Simon Ford
Simon Ford spent 20 years in local radio before joining the BBC College of Journalism. He worked in Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire and the East Midlands, where he presented news programmes including the BBC Radio Nottingham Breakfast Show.
"I used to have a love-hate relationship with my alarm clock," he says. "Even without one, I still wake up around four every morning. It's a hard habit to break."
In 2006 he published Writing News for Local Radio. He currently produces online learning material for the College of Journalism.
- My 9/11: In an international crisis, a local station is a trusted friend to its audience Tuesday 6 September 2011, 04
- Police corruption claims: Are PCs trained to talk to journalists? Monday 25 July 2011, 02
- Visualisation: radio with pictures Monday 18 July 2011, 04
- Greece and the Crisis in the Eurozone Friday 24 June 2011, 10
- Does the media give free plugs to Facebook and Twitter? Tuesday 21 June 2011, 05
- Citizen journalism: Is this the end of the age of the reporter? Tuesday 17 May 2011, 10
- Protest numbers: How are they counted? Monday 28 March 2011, 03
- A quizzical look at language Friday 14 January 2011, 12
- A case of mistaken identity Thursday 6 January 2011, 03
- Annals of Journalism 6: speak clearly into the meat safe Friday 10 December 2010, 11
- Journalism in the freezer Thursday 25 November 2010, 09
- Way Back Home Friday 19 November 2010, 02
- Who do you trust? Thursday 28 October 2010, 10
- What's the point of i? Tuesday 26 October 2010, 10
- Whatever happened to swine flu? Tuesday 5 October 2010, 11
- Jeremy Hunt - media ownership and localness Tuesday 28 September 2010, 02
- Witney TV: putting local video news on the map Friday 24 September 2010, 11
- 'That was an exclusive' - Witney TV points the way Thursday 23 September 2010, 10
- E numbers: hang on a minute Friday 3 September 2010, 10
- Yahoo! broadcasts football highlights Monday 16 August 2010, 09
- Sports news? There's an app for that Thursday 12 August 2010, 10
- An under-reported truth Tuesday 10 August 2010, 03
- Silly season is open season for PRs Monday 9 August 2010, 02
- Afghanistan: do we care what soldiers think? Friday 23 July 2010, 12
- Facebook and Raoul Moat: Any Answers? provides ... answers Tuesday 20 July 2010, 10
- More heat than light? Jon Snow interviews Zac Goldsmith Monday 19 July 2010, 04
- Raoul Moat: the media creates a monster Tuesday 13 July 2010, 11
- Stay if you're gay - what the papers say Thursday 8 July 2010, 03
- Briefs encounters. Good, clean fun? Monday 5 July 2010, 11
- Lobbying versus jollies and junkets Tuesday 23 March 2010, 04
- The future of BBC funding Monday 8 March 2010, 10
- Shooting the messenger Friday 27 November 2009, 02
- Too much reality? Monday 23 November 2009, 11
- If you'd been there Thursday 12 November 2009, 03
- Britney Spears and a turkey sandwich Monday 9 November 2009, 11
- Climate conference: Shukman briefing Tuesday 3 November 2009, 02
- What's your excuse? Monday 2 November 2009, 02
- Roswell revisited Wednesday 28 October 2009, 02
- BBC Journalism Production Tools project Thursday 22 October 2009, 10
- The balloon goes up Monday 19 October 2009, 11
- Rock on Friday 16 October 2009, 02
- Are you a Starsucker? Thursday 15 October 2009, 10
- The little blue bird that roared Wednesday 14 October 2009, 10
- The BNP on Newsbeat Tuesday 13 October 2009, 05
- Victory for public interest journalism Tuesday 13 October 2009, 10
- Dead soldier was also blogger Thursday 18 June 2009, 04
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