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I'm Tom, a journalist interested in local news, social affairs and the environment.

I'm currently working as a Production Management Assistant for  BBC Audio  across Wales and the West of England.

I have a BJTC-accredited MA in Broadcast Journalism from Cardiff University  where I studied as the Sue Lloyd-Roberts Scholar.

You can read and watch a selection of my work below, including in  BBC News ,  ITV News ,  The Mill  and more:

NEWS & INVESTIGATIONS

 ITV Wales  - Swansea sets sights on green energy future as 250 jobs created (19 April 2024)

 ITV Wales  - Wales have 'drawn line in the sand' ahead of Women's Six Nations clash against France (19 April 2024)

 ITV Wales  - Guide dog user felt like 'second-class citizen' after taxi refusal (18 April 2024)

 ITV Wales  - Welsh hospices 'struggling to meet demand' will receive £4 million from Welsh Government (12 April 2024)

 ITV Wales  - A four-day working week in Wales: The pros, cons, and reality (10 April 2024)

 The Mill  - Exclusive: While hailing Rashford, Manchester council offered 'shocking' food parcels of its own (5 March 2021)

 The Mill  - Exclusive: Council accuses school staff of jumping the vaccine queue (2 February 2021)

 BBC News  - Landlord-tenant 'middleman' criticised (12 April 2019)


 Lead story on ITV Wales at Six 

I pitched, fixed and helped film a story sharing the experience of a guide dog owner in Cardiff who had been repeatedly rejected by taxi drivers.

The story led the programme and was later raised by Julie Morgan MS in the Senedd during First Minister's Questions.

 

FEATURES

 Corridor8  - Juggle and Keep Receipts: on current conditions for working artists and arts workers (3 November 2022)

 Salt Magazine  - 'Investigating toxic clouds and environmental racism with Forensic Architecture' (21 July 2021)

 The Mill  - The battle for political control in Stockport and a debate about where to build houses (21 April 2021)

 The Mill  - The second life of Hulme Crescents (4 February 2021)

 Salt Magazine  - Rainy Miller: Myspace, Preston and the long 90s (21 January 2021)

 The Mill  - The story of a locked-down high street (9 January 2021)

 

 Lead story on BBC Points West  

I pitched and worked on a collaborative investigation with a journalist from BBC Points West.

The story about tenants rights in Bristol led the programme.


EXPLAINERS


 
 

 Founded and edited Salt Magazine   

In 2020, I co-founded an online arts, music and culture publication called Salt Magazine covering Greater Manchester.

It provided a platform for local writers, had a significant social media following and attracted paying members who supported our work.

 

BROADCAST

 BBC World Service  - Production credit on Unexpected Elements (13 October 2024)
 
 Greatest Hits Radio  - Radio bulletin recorded while on placement at Greatest Hits Manchester (April 2024)


 ITV Wales  - Pitched, planned and helped film lead story on ITV Wales at Six (18 April 2024, broadcast available on request)
 
 
 Epigram  - Shot and edited social video on Greta Thunberg's Bristol speech (28 February 2020)
 
 Epigram  - Shot and edited social video on Jeremy Corbyn's Bristol rally (19 December 2019)
 
 BBC News  - Pitched and carried out six-month joint-investigation which led BBC Points West (12 April 2019, broadcast available on request)

 

AWARDS

Sue Lloyd-Roberts Scholar, 2023-24
Cardiff University

Best Overall Digital Media, 2020
Student Publication Association

Best Journalist in the South West, 2019
Student Publication Association

 

SKILLS

• Multimedia Reporting • Radio Production • Television Production • Bulletin Producing • Video Editing • Audio Editing • Newsgathering • Social Media • Data Journalism • Investigative Reporting • Newsletters • Researching • Planning • Guest Booking • Photography

• Premiere Pro • Audition • iNEWS • Burli • WordPress • dira! • MusicMaster • Ghost • Substack • Mailchimp • MediaCentral • Wolftech • iBroadcast •Microsoft Office


For freelance work and other opportunities - please get in touch at tomtaylorjournalist@gmail.com.


I have experience field reporting and providing two-ways
 


As an Assistant Media Scheduler at the BBC, I worked at BBC Sounds' Soundscape installation at Leeds Festival 2022

 
I founded and edited Salt Magazine, an independent online arts, music and culture magazine covering Greater Manchester

I have experience writing and reading news bulletins in television and radio studios
 
 
On my MA Broadcast Journalism course at Cardiff University, I've enjoyed pitching, shooting and editing packages

 

While interning at The Mill in Manchester, my stories were picked up by BBC Newscast, ITV News, The Week, The Telegraph and more.