Gareth Jones: Journalist


Creative and cost-effective media content



How to tell a good story
needs experience.



As one of the BBC's very first video-journalists, Gareth Jones has had a lifetime of delivering cost-effective short films for news and current affairs. Now, through his company Informed Productions, he offers a range of media services.




Gareth Jones: experienced creative content producer.


Films | Radio Docs, Podcasts | Training | Writing | Hosting talks and interviewing



Some of my clients



" ...a great PROFESSIONAL "



JAN MORRIS, AUTHOR




" Gareth is an outstanding person! We have been highly impressed in many ways: he has lifted our sights in the way that we communicate what we do, including producing short, compelling films that have been very well received; Gareth has engaged with us strategically, helping shape our organisational strategy plus those of the partners that we work with; furthermore, Gareth has contributed in inspirational ways to our culture and team-working - in doing so, bringing his balance of insight, fun, creativity, challenge and tremendous experience to help ensure that we progress in effective ways.”



Ian Williams, Co-director, Caplor Horizons.



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PRESENT

In the past year I've produced an hour-long 'Archive on Four' for BBC Radio 4, written articles on Jan Morris and urban development, advised a charity on its media strategy, held a workshop in Hamburg for economists wanting to communicate their research better and, most recently, taught young business people how to pitch.


2019-21


Having left the BBC, I've made several short films for international charity Caplor Horizons, developed, launched and presented Welsh National Opera's first-ever podcast, filmed and recorded a series of interviews with Gulf War veterans for The Firing Line Museum in Cardiff, written various articles and continued freelancing for the BBC.


Skills

Journalism. Video-producing: self-shoot, producer-director. Audio production: documentaries and podcasts, including hosting. Training: passing on all these skills to other journalists but also teaching people how to tell their story better, enabling them to make better pitches for business, for example. I don't teach people how to evade legitimate questioning from journalists nor do I do PR, especially the defensive kind.


Awards

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Bafta Cymru, best factual programme, 'Frontline Afghanistan' (2009); Wales Media Award for best documentary, 'The Last Tour' (2014).


Education


Graduate traineee, ITV/ITN 1983-4. St John's College Oxford, PPE (2:1) 1980-3. Olchfa Comprehensive School


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