Occupation: Presenter Birth: 1970
TV depends very much on the pictures that you see on your television, and all the other things that come up on the screen, whether it be GFX, the stu….
Try and maybe write a couple of articles for your local paper. Perhaps you need to go to college to learn some things that might help you on the way.….
I think whatever it is you decide to do in life, if you want to be the very best at it, you have to be able to make sacrifices. Not everybody can do ….
I think it's something that you learn to deal with the more experienced you become. When I first presented live news, which was 12 years ago, I was v….
You see history in the making and that is definitely the highlight. You get to meet these amazing sportsmen and women, and see them develop as indivi….
If you've done your preparation and you know the team of people that you're working with, then it makes life an awful lot easier. I still get nervous….
It's a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time, that's what I think. Obviously you need to be noticed by people to be given the op….
I worked very hard as a young journalist learning the trade and asking questions, understanding what a story is and being able to present that in a w….
I'll have spent most of the day before the match doing some preparation. That's a little bit like studying for your exams. You need to know the perso….
The more you get, the better you become' and therefore over the years you become more experienced and you learn how to deal with it. You know what ca….
Get involved and learn how to recognise a story happening in front of you. Learn how to ask questions and be curious. That's probably my biggest piec….
Whether you work in news, sport, politics, whatever, it's exactly the same; a story is a story, is a story. I consider myself first and foremost a jo….
As a presenter, while I might suddenly want to start talking about something completely different, I have to stick to what we've agreed in order for ….
I was always interested in sport. My family are big sports' fans. We always had all the locals round watching big sporting events. I wasn't particula….
I've learned that the effort sportsmen and women put in is incredible. Their commitment to their sport is phenomenal. Sometimes as a viewer, as a spo….
I think because I came from a very strong news background and people were aware of me from that side of things, they appreciated me as a journalist. ….
I didn't go to university. They offered me a job as a junior reporter and I went off to work for the Southern Reporter. They sent me to college to do….
I was in China this year and I spent three weeks there with no luggage, in a really not very nice place and without anything except my passport and m….
You don't see what's gone before. A lot of that can be long, long boring hours in the gym, long, long hours on the track or, for the likes of Paula R….
I would say go for it because it is a fantastic job. It's a wonderful opportunity to go and get involved with sport at whatever level. What I would s….
They're [sportsmen] willing to give up a lot of other things that perhaps we all enjoy doing: eating and drinking and playing or whatever. They give ….