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Lee Macaulay
I’m an experienced journalist with nearly seven years of experience working as a reporter, producer and newsreader in radio and online media. Most recently, I’ve been working at the cutting edge of audio news on the launch team that created the world’s first interactive news bulletin service for smart speakers. I’ve been praised for having a concise and creative writing style that is full of personality.
Experience
Journalist, Newsroom
BBC Radio Cumbria
Carlisle, England
current - 2021
- Reporter, producer, newsreader and live blogger for the BBC’s local radio station that reaches around one in four adults in Cumbria every week.
- Wrote, curated and edited the daily live blog BBC Cumbria Live.
Senior Journalist (casual), Voice News
BBC News
London, England
current - 2019
- One of the few people in the world that knows how to write, edit and present interactive audio news bulletins for smart speakers.
- Covered big breaking news events including the US presidential election, the Capitol insurrection and the global coronavirus pandemic.
- The service showed steady growth in users over 2020, with 127k weekly users at its peak.
Journalist (casual), BBC Minute
BBC World Service
London, England
current - 2016
- Writer and presenter of half-hourly bulletins for young people, broadcast by dozens of commercial radio stations around the world.
Journalist, Domestic Radio Newsroom
BBC News
London, England
2021 - 2021
- Writer and producer for news programmes and hourly bulletins on some of the UK’s most listened to radio stations including BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4.
- BBC Radio News bulletins and summaries reach more than 25 million people a week in the UK.
Journalist, Voice News
BBC News
London, England
2020 - 2019
- Heard by hundreds of thousands of people a month covering some of the biggest stories of the past two years including the global Covid-19 pandemic, the US presidential election and Brexit.
- Devised a new conversational style of audio news updates that were requested more than a million times a week across smart speakers, mobile devices and the web.
Journalist, Newsroom
BBC Radio Cumbria
Carlisle, England
2019 - 2015
Education
PgDip Broadcast Journalism
University of Central Lancashire
Preston, England
2014 - 2013
- Graduated with Distinction.
- BJTC accredited course including modules on media law, public affairs and digital journalism.
BA (Hons) Journalism, Film and Media
Cardiff University
Cardiff, Wales
2009 - 2006
Awards
Highly Commended, Editorial Innovation of the Year
The Drum Media Awards
N/A
2020
- as part of BBC Voice News Team for BBC News on Smart Speakers
Nominee, News (Voice)
Webby Awards
N/A
2020
- as part of BBC Voice News Team for BBC News on Smart Speakers
Selected Work
Some examples of the work I’ve done.
How we evolved the sound of BBC News
A bespoke audio news bulletin created for smart speakers
N/A
2021
Making interactive news during the pandemic
One of the world’s first interactive news bulletins for smart speakers
N/A
2020
Interests
I’m into video gaming (on my Nintendo Switch or over a video chat with friends), reading, broadening my beer tasting horizons and saving up for the latest gadgets.