Tom Chown

Current

• Deputy Editor, KentTV.com at Ten Alps

Past

• BBC South East at BBC South East
• Digital Operations Manager at Landscape Channel Europe

Recommended

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Connections

50 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Tom Chown’s Summary

A BBC trained Video Journalist Tom Chown is a professional broadcaster with more than 12 years experience filming, editing and reporting in the UK and abroad. Highly Commended TV Journalist of the Year 2008 he has extensive experience producing news packages, current affairs and self-authored features across a wide range of genres.

Web 2.0 and new media technology, recognised by the Government’s commitment to a ‘Digital Britain’, predicts that by 2013 90% of domestic internet usage will be streaming video. As Deputy Editor for Ten Alps Digital’s KentTV.com working with this emerging technology Tom remains at the forefront of video for web developments.

Employed by the BBC for 5 years Tom worked across news, documentary, online and investigations. In 2006 he travelled to Base Camp Barneo in the North Pole to produce a series of films for BBC News 24 and Nations & Regions. The footage was edited remotely in Svalbard and filed over the internet to the UK within 24 hours, a global first for getting pictures from 90°N.

Tom Chown’s Experience

• Deputy Editor, KentTV.com

  Ten Alps

  (Media Production industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  · Deputy Editor for KentTV.com
  · Producing, researching, filming, presenting and editing films
  · Live streaming Producer
  · Producing accompanying synopses, strap, hotlinks and meta tagging content
  · Pre-moderating user generated content to Ofcom regulations

• BBC South East

  BBC South East

  (Media Production industry)

  August 2002 — July 2007 (5 years )

  · Video Journalist/Assistant Producer
  · Producer of the North Pole Marathon series
  · Undercover investigative filming and surveillance
  · South East Producer for BBC2’s Restoration series
  · Assistant Producer for BBC South East’s Inside Out
  · Experienced Field Producer for live Outside Broadcasts
  · Part of the launch team of the South East’s new Politics Show
  · Exclusive access to aid projects in Africa
  · Live gallery experience
  · Broadcast Journalist for BBC Where I Live website & Video Nation Producer

• Digital Operations Manager

  Landscape Channel Europe

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  July 1997 — July 2001 (4 years 1 month)

  · Digital Operations Manager for the channel’s move from analogue to digital production
  · Installed digital video servers across Europe and Canada
  · Ran the production department whilst the Programming Director was on a sabbatical
  · Directed music videos, promos, trails and stings
  · Linear three machine Beta SP Editor

Additional Information

Tom Chown’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Tom Chown’s Honors:

Highly Commended TV Journalist of the Year 2008, Media Awards for London & South of England
Highly Commended Broadcast News/Current Affairs Programme of the Year 2006, Media Awards for London & South of England
Shortlisted International Video Journalism Awards 2006
Nominated for Original Journalism 2005, Royal Television Society Southern