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Investigative Journalist Melissa McFarlane
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The investigative journalist
Melissa McFarlane
SKILLS
2:1 Journalism BA hons graduate
Liverpool John Moores University
+ 60 wpm NCTJ Teeline shorthand
+ NCTJ News reporting
+ NCTJ Media Law
Developed skills
Tech skills
+ Sony z 1 competence
+ Multi-media platform writing experience
+ Tascam DR-40
+ Great written and verbal communication
+Myriad system experience
+ Self motivator and team player
+ Burli news software exp
+ Excellent research and fact checking capabilities
+ Adobe works skills
ABILITY
Melissa McFarlane
8 months work experience at largest local daily newspaper Liverpool Echo with readership of over 60,000
Multi-media reporter
Manchester
4 weeks experience at The Nubian Times, Manchester
PP: Dedicated trainee reporter with a curiosity for what’s going on, passion for research, writing and broadcast who is fuelled with ideas, has impeccable ethics and
enjoys bringing people the news.
Interviewer and producer for
Age Concern Loneliness and Isolation viral ad campaign
Producer and Social media publicist for Sound City TV, Liverpool
5+ years worth of customer service employment fantastic interpersonal skills, communication, leadership and team player, time management and professionalism.
Interests:
investigative journalism,
current affairs, creative story telling and human rights.
Published in
The Independent
KNOWLEDGE
Liverpool SU
Community representative for Wavertree
Director and producer
Age Concern
residents meetings
police and ward councillor meetings
Producer and social media publicist
Sound City
local businesses
schools contacts
council budget meetings
community events
Liverpool Echo
Community reporter for Wavertree
Age Concern UK
The Nubian Times
Interviewer and producer
Junior reporter (intern)
interview technique
court reporting during Fred Talbot trial
Street vox pop on Islamaphobia
media production skills
editing skills
creative story telling
professionalism
interviewed councillor about death of young woman
'Institutionally racist' police
attended employment tribunal Bailey v GMP
organisational skills
sensitivity and empathy
towards topic