Meet the team making it happen.

Group CEO

James started his career in journalism before moving into account management. He joined Media First in 2011 and has been Managing Director since 2012.
Aside from being a super boss, James' other diverse talents include playing pool and knowing about antiques. In recent months he has also become highly skilled at injuring his knee.

When he is not in the office, or doing any of these things, James can be found fishing and listening to Rod Stewart and Ben Folds Five on repeat.

Managing Director

Debbie has an account management and marketing background and has worked at Media First for over six years. She can usually be found with a phone glued to her ear working with our clients to understand their communications training needs.

Debbie likes her cocktails like her moods, Ooh la la or Dark and stormy, and prefers her music delivered by Elbow. She also likes dog walking with chatty friends and is a super shoulder to cry on if that's what you need.

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Paul has more than twenty years' experience as a journalist across print, radio and TV. Over the years, he has worked across regional and network newsrooms for the BBC, ITV and Five News as a reporter, producer and presenter. Paul’s interviewees have been as diverse as Nobel Prize winners to Big Brother “celebrities”. As a news correspondent, he covered countless general elections, floods and major trials and helped his evening magazine programme secure an RTS Award for news coverage - twice. Away from live television and the studio sofa, Paul has a wealth of experience in media training and presentation skills coaching. He works with public, private and third sector clients including global CEOs, politicians, academics, health and education leaders and international diplomats. This includes crisis simulations, key message management, studio exercises and speech writing.

Marketing Manager

With over thirty years’ experience in PR, Marketing and Communications, Iain runs the Marketing side of the business. He was once officially the fastest nine year old in Runcorn and soon after won a story writing competition to choose the school Christmas tree. It’s all been downhill from there really, though he remains the UK’s only known secret racewalker and legend has it that when conditions are favourable his almighty sneezing action can be heard from the next floor up in Media First Towers.

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Laura is a Broadcast Journalist with extensive experience as a TV news presenter and correspondent. She has been a News Correspondent with BBC news for nearly a decade - delivering live broadcasts and packaged reports on breaking news and developing stories, from location and the studio, for a national and global audience. She has covered a huge variety of hard news and feature stories across BBC Breakfast, the News Channel, BBC World and the One, Six, Ten O’clock news. Laura has also reported for Radio 4 and Five Live. For 13 years Laura was a Newsreader and reporter at BBC South Today and was known for her warm presenting style. She began her career in local BBC radio and worked at Five News, Newsround, and loved every second of being an assistant producer on the Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show. Outside of the studio Laura has hosted events and conferences and has worked as a voice over artist on corporate videos.

Media and Communications Course Director

Victoria is a Sony-award nominated TV, radio and print journalist with a background at Euronews, ITN, the BBC and The Associated Press. She was the UK correspondent for Euronews TV, reporting on news and politics and has interviewed everyone from Prime Ministers to pop stars. Victoria was the welfare correspondent for BFBS (British Forces News TV and radio) where she made films about life after conflict. She was a regular presenter for the channel’s flagship programme, and continues to report on a range of stories. For radio, she was the afternoon newsreader for Classic FM, and a senior producer for Vanessa Feltz and Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2. She also presented her own radio series on LBC. Victoria has written for the Times, the Telegraph and Time Out.

Director of Strategic Communications and Resilience

Sean Ryan brings more than 30 years of frontline journalism and senior communications leadership in high-pressure environments to the Media First team. Sean began his career as a journalist and spent many years at The Sunday Times, where he held senior editorial roles including Associate Editor and Foreign Editor. He oversaw digital output across the paper’s platforms, led major news features and campaigns, and managed coverage of global conflicts and crises. Earlier roles included specialist reporting in health, consumer affairs, investigations, science, technology, energy and the environment. He later spent a decade as Director of Media and Communications at Save the Children, advising senior leaders on reputation, risk and crisis communications. Sean is known for his calm, pragmatic approach and his ability to help leaders and communications teams make clear decisions under pressure.

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Elisa has almost 20 years experience as a journalist, starting out as a cub reporter on her local newspaper, before turning to broadcasting. Working for the BBC, Elisa has been a political correspondent, presented local radio programmes, reported live on BBC Breakfast, and produced breaking news at BBC Radio 5Live. Switching to international news, Elisa worked for Al Jazeera English on their European news desk before pursuing a masters in International Security at one of the most prestigious universities in Europe. Elisa has also led communications for a social policy think tank and has coached and guided numerous guests and spokespeople through their media appearances from start to finish.

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Paul has more than twenty years' experience as a journalist across print, radio and TV. Over the years, he has worked across regional and network newsrooms for the BBC, ITV and Five News as a reporter, producer and presenter. Paul’s interviewees have been as diverse as Nobel Prize winners to Big Brother “celebrities”. As a news correspondent, he covered countless general elections, floods and major trials and helped his evening magazine programme secure an RTS Award for news coverage - twice. Away from live television and the studio sofa, Paul has a wealth of experience in media training and presentation skills coaching. He works with public, private and third sector clients including global CEOs, politicians, academics, health and education leaders and international diplomats. This includes crisis simulations, key message management, studio exercises and speech writing.

Operations Manager

Hayley brings 15 years of operations and management expertise to the team. A natural multitasker, she also ran her own a rental business in Spain, and speaks Spanish (badly!) At home, she is a proud mum to Archie and a Chihuahua named Rio. To unwind, Hayley loves exploring nature trails on a hike or getting lost in a good history book

Studio Manager

Thomas is an award winning international filmmaker with an academic background in media, television and film production and has worked at Media First for over six years as our Camera Operator and now studio manager. For most of that time he has been simultaneously growing a beard. When he is not commuting up and down the country supporting our training courses, he can often be found making the rest of us feel old, as he pursues his other passion as a DJ. If you like your tunes of the tropical house or old school hip hop variety, Thomas is your man.

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Susan has over 30 years' experience as a radio and TV presenter reporting on numerous historical news and sporting events for the BBC, Sky, Channel 4 News, GMTV and ITN, among many others. She is a columnist for The Jewish Telegraph and has chaired many corporate and charity events around the world, including government summits, corporate dinners, award ceremonies and product launches. She has also written content and presented on corporate videos for numerous clients and across multiple industry sectors. Susan was the first woman to read the national classified football results on British radio and is a Patron of Action Duchenne, a charity campaigning for a cure to a debilitating wasting disease.

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Chris is a highly respected reporter, presenter and producer and has a wealth of experience after more than 20 years with ITV in the south of England. His career began in the print media during which time Chris contributed many front page stories to national newspapers. After moving into television Chris became a familiar face on ITV Meridian, having presented the regional shows Meridian Tonight and Thames Valley Tonight. He has also represented ITV Sport at football and rugby world cups. Since leaving ITV in 2009, Chris’s writing, presenting and production skills have been in demand by numerous media organisations, including Sky, ITV News, leading news agencies and production companies. In recent years Chris has also advised numerous clients ranging from multi-national companies to charity organisations on how to maximise opportunities with the media.

Senior Account Manager

Andrea has spent most of her life in marketing, working with clients in many different guises to produce their customer magazines and catalogues. She loves Media First so much that after previously trying to escape to focus on bringing up her family, she could no longer ignore the magnetic pull of her colleagues and returned in 2015 to resume her role as an Account Manager. She loves spending time with friends and family and trying to keep fit with her lunchtime power walks, but woe betide anyone who asks to share her calamari.

Senior Account Manager

Karen has spent most of her working life in business and marketing. Away from work, she enjoys city breaks, the theatre and a glass of red (or white,) she’s not fussy! Her favourite time of year is Autumn, when you’ll find her and her dog on a forest walk up to their knees in leaves. Karen loves a spa day where she says she does her best thinking, but we know it’s to plan a change of nail colour.

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Howard has been a radio presenter, newsreader, reporter and sports commentator for well over two decades including 15 years at the BBC. He was the main freelance presenter on BBC Radio 5Live Sports Extra and has worked at 5Live and a host of BBC Local Radio stations including BBC Radio Oxford and BBC Hereford & Worcester who won three Radio Academy Gold Awards with Howard as their flagship presenter. Howard is also a renowned stadium announcer and was the voice of the last three Olympic Hockey competitions in London, Rio and Tokyo. In addition to working at the Paralympics, the Pan Am Games in Chile, the Rugby Union World Cup and European Champions Cup Finals; he covers sports as diverse as Test Match Cricket, Rowing, Judo and Badminton. Howard played National League hockey and Birmingham League cricket and is now a keen golfer and long-distance walker. He recently completed the 102 mile Cotswold Way in just 4 days.

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With over thirty years reporting experience, Mike has reported live from all over the world following key issues from plane crashes to interviews with key political leaders and celebrities. Mike has produced many live programmes and made himself the front page of every national newspaper when he exposed airport security lapses by famously smuggling a fake gun on a plane in the wake of 9/11. It led to a Government inquiry and the increased security we see today at airports. Mike was the lead producer for many of ITV News corporate films from leaders' debates and awards ceremonies to highly sensitive and controversial communications issues including major restructuring and changes to working practices. Most recently he produced a landmark documentary with Julie Etchingham looking at how ITV covered and coped with Covid-19.

Operations Executive

As a mum to two young children our operations executive Emma is well versed at spinning all the plates, using her strong background in administration, customer service and sales to make sure all our courses hit the mark. Outside of work you’ll likely find her on a long walk with a good cookery podcast for company.

Finance Manager

Mandie has been proudly looking after the Media First purse strings for over six years now. She pays our wages and therefore should not be crossed at any time. A top cake baker and the proud owner of more than 150 pairs of shoes, her rather regal musical influences include both Prince and Queen. Mandie does not take kindly to inconsiderate car parkers and anyone else who has not noted the bit above about not being crossed.

Senior Journalist Tutor

Toby Sadler is an experienced media and presentation trainer as well as an expert in delivering courses teaching people to make films with smartphones. His expertise comes from a 25 year career as a broadcast journalist. He’s still regularly on air with national broadcasters ITV News and Channel 5 News and is a former reporter and presenter with Sky News. Toby has helped people from a huge variety of sectors, backgrounds and levels to prepare for media interviews. This includes international company CEOs, charity leaders, budding Olympians, senior British and Nato military leaders, three branches of the secret services, ambassadors from the Foreign Office and other senior civil servants. His style is warm, personable and supportive, but he won’t shy away from asking the tough questions when needed.

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During a 23 year career with multi-media publisher Reed Business Information, Charles led a large editorial team committed to creating compelling content, winning the prestigious PPA Magazine and AOP Website of the Year awards in the process. He is an experienced news, business and technical journalist, with a tenacious determination to discover the truth behind the stories of the day. Whether it is controversial technologies or new policies, financial complexity or corporate restructuring, new launches or crisis handling - Charles provides blue chip and public sector organisations with the skills to face the toughest interviews. Charles specialises in providing training to senior executives who want to handle media relationships more effectively, and also brings his extensive expertise in communications, PR and editorial services to Media First. He has worked throughout the UK, Europe, Middle East and Far East to help countless organisations take greater control of their message management.

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Jane is a BBC Radio 4 presenter and a familiar face on Channel 4 News. She also appears on The Today Programme, Radio 5 Live and the BBC World Service. Although a lot of her broadcasting has a social affairs and health focus she is comfortable with all kinds of news, from crime to culture. She is also an experienced foreign correspondent, having reported for the BBC and Channel 4 News from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Morocco. Having started her broadcasting career in local radio before moving to regional and then national television Jane has a clear understanding of what the audience wants and how a company spokesperson needs to deliver it.

Strategic Media & Communications Consultant

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Judy began her career as a journalist joining ITN as a graduate trainee in 1986. In 1990 she went to South Africa as Africa correspondent for Channel Four News. For the next five years she covered stories in Africa including the wars in Angola and Mozambique, as well as events in Nigeria, Zambia, Malawi, and, of course, the 1994 first democratic elections in South Africa for which she was nominated for a BAFTA award. On her return to England Judy became Foreign News Editor for Channel Four News working in Moscow and Europe. She then went on to be Foreign Affairs Correspondent when Five News was launched by ITN in 1997. Over the past 15 years Judy has combined media training with journalism. She specialises in the business and financial sector working with clients such as JCB, Sainsbury’s, BAA, ABP, Tarmac, BBA and GFC Economics. She is a member of the Hastings Chamber of Business group and makes corporate videos for SMEs all over the country.

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Josie spent twenty years in New York and Los Angeles as an award-winning actress (‘GIRL, INTERRUPTED’) before returning to the UK in 2016. She has since transferred her extensive training on stage and screen, along with her experience and passion for authentic & effective communication into coaching senior executives and helping them connect with teams and clients across a diverse range of industries. Working from the inside out, clients grow in confidence, authenticity, gravitas and authority as a natural consequence of learning from her techniques.

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Damian has 30 years' experience in broadcast and print journalism. He has covered the Handover of Hong Kong, the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War and the 7/7 attacks in London. He has run radio stations and presented programmes for BFBS and Abu Dhabi Media, interviewing prime ministers, generals and stars from the world of sport and music along the way, and has written for newspapers and magazines such as Sixth Sense and Autocar. Outside of work, Damian enjoys playing drums and bass guitar (not at the same time), skiing, squash and riding his motorcycle.

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Jonathan Pollinger is a leading AI and digital marketing trainer with over 15 years' experience helping organisations get real results from social media and AI tools. He works with businesses, charities, universities, local authorities, and public figures to drive engagement, improve visibility, and boost performance. Jonathan combines deep knowledge with hands-on experience to deliver training that’s both inspiring and immediately useful. He’s also a regular voice on BBC radio, sharing expert insights on the fast-changing world of tech and digital strategy.

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Tom is a seasoned journalist and has spent the last 20 years working in business journalism and corporate communications. Today, he is the founder of Narrative Matters. Previously, he was an in-house editor, first at Local Government News, then at Sustainable Business. Latterly, he was editor-in-chief at 2degrees, the online community for sustainability professionals.

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With a career in journalism spanning well over a decade, Alex Iszatt mixes her live TV and radio work; reporting on breaking news for numerous UK and International channels, with corporate videos, online and in person events, media training, documentaries and audiobooks. Alex has been an integral part of the ITV family, presenting for ITV Business, and was part of the launch of ITVX, the former ITV Hub and now digital news strand. Her work has taken her all over the world, mixing print, online, digital and TV.

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Verity Geere has been working as a broadcast journalist since 2002, for local and international media organisations. These include the BBC, ITN, Sky News, Magic FM and most recently she presented the breakfast show on BFBS the forces station for 6 years, where she still presents the news. Verity has also appeared on ITV’s This Morning, Good Morning Britain and a wide range of global TV news stations when she was a correspondent in Los Angeles. Verity is also a guest lecturer in Broadcast Journalism at several universities. She has been media training for the last few years and loves getting people clued up and excited about the weird and wonderful world of media.

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Sophie Long is an award-winning journalist with 25 years of broadcasting experience. She spent more than 20 years as a news correspondent and anchor for the BBC covering many of the world’s major news stories during that time and has reported on every general election since 2001. Her career has seen her present from the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. She was the BBC’s West Coast Correspondent based in Los Angeles for five years, where she hosted live coverage of major events like the Oscars and presidential elections and reported on all aspects of American life from politics to natural disasters and rocket launches. She has also fronted special programmes and podcasts on presidential elections, reproductive rights and climate change.

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Chris’s impressive career covers not only journalism and BBC broadcasting but also significant experience supporting global companies in internal and external comms strategies and engagement campaigns. He has worked as a reporter, studio presenter and documentary producer for BBC national and regional TV news, BBC Radio 4, BBC Local Radio, Channel 4 and Channel 5. He also supports global brands in better communications, internal video campaigns, improving conferences and pitches, and supporting presentation skills for all levels of management, including developing board room presence for new directors.

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Janet's background is in reporting foreign news for the BBC - she was a correspondent in Brussels, Berlin, and in the World newsroom in London, and has reported from over thirty countries. She’s also worked as a business and economics reporter, and as a presenter for BBC World TV and World Service Radio. These days Janet still reports on the news, but also produces longer features and documentaries for the BBC and other international media. She covers many different areas, and specialises in health and technology. She’s an accomplished media and presentation trainer, who knows what journalists want, and how to make the most of a media interview.

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Dickon has more than 20 years' experience as a journalist, starting in the trade press and continuing to this day with the BBC. He started at the corporation as an online journalist, before moving into TV as a reporter and producer. For the last decade of his career, he has worked primarily as an investigative journalist, including for Panorama, Victoria Derbyshire and Inside Out, winning a number of awards from the Royal Television Society. He now works as a media trainer (with the British army and NATO amongst others) and continues to work as an investigative consultant and produces corporate films and social media for a variety of private and public sector clients.

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Simon was a cub reporter on Newcastle’s Evening Chronicle before joining sister paper The Journal, where he filled roles including Chief Sports Writer and Assistant Sports Editor. Fast approaching 30 years as a senior journalist, the multi-skilled reporter, PR specialist, lecturer and media manager retains a passion for clear communication and nurturing the media professionals of the future. Equally at home teaching crisis media management to a room full of third year university students as he is locking horns with the famously prickly Roy Keane and shock rocker Alice Cooper, Simon runs his own digital media agency and is working on his debut novel.

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Mark began his life as a journalist on local newspapers in East Anglia and London before embarking on a career in business and technology journalism in the capital at the height of the dot com boom. There, he spent more than a decade asking questions of CEOs, CIOs and business leaders as both an editor and freelancer, specialising in the datacentre, fintech and mobile arenas. As well as interviewing heads of business, Mark has also covered football, Formula One, international polo, Six Nations rugby and the America’s Cup – writing for The Mirror, Football 365 and Hayters among others. Mark ran a successful media agency for a number of years, helping businesses to define editorial and communications strategies and bring their brands to life with clear compelling stories. During that time he has advised, coached and media trained CEOs and business leaders on media strategy, ranging from startups to multi-national organisations.

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Jane is an experienced journalist, broadcaster and corporate communications specialist. She started her career in regional journalism in the South West before becoming a presenter with ITV Meridian, Sky Sports and then the BBC appearing on BBC Breakfast, the BBC’s rolling news channel and Radio 5 Live. She reported from some of sport’s biggest global events including the World Cup, the Ryder Cup, the World Snooker Championships and the Summer Olympics. Now based in Scotland, she has specialised in content creation and communications for businesses in the technology and wellbeing sectors. From launching a new product to dealing with a crisis, Jane understands what’s required. She has never lost her love of sport. Jane runs, plays touch rugby and still volunteers in media operations at major sporting events.

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Andy is a former newspaper, TV and digital journalist who has worked for Sky News, ITN Productions and the Press Association. He started his career as a reporter at the Newcastle Chronicle before moving to the Press Association in London, where he covered breaking national news stories, including multiple deployments to Northern Ireland. Andy then joined Sky News and became a Senior News Editor, covering UK stories before moving to the international desk. He managed coverage of the day’s news for the 24-hour channel. During his 16 years there, he won an International Emmy for a special report on the rise of the Taliban in Pakistan and led teams in the field covering major news and sports events. Specialising in media and presentation skills, crisis management, storytelling, writing skills and video production, Andy has worked with senior executives and press teams at large companies and institutions across many sectors including finance, environment, academia and charities.

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Marcus Ryder is a BAFTA award winning journalist and has worked across the whole spectrum of news and current affairs programmes for over 25 years. He was head of BBC Scotland Current Affairs Programmes for eight years, executive produced BBC’s flagship current affairs programme Panorama, oversaw all of  the BBC’s documentary content covering the Scottish Referendum in 2014 and launched a nightly news series. He left the BBC in 2016 to take up the role of Chief International Editor for China’s largest international broadcaster CGTN guiding the broadcaster to become a digitally focused news organisation overseeing a team of over 50 journalists. He is currently the executive producer of online media at Caixin Global, China's leading financial publication. Marcus is an acknowledged industry expert in both television and digital news and has been called upon to give both evidence in person and in writing to both the British House of Commons Select Committee on Culture and Media and the House of Lords Select Committee on Digital Media.

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Yvonne Chan is a familiar face to many in the Aisa region as the host of the popular breakfast show, First Look Asia, and as the anchor for both the day news and business news bulletins on CNA. During her 9-year tenure at CNA, Yvonne interviewed several newsmakers ranging from Richard Branson, politicians, global CEOs, to entertainment headliners such as Chris Hemsworth, the Foo Fighters and the cast of Crazy Rich Asians, to name a few. She is a versatile presenter who has taken on a range of roles during her 9 year tenure at CNA; handling live coverage of many historic events such as the Trump-Kim summits, Taiwan & Indonesian presidential elections, etc. She was also the host of the luxury lifestyle infotainment programme, Luxe Asia and has lent her broadcast –trained voice to several other documentaries and productions over the last decade. An experienced, bilingual broadcast journalist and seasoned host, Yvonne has accrued a wealth of information and useful tips for presenting effectively on camera and speaking confidently in public.

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Nick's career began in newspapers in the UK. After working for BBC Radio and TV, he spent 15 years with the UK’s ITV News and ITN, as a reporter, presenter, producer and assignments editor. He joined the management team that launched Al Jazeera English in 2006, running the channel’s reporting division and editing global channel content, before moving to Dubai in 2010. Alongside his high-level career with some of the world’s top news broadcasters, Nick began media training in 1992 in the UK and over the past decade has worked with the leadership teams of many of MENA’s biggest companies and institutions. Nick now coaches business leaders, government figures, senior executives and corporate spokespeople in media and presentation skills, and in managing reputational crisis in the media. He also works in TV and digital production – scripting and producing films and recently oversaw the production of 11 climate change films worldwide.

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Lynne Wallis is a journalist for national newspapers, with almost 30 years experience. Her specialist area is campaigning journalism, covering the care home sector, health, animal welfare, nursing and the damage done to society by cult groups. Lynne is a versatile journalist who has written news, features, investigations and column style pieces for multiple newspapers and magazines including The Mail on Sunday, The Guardian, The Express, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, the Sunday Mirror and The Sunday Times. She became Head of Communications for the Fire Brigades Union in 2015 and led the union's media work during the Grenfell tragedy, honing her crisis management skills. Lynne returned to her true home in journalism in 2018 and now uses her vast media experience to help Media First clients understand how to pitch, frame and deliver impactful print media stories and headlines.

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Sara began as a journalist in local newspapers in East Anglia. She moved into local radio and was involved in the launch of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. After a spell at Independent Radio News, the national commercial radio news service, she went to the BBC Radio Newsroom where she worked as a sub-editor and reporter. Sara became a reporter and producer for BBC Radio 4’s ‘You and Yours’ for several years and also worked on other Radio 4 programmes such as ‘Today’, ‘PM’ and ‘Woman’s Hour’. She also worked as a researcher and reporter for Thames Television News before going back to radio where she produced the very first phone-ins on Radio 5.

Camera Operator

Reece is a filmmaker, writer and editor. He has worked alongside Media First as a camera technician since 2018 and has been involved in media training around the world since 2014. Reece's background is incredibly varied with experience in documentaries, short films, music videos and fashion promos for organisations such as the Royal Society, the Royal Collection, Jeep and the Science Museum. The unquestionable highlight of Reece's career so far has been the 2 times that he has interviewed Sir David Attenborough... though he fears that these moments may already be impossible to top.

Camera Operator

Callum joined the BBC World Service in 1998 as a radio producer. He moved into the BBC Academy, the corporation's training arm training journalists in video, audio and online broadcast technologies. A keen photographer since childhood Callum made the switch to moving pictures in 2010. Now he splits his time between a part-time role at the BBC and working as a freelance shoot/edit specialising in educational as well as corporate video production. When not stood behind a camera or sat in front of a computer Callum is to be found cycling around the Surrey Hills in lycra, completely unbefitting a man of his age and figure.

Camera Operator

Rick is a camera operator at Media First with over 15 years experience filming interviews for media training companies. He also has an extensive technical background doing everything from vision mixing to live sound, graphics and directing live TV including live racing and premier league football. Rick is also a DJ and has played at all sorts of events including weddings, London bars and corporate awards shows. Other personal interests include sport, cars and visiting Disney in Florida as often as possible!

Camera Operator

Jonathan has a strong track record in video, starting in the 1980s with a company specialising in agricultural education films for Third World audiences. He travelled widely as a freelance cameraman in the ‘90s, before forming a successful production company. He has directed, shot and edited hundreds of programmes for blue-chip clients. Memorable locations include banana plantations in the Chilean Andes, Beijing’s Forbidden City, interviewing Michael Schumacher, following Team Audi Sport at the Le Mans 24-Heures, surviving an oil tanker in a Force 8, and many more. Jonathan edited the original London Docklands Development Corporation promo for Canary Wharf, as well as commercials, party political broadcasts and many high-level business communications. Jonathan is a keen club cyclist and drives his 1969 Alfa Romeo coupe whenever the opportunity arises.