ambition to live in Australia, so I took it.
ITV Yorkshire - itv news trainee
October 2008 - October 2009
I was one of 8 people to be picked from the hundreds who applied for the 08/09 ITV News Trainee Scheme. Once you're through, you get given a home region and mine was ITV Yorkshire based in Leeds. I had one of my own ideas on air within my first couple of months there and continued to report regularly throughout the year. At regular intervals the trainees would meet up to have training in scripting, editing, media law, camera work, live reporting, and programme-making. We also worked in other newsrooms including the national newsroom and GMTV.
I was one of 8 people to be picked from the hundreds who applied for the 08/09 ITV News Trainee Scheme. Once you're through, you get given a home region and mine was ITV Yorkshire based in Leeds. I had one of my own ideas on air within my first couple of months there and continued to report regularly throughout the year. At regular intervals the trainees would meet up to have training in scripting, editing, media law, camera work, live reporting, and programme-making. We also worked in other newsrooms including the national newsroom and GMTV.
BBC radio gloucestershire
December 2006 - September 2008
I had started volunteering for BBC Radio Gloucestershire alongside my degree in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Gloucestershire. I soon gained a freelance contract and continued to fill shifts at the station for the next two years. I worked as a studio producer, programme producer, live reporter, features reporter for programmes, and news journalist, including some bulletin reading. I worked during the floods of 2007 and as a result of the team's efforts we were invited to meet the BBC Director General, Mark Thomson,
I had started volunteering for BBC Radio Gloucestershire alongside my degree in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Gloucestershire. I soon gained a freelance contract and continued to fill shifts at the station for the next two years. I worked as a studio producer, programme producer, live reporter, features reporter for programmes, and news journalist, including some bulletin reading. I worked during the floods of 2007 and as a result of the team's efforts we were invited to meet the BBC Director General, Mark Thomson,
