I’m a freelance broadcast and print journalist, producer and videographer, working across Denmark and the U.K. I’m currently based in Sheffield after three and a half years in Copenhagen.
For over seven years I worked for BBC News where I won awards such as the RTS Yorkshire Most Promising Newcomer and was listed as one of the top 50 talents in the north by the Institute for Public Policy Research. I worked as a video journalist and reporter for BBC Look North, a field producer for the BBC northern bureau and a producer on BBC Sport and BBC Breakfast TV, a programme watched by 7 million viewers across a morning.
In Denmark I produced films for corporate companies and worked as a freelance journalist, which included translating Danish to English after I completed Prøve i Dansk 3, a nationally recognised qualification in the Danish language.
Now back in England, I continue to work as a freelance journalist specialising about Denmark, translating Danish news into English and providing commentary about the country.
Below are some examples of my broadcast work from Denmark. Examples of my published written work are at the bottom of this page.
BBC Radio Sheffield
15 minute interview with Sile Sibanda on BBC Radio Sheffield, talking about life in Denmark and the return to Sheffield. 6th November 2020.
BBC News Channel
BBC News Channel/World TV with Joanna Gosling, talking about Denmark’s reopening after lockdown from the coronavirus. 15th April 2020.
BBC World Service
The Newsroom on BBC World Service, explaining how schools and child care institutions reopened in Denmark after lockdown from the coronavirus. 15th April, 2020.
BBC 5Live Drivetime
Speaking to Anna Foster on BBC 5live drive time, one month on from pupils in Denmark returning to school after the lockdown from the coronavirus. 15th May 2020.
CBC Radio’s Metro Morning in Toronto, Canada. 13th July 2020
Click on the link above to hear my 9-minute interview with CBC Radio in Canada, where I give a round-up of how the Danish school system re-opened after lockdown.
BBC Radio Sheffield
Talking to Sile Sibanda on her evening show about the Danish concept of hygge. 2nd January 2021.
BBC 5live Your Call with Nicky Campbell
BBC 5live Your Call with Nicky Campbell, talking about the distancing rule changing from 2 metres to 1 metre in Denmark during the coronavirus pandemic. 11th June 2020.
BBC Scotland Lunchtime Live
Speaking on BBC Scotland’s Lunchtime Live about pupils in Denmark returning to secondary school after one month of primary schools being back during the coronavirus pandemic. 16th May 2020
BBC Radio Wales
Breakfast with Oliver Hides on BBC Radio Wales, talking about schools reopening in Denmark after lockdown from the coronavirus. 18th April 2020.
RTÉ Radio: This Week
My contribution to This Week on RTÉ on how countries, including Austria and Denmark, prepare to lift movement restriction and attempt to reopen after lockdown from the coronavirus. I’m on at 1’45 and 6’55. 19th April 2020.
You can read the online version here.
LBC Eddie Mair show
The Eddie Mair show, LBC, talking about Denmark’s reopening of schools and day care institutions after lockdown from the coronavirus. 15th April 2020.
BBC Radio Sheffield
Speaking to Toby Foster on BBC Radio Sheffield’s Breakfast Show, just after Denmark went into lockdown. 13th March 2020.
BBC Radio Sheffield
Speaking to Toby Foster on BBC Radio Sheffield’s Breakfast Show, about the reopening of Denmark so far. 5th May 2020.
RTÉ Radio 1
Reflecting on the school reopenings in Denmark with Sarah McInerney on RTÉ Radio 1. 6th July 2020.
BBC Radio Wales
Speaking to Wyre Davies on BBC Radio Wales drive time show about Denmark’s reopening of schools and day care institutions after lockdown from the coronavirus. 15th April 2020.
Newstalk radio
My interview with Newstalk radio on 22nd April 2020:
How Denmark Has Begun Lifting Restrictions As Schools Reopen
RT.COM
Article for RT.com about Denmark being the first European country to reopen schools after lockdown from the coronavirus.
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/485885-denmark-covid-schools-children/
The Local
I regularly freelance for The Local Denmark, Sweden and Norway. This involves editing their sites, writing features and translating news stories from Danish into English. Examples include:
What foreign residents need to know about Denmark’s pension rules
How the war in Ukraine affects Danish food production and prices
INTERVIEW: Does Denmark have a distinct management style?
How does food qualify as organic in Denmark?
What to expect when you’re having a baby in Denmark
Five tips that make it easier to learn Danish
During Spring 2020, I wrote weekly updates for The Local, Europe, about the coronavirus in Denmark. You can find these under the menu on this blog ‘Denmark – Coronavirus in Denmark.’
Other articles I have written for The Local include:
Why are parents in Denmark demonstrating over childcare?
How three years in Denmark gave me a lifetime of memories
Excruciating errors of an expat
Networking in Denmark: Not as scary as it seems?
For those interested in my personal experience of living in Denmark, you can read my blog posts under the menu ‘Adventure’, including how it all began:
