Rosie Millard
Rosie is a British Journalist and author. She graduated from Hull University, the London College of Communication, although she was educated at an American High School, with what she calls a “glee-style” education. She has worked freelance for a while, working between writing comment pieces, doing interviews and features in papers and magazines, and she has appeared on TV and on Radio. In 2011 she took part in a reality show, but was first to leave.
Stuart Heritage
Stuart is a writer for the Guardian, and writes about TV and Film, and he has written for NME and the Radio Times before. He co-author’s LUVandHAT.com, which is a blog about arguing. He has made some appearances on TV, but not enough, and blames his haircut for this. He has said that he has a literary agent and will one-day write a book, and is passionate about baking.
Damien Johnson
Damien is a sports reporter, who was born in Hull. He reports on Match of the Day, and Football Focus, and is a broadcaster working with the BBC. He started his career with a radio station in Sheffield, and sometimes presents the sports news on BBC Look North for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Robert Crampton
Robert is a award winning journalist. He joined the Times as a columnist in 1991, and writes Beta Male, a weekly column in the Times, every Saturday. He also writes features and interviews, his past interviewees including; Liam Gallagher, Sienna Miller, David Cameron and Kate Winslet.
David Banks
David is a media law trainer, who co-authored the 18th, 19th, and 20th editions of McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists. He contributes articles on media law to the Guardian, and works as a media law consultant. His clients include; the BBC, Northcliffe Newspapers, The Daily Mail, and The Sun.
Nick Petrie
Nick joined the Guardian in November 2010 and works as a content coordinator for the Guardian. He is also a co-founder of Wannabe Hacks, a website aimed at budding journalists who want to get into the industry.
Andrew Dixon
Andrew is the bid leader for the Hull City of Culture 2017.
Questions for Nick Petrie
1) How did you go from a co-creator of Wannabe Hacks to working at the Guardian?
2) Have you any advice for budding journalists on getting into the news industry?
3) What exactly is Wannabe Hacks and what does it do?
4) What do you do for the Guardian? What is a content coordinator?
Questions for Andrew Dixon
1) How did you get involved with the Hull Bid?
2) How did you get support for the Hull Bid?
3) What do you think Hull will improve with the money from the Hull Bid?
4) Do you think Hull will benefit from the Hull Bid?
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