Q-A-D

Name? Dominic Cotton Age? 38 Where are you from? London How did you get started in broadcasting? I spent a couple of years working as an actor before doing a post-graduate diploma at the Centre for Journalism Studies at Cardiff…

Name? Dan Walker – but I did work under the pseudonym Tom Wilson for a year (not my choice)! <p><span class=”question”>Age?</span><br /> When I started at the BBC 18 months ago 2 people tried to guess my age. One said…

Name? David Robertson Age? With three children under 5 — too old. Where are you from? Scotland How did you get started in broadcasting? Through a CSV project — work experience in a local radio station. Got bitten by the…

Name? Daniel Pallett Age? 35 Where are you from? Birmingham How did you get started in broadcasting? I began journalism after a chance conversation in a restaurant in Peru! I worked on newspapers for four and a half years before…

Name? Derek Brockway Age? 38 Where are you from? Barry, South Wales How did you get started in broadcasting? I was working as a forecaster for the Met Office in Birmingham in the summer of 1995 and had to do…

Name? David Jessel Age? Bloody hell. Just gone 60. Where are you from? England. How did you get started in broadcasting? Making tea on a 2 week contract in the BBC Birmingham newsroom in 1967. When was that? 1967 Why…

Name? Duncan Kennedy Age? 43 Where are you from? Originally the Isle of Wight How did you get started in broadcasting? Applied to be regional News Trainee When was that? 1989 Why News broadcasting? Always been very curious, or should…

Name? Daniel Sandford Age? 39 Where are you from? Ethiopia via Oxford How did you get started in broadcasting? A job in computer graphics at ITN. When was that? 1989 Why News broadcasting? It’s the best job in the world,…

Name? Dennis Murray Age? 54 going on 55 Where are you from? Born in Evesham Worcestershire, reared in Belfast, educ Trinity College Dublin How did you get started in broadcasting? Began as a graduate trainee with the Belfast Telegraph, and…

Name? Dani Sinha Age? 27 Where are you from? I grew up in the North West but have spent most of my adult life in the South. How did you get started in broadcasting? Won’t bore you with the huge…

Name? David Garrido Age? 26 Where are you from? My family are Colombian, but I was born in the UK. How did you get started in broadcasting? I did a lot of student radio at university, then spent a while…

Name? David Crabtree Age? 45 Where are you from? Born and bred in Middlesbrough but moved to Oxfordshire at the age of 14. How did you get started in Broadcasting? I did a couple of weeks work experience at the…

Name? Danny Carpenter Age? 44 Where are you from? Nowhere really but I’ve lived most of my adult life in Yorkshire so that’s home! How did you get started in broadcasting? Started on a local paper in Hampshire 23 years…

Name? Deborah MacKenzie Where are you from? Originally from the Midlands. How did you get started in broadcasting? Accepted onto Graduate Studio Manager training course. (Radio) Why News broadcasting? Always interested in news – grew to appreciate inteational news as…