Nick Garnett
Nick Garnett (born October 1964,
British Broadcasting Corporation. His main role is as the North of England reporter for BBC Radio 5 live
, the news and sport network of the BBC.
Biography
Garnett grew up in Liverpool, England. He has worked at a number of local radio stations and joined BBC Radio 5 Live in 1994.
In 1998 he was one of the first field reporters at the BBC to be issued with a
Nera M4 Satellite in 1998 which enabled him to operate as a single-person radio broadcaster. His work during the British General Election of 2010 was reviewed in The Daily Telegraph.[1]
In recent years he has moved from using traditional audio recorders to using an iPhone to record, mix and send material from the field to his radio station: known as
voip application to broadcast live over 3G and wifi networks.[citation needed] He was also one of the first broadcasters to use a live streaming camera application to broadcast live TV pictures for broadcast on the BBC News Channel from an iPhone.[2]
References
- ^ TV and Radio. "Radio review: A Sinatra-singing mayor lights up 5 Live's election night". Telegraph. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "BBC News Channel conducts live video interview over smartphone, goes where satellites can't (update with video)". Engadget.
External links
- Official website
- Nick Garnett on Journalisted
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