User:Benet Allen

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Aerial Filming, Channel 4 ‘Scrappy Races’, Scotland

Arranging coverage, aircraft rental and flying repositioning flights for my client’s TV series filming in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.

PREVIOUS CAREER

Freelance Reporter Trainer/Editor, Reuters, London Since May 2002 Duties for Reuters Televsion including training newcomers to write in Reuters TV style, voice training, operating Avid editing equipment and iNews newsroom computer. Now a regular member of the Reuters Reports desk, writing and voicing short international news stories on a daily basis and compiling a running order for the finished programme.

Freelance Video Editor, London 1994-2003

I have been involved in TV news since the downfall of Margaret Thatcher - my first edited story. I have covered every major event since; two wars in the Gulf, the death of Princess Diana, the fall of the Berlin Wall, September 11. Now, with thousands of stories edited for ITN, BBC, ABC, Reuters, Bloomberg and a host of smaller clients in London, I have well-honed visual judgement and the ability to bring clarity and structure to even last-minute and breaking stories.

Apple Macintosh IT Support, London Since 1996

Clients like Mirage Enterprises (Film production), ITN (TV news), Heard Design (Graphic design) and APT Transtelex (technical translation) trust me with their Mac networks, editing systems and telephone support queries.

Education

Austin Friars School , Carlisle CA3 9PB 1978-1983

Carlisle Technical College , Carlisle CA1 1HS 1983-1985

University of York , York YO1 5DD - BSc Mathematics (III Hons)

Middlesex University Cat Hill, Enfield EN4 8HT - MA Video Production