Derby 2 - 6 Arsenal, BBC Radio Derby

Pride Park, Mon 28th April.

I'm coming to the end of a two week placement at BBC Radio Derby as a Broadcast Journalist. The highlight has been contributing to the coverage of the Derby Arsenal game on Monday night. The atmosphere was superb. The Rams have amazing fans - they've already sold 19,000 season tickets for next year's campaign in the Championship, even though they've only won once in 12 months!

Before the match, I 'voxed' a few fans:

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I was delighted to be part of the coverage on a Premier League match for a very professional BBC Radio Derby sports team.

Headway, BBC Radio Oxford

The most moving interview I have done was with Richard and his mum Jan at a charity which supports people who have suffered head injuries.

Whilst Richard was an animal trainer in the USA, he was attacked by one of his tigers. He suffered severe injuries including a stroke. Thanks to Headway, a charity based in Kennington, his condition has improved.

The Oxford Mail covered the story a few days after my package was played on the breakfast show on Radio Oxford.

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I also did another package on Headway for earlier on in the breakfast show that day:

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Chancellor, You're Barred! BBC Radio Oxford

A pub in rural Oxfordshire joined the campaign to bar the Chancellor Alistair Darling after tax rises on alcohol.

I went to the Plough Inn, in Kennington to speak to the landlord and check out the posters.

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Rude to be on the phone? BBC Radio Oxford

I've just finished a two-week work placement at BBC Radio Oxford. I worked as a broadcast journalist for the breakfast show and learnt absolutely loads about how to successfully cover stories. I'll put my stories on this blog so if you missed it on 95.2FM you can listen to them here!

The first one I covered was on whether it's rude to be on your mobile whilst being served in a shop! What do you think?

I spoke to the people of Oxford : )

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Today's top story on BBC Radio Oxford...

I'm coming to the end of a two week placement at BBC Radio Oxford which has been superb. Getting my hands dirty, covering stories for breakfast.

Today I had the top story in the bulletins thanks to an unusual source - my Dad!

He found a small story in the Guardian (I've since learnt he reads the finance pages of the Guardian every morning!) about Toyzone, a toy shop retailer, going into administration. This morning he suggested it as a possible story as one of the company's toy shops is Pied Pedaller in Thame (Oxfordshire). It later transpired that Toyzone's HQ is in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Definitely a story. Fortunately my fellow journalists agreed, and it led the bulletins...

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