James G.
About me
| James G. | |
| Politics | |
| Politics | |
| Undergraduate | |
| Goodricke | |
| 1999 | |
| United Kingdom |
My employment
| Sports journalist | |
| ITN | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Journalism and publishing | |
| 2001 |
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A day in the life of a Sports journalist in the United Kingdom
My career history
Stray FM in Harrogate Oct 2001 - August 2002 Newsreader; Essex FM in Southend September 02-Aug 03 Newsreader; ITN August 2003 - August 2009 Radio Newsreader, then sports journalist, then TV journalist for Setanta Sports; September 09-present - Self employed, working regularly for ITV News, Talksport, Sky Sports.
Courses taken since graduation
NCTJ newspaper journalism; PG Dip Broadcast Journalism
Where I hope to be in 5 years
To keep doing what I'm doing.
My advice to students considering work
Enjoy your course and don't panic if you end up moving into a job sector totally unrelated to your undergraduate study.
What I do
I am a sports journalist, self employed, so I take the work which interests me most. Month to month my work is very varied. Usually I work 4-5 shifts a month at Talksport as a newsreader. I work at ITN on average 11-12 days a month as a sports journalist. I also do 2-3 days a month as a sports commentator for different companies including Sky.
Skills I use and how I developed them
I am a fully trained newspaper and broadcast journalist and I had previous experience.
What I like most
I enjoy the fact there is so much variety and lots of fun.
What I like least
I don't enjoy the very unsociable hours. I work every weekend, without fail, usually doing 3-4 days work in 2. It's tiring, but rewarding.
What would I change? I would have gone self employed earlier.
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