He was Assistant Editor of the prestigious Today programme on Radio 4 and its sister programme PM, where he worked with presenters such as John Humphrys, Sue McGregor and James Naughtie. He was also one of the founding editors of BBC Radio Five live. Here he won a Sony award for his work in covering the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister. He worked with presenters Eddie Mair and Alastair Stewart on programmes brought from the UK, the Far East, Southern Africa and America. In the last six years he has been Head of Corporate Relations for the University of Derby where he has raised the profile of the institution and its work.