Secondment to the Manchester Evening News

I undertook a brief secondment to the Manchester Evening News following the Manchester Arena Terror Attack in 2017.

Brief

When the terror attack took place at the Manchester Arena following a concert by Ariana Grande, the newspaper group put a call out to all its sister papers, asking for journalists to come to support the team in Manchester. I responded by jumping in the car that evening and heading to Manchester for two days of reporting on what was the biggest news story in the world.

On day one I was sent to the North Manchester Jamia Mosque, to take part in a peace walk from the mosque to the arena. I recorded the walk on Facebook Live, interviewing members of the public, including the mosque’s Imam.

I wrote a corresponding story for web and print.

The second day took me to Moss Side in Manchester, where I reported from the terror suspect’s street, while police searched the property.

  • Content Writing

  • Video Creation

  • Interviewing

  • News Gathering

  • Social Media

Results

The Facebook Live footage became the most-viewed video in the newspaper group’s history, garnering 1.6 million views.

Later that year, I won the NCTJ Trainee Multimedia Story of the Year Award.

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