Just a small town girl...

Who moved to Bournemouth and is in her final year studying Multimedia Journalism!

I have loved every minute of being a journalist and can't wait to meet more people and grow. During my work so far, I have covered many different types of stories - from current affairs to sport, to fashion and entertainment. This is across digital, radio, TV and social media. 

Bournemouth University has given me invaluable journalistic skills and experiences. In both 2023 and 2024, I was a finalist for 'Best News Broadcaster' in the International Student Broadcasting Championship.   Lecturers have encouraged us to get involved with events such as general election counts, in which I reported Milton Keynes for Bauer Media, and even our own overnight broadcast of the US presidential election.

Since the beginning of my degree, I have hosted a weekly show on Nerve Radio called 'Festival Fever' where I take previous and upcoming festival line-ups and play the biggest hits from the artists. From this, I was offered the chance to interview popular artists such as Caity Baser at the student union's 'Summer Ball' festival. Now in my third year of student radio, I have been promoted to the exciting role of deputy station manager. 

For more than a year, I have also worked part-time at a local magazine. This has given me some amazing opportunities like reporting Princess Anne's visit to a college and interviewing Paloma Faith ahead of her tour.

"It was great to have Jecs film the UK's first ever Foxstrut. Jecs was on time, friendly and great to work with, which is really important at community events like this. She was able to turn around video clips on a short time scale and was excellent with communication."

"I want to specifically thank Jecs who is an amazing interviewer. It was so easy to talk to her as she made me feel relaxed. Her questions were great prompts and helped put the dialogue in the right direction. Jecs has a very promising career ahead of her."

- Damian Cranny, Dorset Police