Katie is an experienced broadcast journalist with a focus on radio and social media. Her enthusiasm, commitment and punctuality have been recognised in a number of roles with promotion and extra responsibilities.
Her contribution to a range of fundraising efforts, both personally and professionally, have been very successful in terms of raising funds and profile.
She enjoys working in a team, juggling any number of tasks across different organisations and delivering to tight deadlines
Katie is intellectually curious, seeks challenges and likes to excel in whatever role she fulfils.
Her commitment to animal welfare is evidenced in her fund raising activities and her main hobby involving her Border Terrier.
Work history
Radio Broadcast Journalist
- Kirkcaldy, United KingdomFreelance
Due to my work with Kingdom FM, I was invited to join their freelance news team.
This entailed scripting stories, interviewing and producing three-minute live news bulletins. I also updated the website and Twitter feed.
I often was the only journalist on shift so had to read all press releases and IRN updates making editorial decisions and prioritising tasks. I ran the studio coverage of the Scottish Independence Referendum
Broadcast Editor
- Edinburgh, United KingdomFull Time
I broadcast the Traffic and Travel news on Kingdom FM as part of the breakfast team.
I worked on Talksport, Central Fm, Wave 102 and BBC London. Working with different radio stations and presenters requires varying my style to suit the station and show.
I script and broadcast news and maintain a national database used by most radio stations in the UK. I train new staff, am responsible for public transport training and new members of staff shadow me as part of their induction.
I benefited from additional training in the London office after I showed a particular interest in deepening my knowledge of a key aspect of my role.
On occasion, I help our client, Traffic Scotland, with their Twitter account.
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Skills
- Adobe Audition
- Micosoft
- Hootsuite
- CMS (wordpress
- Outlook
- Broadcast
- Audio Interviewing
- Artist Interviews
- Celebrity Interviews
- Travel
Education
BA (hons) Publishing with Journalism
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom
We studied News Writing, Media Law, Broadcast Journalism, The Media Business, Feature Writing, Public Relations, Web Design, Media History, Investigative Journalism, Research Methods, Politics and Women in the Media.
As part of my degree I spent an extended placement at BBC Worldwide at White City. I worked with the children's magazine team. I covered a number of tasks from responding to reader's letters, writing horoscopes, transcribing interviews and completing Vox Pops.
Awards
Best Speech Programme
My final piece for my HND Radio Production was to produce a 30 minute speech programme. Due to my love of emerging musical talent in Scotland, I interviewed three bands at different stages of their careers. A small local band just starting out, a band just about to hit the big time Twin Atlantic and another Scottish band who were about to release their fourth album Frightened Rabbit. To give the piece extra gravitas I did not present it myself instead scripted links for BBC Scotland presenter Vic Galloway to record. My lecturer submitted this to the Creative Loop Student Awards and it won. Whilst I could not attend the event in Glasgow as I was visiting Ireland at the time I was devastated to discover upon returning that Tilda Swinton had presented the awards.