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Contact

Josh Halliday
e: josh@joshhalliday.net Multiplatform Journalist
t: 07902 655575
w: www.joshhalliday.net Experience of writing, producing and organising a range of content
t: @JoshHalliday for print and online. Highly-motivated, reliable and a passion for
challenges. Dedicated to learning, innovating and exercising new
ways of reporting.

First undergraduate to present a paper to the UK Association for


RELEVaNT EXPERIENCE Journalism Education. Panellist on Guardian MediaTalk, 2009.

June 2010 - Present


Trainee Reporter, Media & Technology, the Guardian

October 2009 - June 2010


Founder, SR2 Blog
• Launched ‘hyperlocal’ news site focussing on Sunderland SR2. Act as editor, reporter, designer, advertising department and community manager in the day-to-day running of
SR2Blog.com. Recorded average of 600 visits per week in first month of being live.

• Won ‘Most Inspirational Hyperlocal Website’ at the 2010 Talk About Local/Guardian Local awards.

July 2009 - May 2010


Editor, Degrees North magazine
• Elected as Editor of University of Sunderland’s Students’ Union magazine on a platform of greater idea collaboration, encouragement of design experimentation, integration with
other existing mediums and to increase student engagement in University politics;

• Took the magazine from A5 to A4 in size, with greater gsm of pages, more design / photography-led and in budget;

• Managed editorial team, content agenda, bank of contributors, tight budget, reader community and external relations.

June 2009 - September 2009


Digital Media Assistant, Sunderland AFC
• Launched new website with new content management system;

• Innovated fresh content ideas with focus on community involvement. Examples include a weekly live-chat with free embeddable software and more personable use of social media;

• Enhanced commercial viablity of online communications using social media.

other EXPERIENCE
• Completed a three-week placement at Sky News Online from January 04 - 22. References available.

Page 1 • February 2010: Consultancy work for U.TV on hyperlocal media and social media; February - March 2010: Led three social media
and personal branding workshops for first year University of Sunderland journalism and PR students.

of 2 • Founded and moderate the weekly Euro CollegeJourn forum for journalism educators, students and practitioners. Also a founding
member of the CollegeJourn global collaborative reporting team.

• Edited student-run online magazine InJournalism (now Detour Magazine) at and deputy-edited The Wear, University of Sunder-
land’s biannual newspaper, in December 2008. Instated as Editor in May 2009. Planned, designed and produced the newspaper.
Sourced, allocated and disseminated tasks and news stories.
qualifications

December 2008 - present


National Curriculum for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)
At the time of writing I have the following NCTJ qualifications:

• NCTJ Public Affairs - Local Government;

• NCTJ Public Affairs - Central Government;

• NCTJ Law 1 - Court Reporting;

• NCTJ Law 2 - General Reporting;

• NCTJ News Writing;

• NCTJ Business of Magazines.

September 2007 - June 2010


First Class BA (Hons) Journalism at University of Sunderland

September 2003 - June 2007


Beckfoot Comprehensive School, Bingley

other information
My main objective is to use my fervent interest in current affairs, sociology and technol- senter, Richard Bacon, Channel 4 Technology correspondent, Bejamin Cohen, and Guard-
ogy to a journalistic end. ian News & Media Director of Digital Content, Emily Bell. BBC’s Technology correspondent,
Rory Cellan-Jones, subsequently said he was ‘very impressed’ with me, Emily Bell reply-
I strive to be at the forefront of all emerging technologies that may aid my reporting. ing, ‘Yes, Josh Halliday is very impressive...thinking of making a list of people who will
Alongside this, I think it’s important to build up a knowledge bank of world, economic rule media, he’d be on it.’
and cultural affairs - to me, journalism without context isn’t journalism at all.
My online home is www.JoshHalliday.net, which I keep as the professional but personable
Recent personal achievements include presenting a paper on the future of journalism hub of my digital network. Here I account my learning the trade, industry developments,
education to the Association for Journalism Education UK, apparently being the first and the future of journalism education. My posts have been syndicated on industry-lead-
Undergraduate student to do so. In November 2009, I was a panellist on The Guardian ing news sites, Journalism.co.uk and OnlineJournalismBlog.com, as well as being quoted
MediaTalk podcast alongside Guardian Head of Audio, Matthew Wells, BBC Radio 5Live pre- in business-to-business magazine, InPublishing.

Thank you for reading my Curriculum Vitae. Should you require any further information, cuttings or
references please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Best, Contact
Josh Halliday.
e: josh@joshhalliday.net
t: 07902 655575
w: www.joshhalliday.net
t: @JoshHalliday

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