ALEX CAMPBELL
CAREER PRODUCTIONS DIRECTOR / JAN 2021 -
PROFILE
NBC NEWS SENIOR PRODUCER / JAN 2020 - JAN 2021
Accomplished production senior and writer with multimedia expertise and a packed portfolio of news and features at the highest levels in international television and news media.
VICE VICE NEWS TONIGHT VICE ON HBO INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER / SEP 2016 - JAN 2020
Specialisms in filmmaking, TV scripting and innovative multi-format storytelling for the digital age. Exemplary editorial knowledge, judgement and contacts. Trained and experienced in everything from hostile environments to studio broadcasting with a grounding in politics, policy and newspaper reporting.
NEWSNIGHT STAFF PRODUCER / AUG 2013 - 16 BBC NEWS WRITER/REPORTER / 2013 - 16
An award-winning graduate, and product of the BBC’s prestigious journalism trainee scheme.
TODAY, WORLD AT ONE, PM PRODUCER / 2013
THE SENTINEL REPORTER POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT / 2009 - 2013
CONTACT www.alexcampbell.uk +447791730132 info@alexcampbell.uk @CouncilReporter
EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD / 2006-09 First Class Honours / Journalism, Sociology NCTJ / 2008-10 NCE National Certificate / Law / Shorthand 100 AELFGAR COLLEGE / 2004-06 x3 A-grade A-Levels
ACHIEVEMENTS
SKILLS
-Self-employed consultant and supervising producer working on documentaries and innovative visual storytelling. Recently aired projects include Channel 4’s Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant. Developing a radically new documentary format and a social media-based investigation for a forthcoming news start-up.
PRODUCTION Scripting Editing Longform Development executive
- Senior producer for NBC News; hired to steer the launch of a world-first daily show on climate change. Launched a digital series while executing Coronavirus coverage for the full spectrum of NBC News outlets including MSNBC. -Senior field producer and writer for the Vice nightly show on HBO; delivering fast-turnaround documentary-style films with high production value for Vice’s coveted youthful audience. Extensive field work in Russia, Africa and across Europe. Hits include the first on-the-ground report exposing a purge of gay men in the hostile Russian territory of Chechnya; an exclusive access profile of the E.U’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier, and damning new insights into the brutality of Zimbabwe’s ruling party in the post-Mugabe era. Russia is a specialism, with personal and professional contacts and more than a dozen deployments to all extremities of the Federation. -Prolific record of innovative reporting and production, working both with HBO hosts and in observational formats, to deliver original reporting on everything from Brexit to Catalan Independence riots and elections in France, Germany and the Netherlands. Led crews in challenging field environments, as well as managing APs and researchers in an intensely competitive pitch-and-go culture. -Film and output producer at BBC Newsnight; creating both same-day news packages and longer-form feature films while crafting agenda-setting stories, writing for presenters and overseeing specialist projects for national and international broadcast. Prior work as the show’s planning producer; building contacts among world figures in politics, business and the arts, as well as securing interviews with high calibre contributors and staying ahead of the news agenda. Managed social media accounts and live blogs while providing written analysis to support broadcast output. -Producer-Director on special projects at BBC Current Affairs, including films for an E.U referendum series and a live political discussion show. -Producer and reporter for BBC Radio, including production experience at flagship current affairs broadcasts Today, World at One and PM. -Political Correspondent and senior reporter at major regional newspaper titles including The Sentinel and Express & Star, covering huge urban regions with daily demands for original journalism, investigations and ‘live’ copy to traditional afternoon print deadlines. Worked at length on an investigation which saw a football club’s chairman and chief executive ousted, the club sued by its own shirt sponsor and public funding protected as part of the financial fallout. Exposed illicit payments made by a millionaire businessman to an elected mayor in return for shutting public facilities. Multiple successful investigations.
JOURNALISM Feature writing Climate specialist Data analysis Investigations REPORTING Natural disasters Hostile environments Crown Courts International elections PERSONAL Indesign Photoshop Premiere Clean driving licence
ABOUT Highly sociable sports follower and fitness fan with a love of animals, live music and good company. Lucky to be an experienced traveller, with an unrequited love of sunshine. Slowly fading Midlands accent.
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