Anna Wynn Roberts

With a background in video journalism Anna was an early proponent of multi-skilling in the early 1990s, covering stories in Kosovo, North Korea, Afghanistan, Russia, Somalia and many other countries, including the UK. For five years she worked as a freelance director-camerawoman making documentaries for BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C. Most recently she was Head of Training at the Thomson Foundation in Cardiff.

Anna is confident that NUJ Training Wales can equip members for the digital media economy, helping them to get work and stay in work. Help us to help you by letting us know what you need.

Anna Miller

Anna Miller (née Brees) is the Project Coordinator for NUJ Training Wales. With 10 years experience in print and TV journalism, Anna understands the thrills of being a journalist but also, for some, what’s become the ever present threat of redundancy.

Anna worked for ITV regional news as a presenter and reporter for six years and at the BBC as a presenter and producer for a year. Her new role working on training in Wales with the NUJ has given her a new challenge and a welcome one, assisting journalists like herself in training for new ventures, and adapting to the ever changing landscape that is digital and social media.

Linda King

Working for the NUJ for over 10 years, I am passionate about education and, from its instigation in 1998, have lead the development of the NUJ training department including both professional and trade union training for members. We now offer a large variety of industry-based courses along with information, advice and guidance.

As well as working closely with members to assess changing skills needs and deliver the most appropriate training, our work includes collaboration with other unions, learning partners, employers and the Government. We have a large proportion of freelance members and continue to work on their behalf to facilitate the skills development opportunities that they need.

Simon Williams

Simon Williams teaches the Writing for the Web and Build your own Website courses.

Simon has taught online journalism and magazine design at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism for nearly 10 years, and works part-time as communications manager for a major NGO.

A web designer, developer and editor with more than 15 years experience, Simon provides online communications consultancy, and is also a freelance journalist specialising in features on the environment and outdoor activities.

Find out more about Simon Williams at www.kift.com

Sue Walker

Sue Walker runs the CV/self-marketing and Interview Skills workshops and CV surgeries with Muriel McClymont. She also works with the NUJ on mentoring and the training of mentors.

Sue has been a television journalist for over 20 years. She began her career in Scotland, before moving to London to work in BBC Television’s News and Current Affairs Department and then decided to go freelance. Her freelance work has been mainly on investigative documentaries, working across all the UK networks.

For over 10 years Sue has been providing career development advice with Skillset (the Sector Skills Council for Creative Media) as one of their industry practitioner advisers. Clients have included: new entrants, experienced media professionals and generic careers advisers working in further and higher education.

She has been a member of the NUJ for over 25 years and is now working with the union on a number of careers projects, including: CV/self-marketing skills; interview techniques; and mentoring/training of mentors.

Sue is also a crime novelist and tutor/lecturer in creative writing. For more information about Sue, see www.sue-walker.com

Muriel McClymont

Muriel McClymont runs the CV/self-marketing and Interview Skills workshops and CV surgeries for the NUJ with Sue Walker. She also works with the NUJ on mentoring and the training of mentors.

Muriel is a career coach, Master NLP Practitioner and a former senior executive in the facilities management sector, with over 20 years experience working with people as a manager, coach and trainer. For more information about Muriel see www.lumiercoaching.co.uk.

Emma Meese

Emma leads our Advanced Social Media Search Tools for Journalism workshop.  She started her working life as a print journalist and following a stint in radio has spent the best part of a decade making television programmes for the BBC, mainly in high heels, which is no easy task on a long filming day! She is a non-stereotypical geek who loves fashion, technology and all things Apple in equal measures and is mildly obsessed with QR codes.

A highly motivated journalist, with 15 years experience, Emma is passionate about social media. She has guest lectured to journalism and business students about the power of social media as a journalistic tool. Emma has set up and run a number of main social media accounts for BBC Wales as their Social Media Producer and is a trainer for the BBC College of Journalism and BBC Academy in London.

Tony O'Shaughnessy

Tony O’Shaughnessy runs the Shoot/Edit on iPhone & iPad/Mac for the NUJ in Wales.

He trained as a print journalist before joining the BBC as a news trainee. He has more than 16 years experience in live television news, documentary production and programme management. He continues to make documentaries for the BBC, which he shoots and edits himself.

Tony has worked extensively as a broadcast trainer both here in the UK and abroad.

Joni Alexander

Joni teaches the Making Social Media Work for You, the Social Media Reporting (Storify) and Live Blogging courses for the NUJ in Wales. (Watch this space for dates for the latter two courses later this year.)

From subbing in the States, to tweeting on this island, Joni has been working in journalism since 1997. Originally from Oklahoma, Joni came to Cardiff University in 2007 to study for an MA in  International Journalism. As luck and love would have it, she made Wales her home.

Joni has worked in online journalism at USA Today, ITV, and Media Wales, among other news organisations.

Currently, Joni teaches Online Journalism to BA and MA students at the University of Glamorgan.

Find out more about Joni at www.joniayn.com.

Phil Sutcliffe

Phil Sutcliffe runs the Pitch and Deal: Marketing Your Work and Negotiating Rates course for the NUJ in London and Wales.

He has pitched and dealt as a freelance journalist for 32 years and is still alive and kicking. He’s been delivering freelance business training sessions for the union since London Freelance Branch instigated them in the late ’80s.

Starting as an apprentice on the Newcastle Evening Chronicle in 1970 he went on to work as a (mostly freelance) feature writer, reporter, sub, production editor for music magazines (Mojo now), newspapers (LA Times), websites, occasional radio and TV.

Phil’s also an author, trainer (NUJ and various colleges). He’s been NUJ negotiator on various freelance collective agreements since the early 1980s.