Career Ros Atkins

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1 career

1.1 career
1.2 bbc radio
1.3 documentaries
1.4 outside source
1.5 other





career
early career

atkins began career in south africa researched crime prevention , human rights centre policy studies. wrote sunday independent in south africa , worked dj in johannesburg , @ oppikoppi festival.


on returning uk, atkins became editor of timeout.com. contributed british airways in-flight radio.


atkins continued dj, setting night called sharp in brixton, south london, , appearing @ womad , fruitstock.


bbc radio

in 2001, atkins joined bbc news producer on simon mayo programme on bbc radio 5 live. presented on night while @ radio 5 live. atkins joined bbc world service. presented world today , ticket before joining world have in 2005.


while atkins presenter, world have won sony gold award listener participation in 2008 , sony bronze award best speech programme in 2012. sony awards have been described oscars of uk radio industry.


atkins has hosted coverage of many major stories around world bbc news, including both of barack obama s election victories , first inauguration, swine flu outbreak in mexico, football world cups in germany , south africa, charles taylor verdict, london olympic games , queen elizabeth s diamond jubilee celebrations.


he lead presenter bbc world service coverage of death of nelson mandela won radio academy gold award in 2014.


atkins has hosted television broadcasts including editions of world have in cairo (2011), boston (2012) , berlin (2014).


atkins hosted live audience radio programmes bbc world service in many places including cleveland, austin, los angeles, tel aviv, windhoek, delhi, mumbai, kampala, nairobi, accra, abuja, berlin, brussels, tel aviv, jakarta, amsterdam, copenhagen, cardiff, glasgow , many more.


in 2009, atkins wrote how , colleagues became social pariahs after reporting on swine flu outbreak in mexico city.


documentaries

atkins has made several documentaries. living tourists explored impact tourism has had in 3 places grew (the bahamas, trinidad , tobago , cornwall). sharing examined why people willing share personal experiences online , on programmes such world have say. stands in way looked @ root causes of gender inequality through lives of 4 teenage girls iceland, jordan, uk , lesotho. tv documentary, , separate radio documentary. 3 follow-up programmes made – stands in way: girl , stands in way: parents , stands in way: debate , made when girls , parents brought in new york.


outside source

in 2013, bbc announced atkins present new programme called outside source. have separate radio , tv editions on bbc world service , bbc world news. launched on bbc world service radio in 2013, launch on bbc world news in 2014. bbc announced in 2015 tv edition expanded , carried both bbc world news , bbc news channel @ 9 pm uk time.


outside source noted bbc calls state-of-the-art touch-screen technology used access , illustrate developing news stories. atkins has talked sharing bbc s editorial process viewers stories evolve , of making sure if switch show on, re guaranteed immediacy , full range of information on story comes being online .


in march 2015, atkins co-hosted special edition of outside source school children london bbc school report.


other

atkins hosted cable tv conference eurosummit in 2014. moderated @ media360 in hong kong (a conference media owners, buyers & agencies) in 2015. mentor john schofield trust.








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