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I'm Tom, a journalist currently studying MA Broadcast Journalism at  Cardiff University .

I received the Sue Lloyd-Roberts Scholarship to study this course and have a particular interest in social affairs, the environment and human rights.
 
I've previously worked at the  BBC  and  The British Academy  and founded my own arts and culture magazine.

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)

 ITV Wales  - Wales Women next face Ukraine in Euro 2025 qualifiers after flying start to campaign (9 April 2024)

 CJS News  -  Scheme that helps disabled people enjoy nightlife ‘struggling to get enough volunteers’ (21 December 2023)

 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)


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)


EXPLAINERS


 

 

BROADCAST

 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

Premiere Pro; iNEWS; Burli; WordPress; dira!; MusicMaster Scheduling; CPS; Ghost; Substack; Mailchimp; MediaCentral; Wolftech; Filming; Video Editing; Audio Editing; Photography; Microsoft Office.


I'm looking for freelance work and opportunities in the sector - please get in touch at tomtaylorjournalist@gmail.com.


I have experience field reporting and providing 2-ways in the studio
 


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.