I was a BBC news journalist for 30 years. Although I had stints in local, regional and national radio and television (and in Berlin), most of my time was spent in round-the-clock global breaking news programmes. I was part of the team that launched BBC World Service Television News and helped develop it into BBC World News, as producer, programme editor and Newsday strand editor. I edited the World Service radio current affairs programme, Europe Today, and spent much time as a senior journalist in the World Service News team. I also worked for several years as the World Service News London-based Asia-Pacific editor/reporter.
I left the BBC in 2013 and gained my PhD in journalism from the University of Westminster. My research compared the TV news output of CCTV-News (now CGTN English) with BBC World News between 2014 and 2016. I extended this research for my book published in 2023.
Learn more about my book on the New Books Network podcast and in my interview for the China Media Project.
More generally, as a commentator on anglophone Chinese media, particularly CCTV-News/CGTN, I have been quoted in The Guardian, The Times, The Wire China and Medienwoche.