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This is a selection of pieces of work I’ve done or contributed towards over the past year as a part of my creative industries professional practice university module. BBC Wales This is a piece I wrote and researched myself having been given a brief to produce stories for North-East Wales while I was there. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64834690Continue reading “Creative industries professional practice”

In this podcast I examine the role that local journalism currently plays in the United Kingdom, where, personally, I believe that too much of its news is over-centralised.

I’ve recently participated in a couple of podcasts with a fellow USW student, Blake Bint, and Dan Whiting, a published cricket author, Gloucestershire Cricket commentator and founder of the popular cricket blog The Middle Stump. We reviewed the England cricket team’s recent tour of Pakistan with a view to continuing the podcast over England’s futureContinue reading “Cricket podcasting with YYFM”

A local council dispute has caused big issues for restaurants on the Penarth seafront, invoking a petition from locals who aren’t happy. During the Coronavirus pandemic these restaurants were told they could convert parking spaces outside their restaurants into seating spaces for customers who weren’t allowed into the shops at the time. The time hasContinue reading “Dispute over outdoor seating spaces poses problems for Penarth”

Cardiff’s Trinity Centre is where University of South Wales lecturer Mike Chick is teaching refugees from all over the world how to speak the English language so that they can overcome the barriers that prevent them from entering British society. I spoke to Mike and a number of his students to find out more…

Fowl and Fury are one of Cardiff’s best known and most popular food vendors. They are currently situated in the heart of Cathays but are restricted to operating on a few days a week as they operate out of Sticky Fingers, a restaurant that invites chefs to work there on different days of the week.Continue reading “Fowl and Fury has found a new home!”

The Pierhead clock was once housed in the Pierhead building, overlooking Cardiff Bay. Now it has an all too different view, as neglect from the council means rubbish and waste pile up around it. This clock, which has been all the way to America and back, is an historic part of Cardiff which is inContinue reading “The Pierhead Clock”

The Bute family are a Scottish aristocratic family from the Isle of Bute who revolutionised the city of Cardiff. They invested the modern equivalent of millions upgrading the city’s parks, docks and Castle. From John Stuart, the 1st Marquess of Bute, through to John Crichton-Stuart, 5th Marquess, all have played a significant role in theContinue reading “The Bute influence on Cardiff”

Joe Hearn served in the Royal Marines for seven years before he suffered life changing injuries that meant he was no longer fit to serve, and he was forced to consider a new life. He now studies English and Media at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and is currently in his first year of study. In thisContinue reading “From the Royal Marines to Cardiff Met”