United Kingdom
I'm a freelance NQJ journalist. I qualified as a senior reporter while working for The Westmorland Gazette in Cumbria, covering everything from court cases to council meetings (as well as the odd sheep rustle).
Having left the newspaper, I now work freelance. Most of my time is spent as a broadcast journalist at BBC Five Live. My role consists of pitching news stories, interviewing potential guests who are often high profile, writing briefs for presenters and organising logistics.
I also write on a freelance basis, most recently an article in the Big Issue North on a food enterprise that provides cooking workshops in homeless hostels, which you can read below.
I'm waiting in Manchester on the other end of a phone line as Lemn Sissay is stopped on the streets of east London for the second time in 15 minutes. "That's a guy that keeps stopping me and going 'I...Read more
The feature looks at the role of Kendal Mountain Rescue Team in Cumbria
"My favourite is apple crumble," says Manjeet Kaur as she sneaks sugar into her pancake batter (not a Cracking Good Food-sanctioned recipe but rather one of her own concoctions). "I'm supposed to be being healthy - but I cheat."
I went out with a local wild swimming guide to learn about the appeal of wild swimming in the Lake District.
A campaign in aid of Kendal Mountain Rescue Team. I wrote stories about the volunteers involved and those that they had helped in order to help raise £40,000 so that the team could buy a new rescue vehicle.
I wrote a series of articles about the team at St John's Hospice and the families of those they had looked after as part of a campaign to raise £20,000. This money was used to pay for a St John's Hospice staff member - known as a 'Hospice Angel'.
We appealed to readers to donate to the local food bank after it saw a huge rise in demand.
