BBC senior journalist Sophia Alexandra Hall
Hear insights about Sophia’s career including her current role at the BBC, her TEDx talk covering topics such as trauma-informed journalism and much more.
Podcasts
Senior sports producer and BCOMS chairperson Drew Christie
Hear insights about Drew’s role at BCOMS, experience covering Match of the Day and The World Cup.
Women’s Super League chief revenue officer Zarah Al-Kudcy
Hear insights about Zarah’s current role at WSL and how she drives revenue to the league as women’s sport and especially women’s football continues to boom.
The Observer sports reporter George Simms
Hear insights about George’s current role, experience covering major sporting events like the Tour De France and Australian Open.
NA20: PodX chief revenue officer Matthew Sherry
Hear insights about Matthew’s pivot into the world of business founding both Platform Media and Gridiron Magazine, time working as a sports journalist for the Press Association.
Former BBC Newsnight producer and keynote speaker Sam McAlister
Hear insights on how Sam helped deliver one of the most explosive interviews of the century exposing disgraced Prince Andrew, time working at the BBC, and how her best-selling book ‘Scoops’ became a hit Netflix film.
NA20: James Toney and Richard Parsons
In our first 20th anniversary special of ‘How to be a Journalist’ our guests for this week’s episode of the pod are pivotal in the story of News Associates.
Grace and Plamedi’s 2025 podcast breakdown
In a How to be a Journalist-first, Grace, the producer behind the pod interviews Plamedi as 2025 comes to an end.
Senior podcast producer Anna Staufenberg
Hear insights on Anna’s work on Al-Jazeera’s ‘True Crime Reports’ podcast series covering stories from the Global South and beyond, time on her NCTJ qualification with News Associates and tips and tricks for breaking into the world of podcasts and documentaries.
Broadcast journalist Grace McIntosh
Hear insights about Grace’s time at Radio News Hub where she covered various events spanning the US Presidential election in Washington to the Harehills riots and the Southport attacks.