Nikola Bartosova
Broadcast Journalist
About Me
I have graduated with a First class honours degree from the Broadcast Journalism course at the University of Salford in July this year.
I have experience in reporting, presenting, editing, researching, self-shooting, completing office tasks. I am based in Salford. I am fluent in Czech language and I am able to edit in Avid Media Composer. My aim is to work in media, journalism and current affairs.
Work Experience
BBC Breakfast - Meet and Greet (freelance)
July 2018 - present
Booking guests, re-writing press releases, writing scripts, recording vox pops and editing, suggesting story ideas, researching facts, making phone calls, etc.s
BBC Radio Manchester
July/August 2018 - Work experience 2 weeks
Booking guests, re-writing press releases, writing scripts, recording vox pops and editing, suggesting story ideas, researching facts, making phone calls, etc.s
BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
March 2018
Shadowing phone in shifts and Broadcast Assistant role
Global Radio
November 2017 and two days in January 2018 - Work experience
Gathering content/interviews/vox pops, writing scripts, editing audio files
ITV Britain’s Favourite 100 Walks
October - Nomvember 2017 - Work exprience
Logging in Forscene programme, making phone calls and sending emails/finding contributors, researching stories and facts, assisting during a shoot in Lake District
ITV News Granada Reports
September 2017 - Work experience
Researching news, making phone calls, arranging interviews for filming
VIVA Magazine
August 2017 - May 2018
Content contributor
CBBC Summer Social
July 2017
Welcoming guests, providing information, general tasks
ITV News Granada Reports
June 2017
General Election 2017 - Filming and interviewing candidates, posting updates on social media about the election night in Weaver Vale count in Northwich
ITV Tonight
June 2017 - Work experience 2 weeks
Recording voiceovers for one of the programmes, suggesting story ideas, fact checking, making phone calls and sending emails to police forces (FOI request), helping to set up the kit and pack down, handling consent forms, finding information and statistics on variety of topics, re-arranging camera kits, watching editing in the edit suite, completing office tasks
Big Church Day Out
June 2017 and June 2018
Camera operator on the main stage
TV Show for TBN channel
May - August 2017
Researcher – Researching statistics, venues/location for filming and interviewees
Runner – helping with tasks during shooting days, consent forms
London shoot – working in the gallery (autocue, server, PA, assisting producer)
BBC School Report
March 2017
Helping children and teenagers with their Newsday at Urmston Grammar School
BBC Songs of Praise
June 2016 - Work experience 4 weeks
Transcribing videos using Fred, logging the rushes, researching and suggesting story ideas, shoots - assisting with technical and content side of it, helping with kit, making notes about continuity of the shots, making phone calls, checking over consent forms, completing office tasks, summarizing story ideas from the audience, printing hundreds letters and mailing them to churches across the UK, researching travel journeys and contributing to meetings
BBC Sport Relief
March 2016
Looking after teams, informing teams of health and safety, crew hospitality
Quays News
September 2015 - May 2018
University of Salford News Programme: presenting – discussing current affairs, reporting on current events and producing
Shock Radio
Biggest online student radio station in Manchester
November 2015 – May 2016
News reading, preparing the bulletins, basic knowledge of radio studio
Audacious Church
September 2015 – Present
Camera operator
Member of Audacious Church media department, assisting with filming church services
Green Pastures (self shoot video project for House of Commons)
2015
Video project about homelessness in the UK with Green Pastures housing organisation that was shown in House of Commons last year, filming and editing
Shoreline Church, Southport
Media department
September 2013 - August 2015
Producing a short weekly news programme available for followers on YouTube
Carousel PR
November 2017 - Work experience 2 weeks
Press release writing, blog writing, media sell in, generating coverage, created a media list, researched influencers, event research, used gorkana, PR Newspaper review, blogger support, created a listing, research coverage opps
Education
2015 - 2018
The University of Salford
BA (Hons) Journalism: Broadcast
First class honours degree
Modules studied: Television News, Radio News, Digital Journalism, Print Journalism and Online Journalism, Law and Ethics, Journalism Studies, Broadcast Journalism, Critical Journalism Studies, French, Reporting Government, Celebrity Journalism, Broadcast Newsdays, Political Journalism, Journalism Practise, Public Relations, Investigative Journalism, Major journalism project
2008 - 2012
SOŠ and SOU Hradebí, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
5 subjects in Maturitní zkouška (Equivalent to UK A-levels)
English language - B
Czech language and literature - B
Information Systems and Services -A
Economics - B
Practical Exam in Specialities - B