Some examples of my work as a journalist, radio broadcaster, writer and researcher.  

Radio broadcast work - see also Projects

• Project management, production and editorial direction for Refugee Week Radio 2006 - 2009
• Presentation, production and editorial direction for London Link Radio, 2005 - 2009
• Interviews and editorial support for Camden Community Radio, 2004 - 2009
• Features for BBC Radio 4, Radio 5 and the World Service.

Published work in print and online - selected items

• Guest editorial for Antenna magazine (Radio for Development, now Media for Development, 2003)
• Looking through her eyes: an audio-documentary project - article for The ACP-EU Courier No 187 - July-August 2001 (Country Report: Sierra Leone)
• Report on an arts series for Sound Radio (Airflash magazine 2003)
• Two handbooks for the On-Line/More Diversity in the Media transnational project: New Horizons (1997) and Tuning in to Diversity (1999)
• On the Road - Thousands of expatriate Moroccans return home each summer - Feature for The Geographical Magazine, December 1996
• Libraries in Focus - Feature for The Bookseller, 19 May 1995, No.4665
• Directory:  Arts Broadcasting Directory for London (1994 and updates), London Arts Board (now part of Arts Council England)
• Features for various British publications including The Independent, The Times Educational Supplement and The Bookseller.

Research

• Children Making Radio 2004/5  This small study for Children and Radio focused on participatory radio of all kinds among children and young people in England: from participation on the broadcast stations to radio produced by children and young people in schools and in the community. The method involved desk research and visits to example case studies.

See also examples of websites and other online work and of recent media projects.
 

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Cathy Aitchison, Aitchison Media & Development, 2009