Jacob Brigstock

About

29-year-old working as a Chief Indy100 Reporter / Gaming Correspondent at The Independent. Enthusiastic, driven and personable journalist with nearly eight years' full-time experience in the industry, working in a variety of different roles across multimedia journalism and production in news and sport. A team player no matter its size or role. Will always work to the best of my ability while meeting strict deadlines.In my current role, I write news, reaction, features and live blogs, sourcing stories by using contacts, social media, trends and social searches. I also film quick pieces to camera in relation to stories I'm covering to tell them on social media. I lead on covering gaming.In my previous role as News and Sport Editor for Notts TV, I was responsible for news and sport content broadcast the channel, through the flagship show Notts Today, and football show Team Talk (I produced both, with Team Talk guests including Roy Keane, Sean Dyche and Wes Morgan), while managing a small team of reporters. I was the channel's lead sport reporter, for Nottingham Forest's first season back in the Premier League too. I have previously worked my way through the ranks at Notts TV, and have also worked elsewhere as a News Reporter for Nottinghamshire Live. I reported on local news for the most wide-reaching publication in the county, and was one of the most senior reporters trusted with some of the biggest stories. I led on reporting news items of Nottingham Forest's promotion to the Premier League, and was the sport reporter for Forest's first game in the top flight for 23 years. I reported on Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in my spare time.I have also worked as a Video Content Manager for Nottingham Forest. I was responsible for managing and creating all video content published by Nottingham Forest. I have experience freelancing for The Pride of London, a Chelsea news and opinion site run by the FanSided network, Beyond the Flag, a motorsport news and opinion site on the network, and to Green Street Hammers, a West Ham news and opinions site also run by the FanSided network. I have experience commentating and hosting home games for Nottingham Rugby. I graduated with first class honours in BA Print Journalism at Nottingham Trent along with gold standard NCTJ accreditation and shorthand at 100wpm with 100% accuracy. I also have experience working in public sector communications at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust.