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Keilan Webster

St Helier,Jersey

Summary

I'm an award winning broadcast journalist with television and radio experience in producing, presenting, reporting, filming and editing.

I am currently the sports correspondent at ITV Channel producing and presenting sports news and features every week across The Channel Islands. I previously helped launch Kent based television station KMTV where I was a senior broadcast journalist and lead anchor. I was named as the RTS Southern specialist journalist of the year for 2023 and Kent's sports journalist of the year in 2018, beating a number of journalists from well-respected organisations including ITV and BBC to the award.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Sports correspondent

ITV Channel TV
St Helier, Jersey
03.2021 - Current
  • Regularly presenting compelling sports bulletins live on location without prompt and in studio
  • Solely producing our sports output by finding original sports stories and hands-on feature items as well as covering bigger sporting events in unique ways
  • Frequently filming and editing packages with creativity for our programme and website
  • Presenting live outside broadcasts including interviewing guests and using unique treatments to deliver sports bulletins
  • Confident self-shooter with experience in using Osmo, Sony and 360 degree cameras
  • Creative editor with very quick and efficient editing skills on Premiere Pro
  • Producer and presenter for The Channel Islands Sports Awards. This is an awards night and two special programmes celebrating the best of Channel Island sport. I help produce the two programmes by booking, filming and editing interviews before then co-presenting the awards night in front of a live audience.
  • Main presenter and producer for International Island Games programmes. Hosting and compiling unique programmes delivered live on location with a mixture of live guests and packages.
  • Presenter for ITV Channel's main 6pm programme. I often stand in as main presenter for our programme co-host the 30 minute show throughout our region.

On-Screen Journalist

ITV Channel TV
St Helier, Jersey
02.2020 - 03.2021

• Regularly reporting live on location about breaking news or the day's top story in Guernsey

  • Frequently producing and editing hard-hitting packages of original journalism covering some of the biggest stories in The Channel Islands.
  • Frequently finding new, creative ways to tell stories and deliver on location lives throughout the coronavirus pandemic
  • Delivering crucial news and asking the hard-hitting questions to those making key decisions about restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic
  • Being a key member of the 2020 Guernsey election team. Producing and presenting unique stories throughout the build up, challenging local politicians live on location and bringing viewers the results during our special programme on election night.

Senior broadcast journalist

KMTV
Chatham, Kent
05.2017 - 02.2020
  • Lead presenter for flagship news programme Kent Tonight
  • Producing Kent Tonight both editorially throughout the day and in the gallery
  • Producing and presenting a weekly sports show called Team Talk including self-shot and edited packages and a live guest line up
  • Producing and presenting a 12-hour overnight programme on the 2019 general election, challenging local politicians and reporting the county's results live as they came in
  • Gallery experience as an output producer on news, sport, business and entertainment programmes. Managing gallery staff and interns to make sure the shows ran smoothly
  • Back timing programmes from the gallery making sure we hit hard ad breaks on time
  • Managing staff members to make sure deadlines are met on time and that standards are constantly being pushed to exceed the level required

Education

Journalism and the news - First Class Honours

University of Kent
09.2014 - 05.2017

NCTJ Diploma - Journalism

University of Kent
09.2014 - 05.2017

A-Levels - English Literature and Language, Geography, Media Studies, General Studies

Borden Grammar School
Sittingbourne

11 GCSEs of C and above -

Borden Grammar School
Sittingbourne

Skills

  • Excellent presenter and producer of both sport and news
  • Reliable and creative camera operator
  • Extremely creative and innovative content producer
  • Good analyser of social media trends and how the landscape is evolving
  • Caring team player and leader
  • Superb understanding of sport and what makes good, engaging visual content for sports fans

Accomplishments

  • RTS South Specialist Journalist of the year - 2023
  • Kent Sports Journalist of the year - 2018
  • 3x Shortlisted ITV nations and regions self shooter of the year

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Sports correspondent

ITV Channel TV
03.2021 - Current

On-Screen Journalist

ITV Channel TV
02.2020 - 03.2021

Senior broadcast journalist

KMTV
05.2017 - 02.2020

Journalism and the news - First Class Honours

University of Kent
09.2014 - 05.2017

NCTJ Diploma - Journalism

University of Kent
09.2014 - 05.2017

A-Levels - English Literature and Language, Geography, Media Studies, General Studies

Borden Grammar School

11 GCSEs of C and above -

Borden Grammar School
Keilan Webster