Bio
I'm a multimedia reporter from Sheffield, currently working as Student Media Coordinator at Sheffield Students' Union and Managing Editor of Forge Press. I also contribute to Political Scrapbook as a reporter.
I'm a multimedia reporter from Sheffield, currently working as Student Media Coordinator at Sheffield Students' Union and Managing Editor of Forge Press. I also contribute to Political Scrapbook as a reporter.
My work, which led to my being shortlisted for Reporter of the Year in the 2011 Guardian Student Media Awards, combines modern online reporting techniques with old fashioned principles of public interest journalism. In the last year I've created content and broken stories which have been featured or followed up by The Observer, Telegraph, FT, Private Eye, Time, The Atlantic and The Village Voice, among others.
I graduated in 2010 from the University of Sheffield with a BA in Journalism Studies, and returned the following year to complete an MA in Politics. I hold NCTJ qualifications in Media Law, Public Affairs and Newswriting.
“Great to have @mikeysmith doing some Scrapbook stuff again. Legend and a ferocious reporter.”
“Showed an extremely high level of enterprise and commitment.”
“The sooner you get rid of @mikeysmith the better, @psbook. He is the dead weight dragging you all down.”