Posts tagged ‘Meet the media’
Meet the media: Marie-Louise Connolly
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010BBC Northern Ireland’s Health Correspondent, Marie-Louise Connolly, has been at the corporation since 1992 and took on the health role in April 2009. After completing a degree in politics at Queen’s University, she studied a masters in journalism at Dublin City University. Work experience on the Sunday Sequence programme and a Texas radio station fuelled her passion for journalism and she has covered many memorable events since then. How did you get started in journalism? When I was a child growing up, I was always aware of the radio being on in the kitchen. My parents, though...[full story]
Meet the media: Mark Simpson
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010Mark Simpson on covering Ireland for the BBC, following Tony Blair’s last campaign trail, and aiming to achieve his sports stadium ambition. How did you get started in journalism? Confession time. I never wanted to be a news journalist. I wanted to be a sports reporter. The idea of being paid to watch football was my idea of a good career. However, after I left Queen’s University (where I studied history and politics) I was advised to work in news for two years before switching to sport. That was 22 years ago … My first job was at the News Letter. I then went to the Irish...[full story]
Meet the media: Henry McDonald
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010Ireland correspondent for the Guardian and Observer newspapers, Belfast man Henry McDonald began his career in the Irish News. He has written extensively on the Troubles, including books on paramilitary groups. In his 13 years with the Guardian he has looked at a variety of local topics of interest to a UK-wide audience. How did you get started in journalism and how did you make your way to being Ireland correspondent for the Guardian and Observer? I began while a student at Queen’s University working on ‘The Gown’ newspaper. However, I was also working on a BBC youth training...[full story]
Meet the media: Diana Rusk
Friday, July 9th, 2010Political correspondent with the Irish News, Diana Rusk has had a “baptism of fire” since she took up the post in January this year. She joined the Irish News as a full-time news reporter in 2007 after a stint as a freelancer for them. Prior to that, Diana began her career in the Impartial Reporter in 2005, following a journalism degree in DCU. How did you get started in journalism? I was perhaps around eight years old when I began thinking about my career. A bit of a daydreamer, I spent many an afternoon creating my own fictional radio show. I was its presenter, newsreader, entertainment,...[full story]
Meet the media: Thomas Kane
Friday, June 4th, 2010A graduate in electronic and electrical engineering from Queen’s, Thomas Kane didn’t take the typical route to the TV screen. After a stint for NBC in California, he is now a regular feature on BBC Northern Ireland’s sports coverage. What is unique about sports journalism? I think it is the access. Let’s face it, every sports journalist is someone who grew up wanting to be a top level athlete, but wasn’t good enough! This job gives you a chance to get within touching distance of the action and talk to the stars of the sport. I particularly enjoy working pitch side at matches....[full story]
Meet the media: Lindsay Fergus
Friday, May 14th, 2010Lindsay Fergus is the business editor of the Belfast Telegraph. She has been a journalist for 15 years and has worked for newspapers including the Mourne Observer, News Letter, Sunday People, Daily Mirror and Ireland on Sunday. How did your journalistic career begin? From my early grammar school days journalism had always been one of my top career choices, probably because I had the gift of the gab, enjoyed meeting people and other people’s stories. I did my workplacement with the Down Recorder in Downpatrick and after that week I knew newspaper journalism was definitely for me. After...[full story]
Meet the media: Denzil McDaniel
Monday, March 1st, 2010Editorial Manager of the Impartial Reporter newspaper in County Fermanagh Denzil McDaniel has seen journalism change over the past 37 years, from stories of death and destruction to issues surrounding health and education. Here, he outlines his career and describes how he enjoys “precious” time spent with family and friends. How did you get started in journalism? There was no career plan and it happened by accident. After A-levels I worked in the Civil Service and used to write football reports for my local paper, the Impartial Reporter. When a job came up as cub reporter in the...[full story]
