I produce for radio stations including the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, ABC, Radio New Zealand, Radio France International, the Canadian Broadcasting Company, Public Radio International, WGBH, Pacifica Radio, National Public Radio and
other US networks. I also produce the Taxcast for the Tax Justice Network, an entertaining and informative 15 minute monthly podcast with the latest news, My debut novel co-written with my twin sister is called Wild Oranges. It's a Greene-esque travel thriller set in Paraguay exploring abuse of power and the quest for a better life. It was shortlisted in the Brit Writers Awards 2010, whittled down from 21,000 entries. Currently negotiating a publishing contract...
I’m based between London, Madrid and the Sicilian mountains, with some trips to Latin America. I produce programmes for broadcasters worldwide on anything that fascinates me from the latest scientific research, technological innovation and environmental issues to politics, migration, law and order. I’m a fluent Latin American Spanish speaker and I’m getting there with my Italian. Portuguese, Sicilian and Arabic are next on my list…
I’ve been working as a freelance radio producer since abruptly leaving Central America in 2003 where I managed a radio station in the middle of a coffee plantation. Underneath the mango trees I designed and delivered radio production courses to journalists in Costa Rica and Nicaragua and worked on communication projects with indigenous communities. But that’s another story… Previous lives include working in Canada as an immigration services interpreter for Colombian refugees; columnist, bar critic and co-editor for the ‘In Madrid’ newspaper in Spain; I even tried my hand at banking in my native city of Birmingham. That’s where I started out in community radio, training with the Afro-Caribbean Resource Centre and going on to graduate from Birmingham City University with a first class degree in Media and Communications. Oh...and in 2005 I was short-listed for the Muslim News Media Awards for Excellence. |