Training and Media Consultancy 

As the director Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma Europe (2022 - 2025) I grew the organisation's training range and reach three-fold during the first two years.  Today I continue to work as a  trainer for trauma-informed media production for Dart Centre US.  I also provide training under my own name - always heavily focussed on providing practical, applicable skills, and drawing on the existing experience of the attendees throughout. 

 

Training can be tailored to suit a specific area of media production e.g. investigative reporting, documentary filmmaking or environmental journalism and will take into account the affiliation of the attendees e.g. public broadcaster, not-for-profit newsroom, or freelancers and of course the regional and geographic context. 

 

Trauma-informed media production: 

 

• Working with vulnerable contributors / survivors of tragedy and violence: Forming ethical relationships, a special focus on trauma-informed interviewing skills and creating role clarity through boundaries. 

• Working with graphic content: Dealing with exposure to graphic content both, in interviews with survivors of violence and tragedy as well as imagery e.g. in edits or open source investigation. Clear, practical strategies to mitigate the impact. 

• Resilience and wellbeing strategies for individuals and teams:  Working on individual resilience plans.  Discussing team working practices and shared boundary setting, checking in with colleagues, peer support. 

 

Trainings range from a two-hour zoom call, to modular trainings, one day workshops and I have also led a three day retreat. 

 

Clients include: BBC Studios, Deutsche Welle, Rory Peck Trust, The Guardian, BBC, Lighthouse Reports, IRPI Media, Novel Audio, ACOS, Screenskills UK, Global Investigative Journalism Network, European Journalism Centre, Sheffield Film Festival, BAFTA, The Grierson Trust, Dataharvest, Logan Symposium and some of the UK’s leading documentary production companies including Curious Films, Passion Pictures and Arrow Media.  

 

Investigative Journalism Training: 

 

Since 2022 I have also mentored nearly a dozen cross-border and investigative journalism teams for the European Journalism Fund.  

 

Other mentoring clients include the UK’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ), Open Democracy and young reporters and producers for the BBC World Service. 

 

External Examiner, MA International Journalism, City University (2021 and 2022)

 

Tasked with the evaluation of all forms of assessment which contribute to students’ degree results and to help ensure fairness and consistency in the assessment process including the structure, content, academic standards and teaching of the International Journalism MA

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