- James Laidler
James Laidler is a
radio producer andpresenter , born inSt Thomas' Hospital inLondon onMarch 6 ,1985 .He was Head of
News at Surge, from 2004 to 2006 [http://www.surgeradio.co.uk/about/history/years/0405.html] [http://www.studentradio.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=SRA_Events:Spring_Conference_2006/News_and_New_Technology_for_Student_Radio&redirect=no] [http://gallery.susu.org/gallery-imageview-17555-294.html] , for which he won Best News and Talk at theStudent Radio Awards 2005 [http://www.studentradio.org.uk/awards/2005/winners/] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4482984.stm]He began working as a broadcast assistant at
BBC Radio Solent in December 2005 - at one time producing Richard Cartridge - and has since worked for the Dimbleby Election Night programme,BBC Radio Five Live and KM-FM.He has produced Mike Powell's Sunday afternoon programme, presented weekend travel bulletins and been assistant producer for Jon Cuthill and Tristan Pascoe.
A graduate in
Physics atSouthampton University [http://gallery.susu.org/gallery-imageview-17622-299.html] , PGDip MultimediaJournalism Bournemouth University [http://courses.bournemouth.ac.uk/3details.asp?programmeCode=MAMMJ] , he was given sponsorship via theBBC News Sponsorship Scheme 2006 (Selected from over 300 applicants nationally to be one of 15 journalism students trained by BBC journalists. This includes paid work experience, mentoring, course fees paid with additional money towards living costs). [http://www.bbc.co.uk/jobs/nss/] .He is now a journalist and producer for
BBC Breakfast andBBC News 24 .External Link
James Laidler's Blog [http://www.jnlonline.co.uk]
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